THE JUNGLE GIANTS TEAM UP WITH RENEE FOR DREAMY BILINGUAL COLLAB “RAKATA”
UPCOMING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
August 3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
August 4 – Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge
August 5 – San Diego, CA – BLEACHED Festival
August 8 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere Rooftop (low tickets)
August 10 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
August 11 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
August 13 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands Festival
All tour information here
Reaching across the globe from Australia to Mexico and beyond, The Jungle Giants today team up with RENEE for their latest single “Rakata.” With lyrics in both English and Spanish, the dreamy groove showcases the universal language of music, balancing the sexiness of R&B flows and trap-inspired drum machines. “Rakata” is a love letter to Mexico, the people there, and the wonderful adventures The Jungle Giants have had recently – Stream.
In the brand-new video directed by Rosella Fragoso, The Jungle Giants’ front man Sam Hales and RENEE are seen adventuring together through Mexico City, taking in all it has to offer, while getting to know one another – Watch.
On writing “Rakata,” Hales said, “’Rakata’ started as a fun experiment that turned into a pretty life changing journey for me. I had initially started the song with Spanish samples, that I would eventually change into English, but the song just sounded so much better as a bilingual thing. Meeting RENEE became just as special and gave the song so much more meaning. We clicked instantly and you can pretty much tell in the video, we’re just two new friends having an adventure.”
Beginning in August, The Jungle Giants will set out on a headline North American tour. During the run, the band will join the lineup of San Francisco’s infamous Outside Lands alongside Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey and The 1975, and take the stages of San Diego’s BLEACHED Festival (an event delivered by the CRSSD Festival team). The newly announced dates also boast major shows Los Angeles, Phoenix, Denver and Vancouver, with New York’s show already at 75% sold out. See all tour dates here and below.
Following the release of their 2021 #1 ARIA Chart-topping fourth album Love Signs, the band has cemented their place as a dominant force down under and is now seeing their reach mushroom out across the globe. Already this year, they have brought their free-spirited antics to the stages of Okeechobee Festival and M3F in the US, Laneway Festival in their home country, and an electrifying run of shows throughout Mexico. Over the coming months, The Jungle Giants will have no shortage of exciting and mysterious trails to follow towards the release of their fifth album. The first of which being their single “Trippin Up” and it’s subsequent remix by Odd Mob.
ABOUT THE JUNGLE GIANTS
With well over half a billion streams worldwide and the #1 ARIA-charting fourth album Love Signs under their belts, The Jungle Giants are undeniably Australian indie-rock royalty. Known for delivering explosive, high-energy live performances, the band is comprised of Sam Hales (vocalist/ guitarist/ songwriter/ producer), lead guitarist Cesira Aitken, bassist Andrew Dooris and drummer Keelan Bijker.
Constantly evolving their genre-agnostic sound, The Jungle Giants set out in pursuit of their fifth studio album with the release of its first single “Trippin Up.” Fueled by buoyant melodies and infectious choruses, this release is the next evolution of a band that refuses to sit still.
The last year has seen the band headlining festivals and selling out tour dates from hemisphere to hemisphere. So far in 2023, The Jungle Giants have played Okeechobee and M3F Festivals in the United States, as well as Laneway Festival in their home country, and a headline tour run through Mexico. The rest of the year will see a North American tour in August and many more global tour dates to be announced.
Driven by optimism, creative freedom and a desire to “keep it weird, keep it fun, and don’t be scared,” The Jungle Giants are paving the way for their continued metamorphosis.
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