Adelaide hard rockers Audio Reign have done the hard yards in their own country.
The band has pushed tirelessly on the back of their awesome self-titled debut album and begun work on the next instalment of their musical chapter.
But, feeling that the album hasn’t yet run its course and realized its potential, Audio Reign and their distribution team MR Records have made the decision to push that slab of excellence to an international market before releasing anything new.
It is a brave and ambitious move, but one which is not out of reach for this talented four piece, who joined HEAVY earlier this week to talk about releasing the International Deluxe version of Audio Reign.
"We were writing for a brand new album and we were going to release an EP,” vocalist Jake Fleming began. “We are with MR Records and after discussions - we had even printed up the EP - but MR decided the debut album was such a powerhouse and hasn't been pushed out as big as it can be. We came to an agreement that it needs to go international and get reworked so that it gets delivered properly. Hence the repackaging and the international deluxe edition. With that we decided we would throw a couple of radio edits and a full song in with it as well as some bonus tracks. The song’s still new if you haven't heard it so to get it pushed out there properly is the first thing we wanna do, and then we'll come out with another album later this year.”
In the full interview, the band discusses how they plan to conquer the overseas market, their new single Angel, the merits of releasing a power ballad, what is new with the new deluxe album, the difficulties of being a band outside of the major music hubs, future new music, their upcoming show at Moondoll 2022 and more.