The Dawn Collective are a band that continually escape classification. Just when you think you’ve got it worked out, along comes the next song, stretching beyond whatever genre you’ve just placed them in. They’ve been described as orchestral acoustica, jazz infused jangly rock, and even baroque indie pop – whatever you want to call them, they’re certainly not your standard rock band.

This winter the band is embarking on what will be their largest tour to date, heading out as the special guests of Melbourne band Fourth Floor Collapse. To coincide with the tour, The Dawn Collective are releasing The Russian Trilogy Demos; a limited edition EP containing three songs recorded as the first stages of their forthcoming album.

This tour is just the latest run of shows in what has been a very busy year for the band. In recent months they have performed at The Great Escape Festival, completed a co-headline tour with The Fumes, and played several shows with The Red Paintings. Somewhere in there they’ve also had time to work on new material, which will be debuted at the upcoming shows.

Tour dates
Thursday 22nd June – Manly Boatshed, Manly
Friday 23rd June – Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills
Saturday 24th June – Heritage Hotel, Bulli
Sunday 25th June – Brass Monkey, Cronulla
Friday 30th June – Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Saturday 1st July – The Chophouse, Surfers Paradise
Sunday 2nd July – The Rev, Brisbane
Friday 7th July – Greenroom, Canberra
Saturday 8th July – Rob Roy Hotel, Fitzroy
Sunday 9th July – National Hotel, Geelong