The Sound returns with more new and old Australian music favourites
The first episode of the second season will feature acts such as Midnight Oil, Kylie Minogue, The Rubens and Ruel.
The weekly television program The Sound has fast become a fixture for music fans and artists alike, after its successful debut run of six episodes reached more than three million people across ABC TV, iview and social media.
With its high quality production values and unique performances filmed at an array of venues across the country, the first season — which ended in August — saw appearances from many of the nation’s most popular performers as well as introductions to a few newer faces.
Created by Mushroom Vision and licensed to the ABC, the second season will premiere at 6.00pm on Sunday and feature prerecorded songs from acts including Midnight Oil, Kylie Minogue, The Rubens and pop singer-songwriter Ruel.
For Midnight Oil singer Peter Garrett, The Sound offered the first opportunity outside of the recording studio for the reunited rock band to perform First Nation, the opening track from its reconciliation-themed mini-album The Makarrata Project, which is released on Friday.
“It’s a nice jump into the deep end to find that the first time you’re ever going to play it, you’re going to be trying to get something clean for broadcast on telly, which isn’t always most sympathetic medium for a loud and noisy outfit like ourselves,” said Garrett.
“If we were going to have a crack at doing something live, we wanted to provide as much of a broad picture as possible,” said the singer. “We wanted to provide a visual set of signposts as well as the tempo, the rhythm and the melody of the music to amplify what we’re trying to say, and what these songs are about.”
Filmed at Carriageworks in Sydney in about six takes, the performance for The Sound also marks the first time that the band — minus bassist Bones Hillman, who remains at home in the US due to the pandemic — has performed the track alongside pop singer-songwriter Jessica Mauboy and hip-hop artist Tasman Keith, who recorded their vocal tracks on First Nation separately.
The hour-long program will once again be hosted by TV presenter and author Jane Gazzo alongside a rotating cast of co-hosts, including journalist Stan Grant for the debut episode of season two.
As before, each episode of The Sound will spotlight a vintage live performance from the vault and a unique tribute to a classic Australian act; on Sunday, these will include Richard Clapton live in 1989 and a nod to Adelaide rock act The Masters Apprentices, respectively.
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