The Wayward Suns
Conscious Aussie Hip-Hop, Surf-Rock Roots, Reggae Funk Fusion
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Name
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The Wayward Suns
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Genre(s)
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Underground Hip-Hop, Roots, Funk, Reggae
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Content
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Covers And Originals
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Taking Bookings
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Australia Wide
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About Us
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The Wayward Suns are an energetic, dynamic five piece fusion from Australia's Gold Coast. Their unique blend of underground hip-hop, roots, funk, reggae has lit up dance floors up and down the east coast for the last 3 years. Blank G.C magazine describe them as “groove fusion merchants on a rapid ascension across the musical landscape”.
Happy Magazine state, "they weave together raw, earthy instrumentation with spirited vocal delivery, they create a collage of sounds that'll leave you hanging on every note. With their textured, rhythmic blend of genres." The deep funk rhythm section is peppered with the melodic counterpoint of sizzling guitar lines and powerful turntable samples, while the two lead vocalists compliment each other, one providing a rootsy growl which juxtaposes the DJ/MC’s conscious hip hop lyricism. The last year has been huge for The Wayward Suns. The release of their debut album 'Paradigm' was a resounding success and was nominated for album of the year in The Gold Coast Music awards. They also claimed victory in the Passport to Airlie national battle of the bands. This is the largest of its kind in Australia, which puts bands from all over the country in competition to win a spot on the main stage at one of Queensland's largest music festivals. The band’s hard work and dedication to their craft has served them well. They are consistently lighting up shows with their mystical expressions of truths, love & party, bringing life to the Gold Coasts best venues such as The Night Quarter, Miami Marketta and the Shark Bar. The band is certainly no stranger to festivals either, performing at Brisbane Festival, Buskers by the Creek, Glow festival, Mardigrass, Wallapalooza and Airlie Beach Festival of Music. For the near future the band is focused on recording the next studio album which is currently being produced and recorded at Love Street studios. The have blazed up their support spots playing main stage alongside Australian local & international legends; The Beautiful Girls, The Mason Rack Band, Killing Heidi, Marcia Hines, Ash Grunwald, Elektric Lemonade & Melbourne Ska Orchestra. |
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What We Bring
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The Wayward Suns bring conscious hip-hop to the masses. It’s been a fun couple of years for Gold Coast’s conscious hip-hop purveyors The Wayward Suns. Perennial crowd favourites, renowned for laying down the good vibes in generous doses, their debut album ‘Paradigm’ also scored itself a gong as finalist for Album of the Year in the 2018 Gold Coast Music Awards.
The live music love is a genre-blending menagerie of reggae, blues, roots and funk underpinned with hip-hop inflected grooves and a dash of rock, and that’s exactly what this energetic band bring to their live sets. They are wayward cosmic groove-fusion merchants, a collective whose blazing, good times vibe is on the rapid ascension across the local music landscape. The Wayward Suns have seamlessly melded their live style into an eclectic, wide screen listening experience; Lyrically the band generally light up an upbeat, positive trip, with dashes of pop culture references and ‘state of the world’ inflections. They have meticulously crafted a free flowing and ambitious listening experience, which is highly deserving of the attention of those with a penchant for the aforementioned musical styles, and is yet another impressive addition to the ranks of world class sounds being concocted right here on the Gold Coast. "BankGC 2018" If you’re not already across the colourful, vibrant sounds of Gold Coast five-piece The Wayward Suns, it’s definitely time you changed that. "Happy Magazine 2018" |
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Members
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Buddha (Vocals / Rhythm Guitar / Harmonica / Percussion)
JesseSun (Back Up Vocals / Lead Guitar) Shogun Pete (Back Up Vocals / Bass Guitar) Instinct the Lyricist (MC Vocals / Percussion / DJ) Sunny (Drums / Back Up Vocals) |
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Country
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Australia
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State / Region
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Queensland
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Home Town
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Gold Coast
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Artist Website
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Album of the Year Nominee 2018 Queensland Gold Coast Music Awards " "Ever since we first stumbled across The Wayward Suns’ debut full-length album Paradigm, we’ve been hooked." More ... - Happy Magazine, November 2018 |
" "The Wayward Suns are a smoking local five piece collective, who on the strength of their debut album, ‘Paradigm’, will be rapidly going places, and fast." More ... - Anthony Gebhart, Blank Gold Coast, Album Review, November 2017 Grand Final Champions 2017 Australian Battle of the Bands Passport to Airlie Festival |