September 24, 2008 14:02
The Sleepy Jackson's Luke Steele returns with new band
Empire Of The Sun sees the Aussie star go electro
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Luke Steele, frontman of The Sleepy Jackson, has announced details of a new side-project.
Empire Of The Sun is a collaboration between Steele and Nick Littlemore, who previously played in Teenager alongside Ladyhawke.
The band have already recorded their debut album, which is called 'Walking On A Dream'.
'Walking On A Dream''s tracklisting is:
'Standing On The Shore'
'Walking On A Dream'
'Half Mast'
'We Are The People'
'Delta Bay'
'Country'
'The World'
'Swordfish Hotkiss Night'
'Tiger By My Side'
'Without You'
A video for the song 'Walking On A Dream', available to view below, was filmed in Shanghai - the setting of JG Ballard's novel (and subsequent movie) 'Empire Of The Sun'.
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