The Jungle Giants

With the upcoming release of their fourth album, Love Signs (on July 23, via Amplifire Music / the Orchard), they’re channeling hope, love and a dance-pop sensibility into their most irresistible and genre-defying work yet.

Love Signs is the first album that Sam Hales has written, recorded, performed and produced alone. With the support of lead guitarist Cesira Aitken, bassist Andrew Dooris and drummer Keelan Bijker, Hales has masterfully pushed the band’s evolution into an alternative dance-pop project.

Not only was making this album “really self-affirming” for Hales, it’s also shaping up to be The Jungle Giants’ most successful. First single ‘Heavy Hearted’ went ARIA-certified Platinum and won the fiercely competitive Queensland Music Awards “2020 Song of the Year”. Follow-up ‘Sending Me Ur Loving’ was praised by KCRW for its “exquisite hooks and pristine production”, while “groove-heavy” third single ‘In Her Eyes’ was lauded by NME. All three singles have also placed in Triple J’s Hottest 100, with both ‘Heavy Hearted’ and ‘Sending Me Ur Loving’ placing 8th in consecutive years; making a total of seven consecutive songs that have made the list.

Not that these are The Jungle Giants’ first accolades— their third album Quiet Ferocity peaked at #11 on the ARIA charts and won AIR Awards’ “Best Independent Album or EP” and Queensland Music Awards’ “Album of the Year.” Previous singles ‘Feel The Way I Do’ and ‘Used To Be In Love’ certified Platinum, with ‘Bad Dream’ and ‘On Your Way Down’ certified Gold.

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