Northlane & In Hearts Wake reveal ‘The Equinox EP’ collaboration!

In Hearts Wake frontman Jake Taylor says the journey to Equinox has been powerful and fruitful: “The Equinox Tour and EP will be unlike no other. All 10 of us locked ourselves away so that we could weave together our creative efforts into this surprise twelve-minute EP odyssey. Working closely with so many passionate individuals has had its creative challenges and its beneficial learning curves. But like all things that are born to thrive, the Equinox journey has proven both abundant and powerful, showing what can be achieved when we work together. The Equinox EP is the testament of friendship and camaraderie that NL & IHW share, and the tour is still yet to come!”

“We’ve never attempted anything like the Equinox project before,” adds Northlane guitarist Josh Smith.“It’s quite a tall order to fuse two bands together to create art, but the whole process felt synergistic and I believe that the result is greater than the sum of the parts. The recorded part of the project was a monumental challenge for all of us to overcome, on a tight deadline nestled within hectic touring schedules, but it elevated our creativity far beyond the bounds we’d come to know and allowed us to share a common message of importance together.” 

He continues: “The second part of the project, the live show will too be a historic escapade for Northlane and In Hearts Wake, an absolutely unmissable event that we just cannot wait for!” The bands will be touring together in Australia in June with a very special rotating set.

The Equinox project is an idea they’ve had in the pipeline for nearly three years and, when both bands had a break in their schedules, the EP finally came to fruition in January 2016 when they came together and recorded in secret with producer Will Putney in Melbourne. Comprising two full-band songs and an instrumental interlude, The Equinox EP also comes as a vinyl edition featuring a signed B-side, limited to 500 units worldwide across two colour ways.

Northlane and In Hearts Wake are two of the leading heavy bands in Australia, and have each built a reputation for taking their innovative music worldwide while still retaining a fierce independence and creativity. And due to their familiarity with festival stages, major magazine coverage and prestigious radio play around the globe, such a complex venture as Equinox is the next step in the boundless creativity of two inventive groups of artists and friends.