“After returning from hiatus we all really wanted to get back in-touch with our roots and spend most of our time hanging out around home together. Living in a small rural town has always been a limitation for collaborating on projects but we’ve been blessed this time to be surrounded by a bunch of creative mates that’ve been helpin’ us with the recording, album art, posters, filming footage and making an upcoming interview. The idea of everything being done locally is what drew us to naming the album “Home”.”
ISAAC THOMPSON, VANILLA GORILLA
The track is accompanied by a music video featuring the band in their home of Bungwahl – an intimate glimpse into the band’s laid back, coastal lifestyle.
“We had a lot of fun filming the video clip for ‘Exhale’. The idea behind it was to have it in keeping with the theme of our upcoming Album ‘Home’. It’s mostly just a montage of some of the shenanigans we’ve been getting up to while in the process of recording the upcoming album. The live footage from the video clip was filmed at our local community hall. A open mic night/50th birthday party turned into a local pre release album debut with the band playing the new album for friends and family.”
VANILLA GORILLA
Vanilla Gorilla have built a significant cult following over the years, and although the band haven’t released music since 2021 – their fans have not stopped listening since. They finished 2024 with 807k monthly listeners on Spotify and a total of 4.69 million streams; as well as 40k monthly plays, 1000 average daily listeners and 650 Shazams on Apple Music – all without a single recent release. The band have over 33 million streams across their discography, and currently have over 12k followers on socials.
The band have previously played alongside Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, The Vanns and Radio Moscow; have made appearances at Weasel Stock Festival, Spaced Out Festival, The Rolling Sets Festival, Elpalmo Pacificano, and were the winners of triple J Unearthed’s competition to open up FOTSUN back in 2018. With new music and their upcoming east-coast tour in tow, 2025 is already shaping up to be a mammoth year for Vanilla Gorilla!
‘HOME’ ALBUM TOUR
Saturday March 1st Bungwahl Hall Bungwahl NSW
Friday March 7th Newcastle Hotel Newcastle NSW
Friday March 14th Solbar Sunshine Coast QLD
Saturday March 15th The Brightside Brisbane QLD
Saturday March 29th The Underground (UTS) Sydney NSW
Saturday April 4th Brunswick Ballroom Melbourne VIC
April 25th – 27th The Gumball Festival Belford NSW
