Biography

On Ritual and Ceremony, We Set Sail's third, self-produced, double LP: "Their mission to keep the album format relevant is a certified success" —John O'Brien, The Courier Mail. “Album standouts...are devastating in their simplicity; the perfect synthesis of the band's sprawling, dense, incredibly earnest guitar-rock ethos.” —Owen Morawitz, Pitch of Discontent "This is DIY done right...it's everything I could have wanted from this band and more" —My Indie Australia We Set Sail (est. Brisbane, 2008) are just another band like any other. They do not claim to defy trends or create a unique blend of this or that genre. They're just 5 people who sing about the tragedies and triumphs of everyday life as we get older. And as of 2022, We Set Sail are celebrating 13 years of producing satisfying, wall-of-sound, emo rock records. The band's second record, Feel Nothing, has been described as “a seamless union of mood, meaning and music” and featured high in many Top 10 lists of 2016. In the last decade the band have been fortunate enough to share the stage with many of their beloved friends and musical heroes including The Get Up Kids, Thursday, The Ataris, Quicksand, Public Image Limited, Camp Cope, Wil Wagner, Balance & Composure, Knapsack, La Dispute, Nothing, Sorority Noise, Moose Blood, The Hotelier, plus many, many more.