Vance Joy announces debut album 'Dream Your Life Away'

After great anticipation, much-loved Melbourne musician Vance Joy has today announced details for his debut album Dream Your Life Away. The album is set for release on 15th September and features the huge hit single 'Riptide'.

‘Dream Your Life Away’ was recorded in the US with renowned producer Ryan Hadlock (The Lumineers, Foo Fighters, Gossip), and features 13 tracks, including 11 brand new plus beloved hits 'Riptide' and 'From Afar'. To celebrate the release of the album, Vance Joy will begin a sold out headline tour on September 21 in Belfast with shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and Brighton before finishing up with two consecutive nights at Shepherds Bush Empire, London on October 2 & 3 (a second London show was added due to huge demand – tickets on sale now).

The past 18 months for Vance Joy read like a dream. In addition to a plethora of local achievements, including being dubbed Fearne Cotton’s song of 2013, and a Top 10 UK single, whilst back home in Australia being crowned #1 in Triple J’s Hottest 100 and most recently winning the prestigious Apra Song of the Year for, things continue to heat up for the musician overseas. Riptide is being streamed in excess of a million times worldwide each week, has hit the top 100 of the US Hottest 100 Billboard charts (TW #89), and has clocked up over 1 million sales worldwide: already certified platinum in Sweden; gold in Austria, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand; and silver in the UK.

You can check out Vance playing an exclusive live performance of his single 'Riptide' for the BBC at Glastonbury this year in the player below.