Potbelleez say hello to second album (for The Music Network)

14 July 2010

Sydney dance act The Potbelleez are due to release a second album titled Destination Now on October 22 of this year.

Famous for their track Don’t Hold Back which won an APRA for Dance Work of the Year last year, the house/electro four-piece have been holed up in Bondi Beach studio Wonderland for six months, writing and recording with ARIA award winner and local dance icon Paul Mac. Known for his work with The Dissociatives and Itchee & Scratchee, Mac has produced the new album along with Justin Shave, most known for his work with Darren Hayes of Savage Garden.

Ilan Kidron of The Potbelleez spoke to over the weekend about the bands collaboration with Mac.

"Working with Paul Mac is what makes working in the music industry so dynamic and deep…The songs just came together. He's an amazing producer. His angles, ideas and freakish eccentrics have made us all massively excited about Destination Now," Potbelleez’s Ilan Kidron told the The Daily Telegraph last weekend.

The first taste of the new album will be single Hello available to media on July 19.

It’s been two years since the group first burst onto the dance music scene in 2008 with their self-titled album. It peaked at #17 on the ARIA charts and singles Trouble, Trouble, Are You With Me and the aforementioned Don’t Hold Back sold over 150,000 units.