About Kingswood
Kingswood is an Australian rock band from Melbourne. The band consists of members: Fergus Linacre (lead vocals), Alex Laska (lead guitar & vocals), and Justin Debrincat (drums & backing vocals).
Circa 2012, Kingswood toured Australia with such acts as The Living End, British India and The Saints, and played festivals including Splendour in The Grass, Queens cliff Music Festival and Pyramid Rock. The band also released three singles ‘Yeah Go Die’, ‘Medusa’ and ‘She’s My Baby’ in 2012.
In 2013, Kingswood played a national tour with Grinspoon, supported Aerosmith, played Grooving The Moo, Big Pineapple, Festival of The Sun, Golden Days and Big Day Out. The band released its fourth single ‘Ohio’ and their EP Change of Heart (followed by an EP Deluxe edition) to many positive reviews.
The band recorded its debut album at Blackbird Studio, Nashville with three-time Grammy Award winning producer/sound engineer Vance Powell (Consolers of the Lonely – The Raconteurs, Blunderbuss – Jack White). Their first single ‘Sucker Punch’ heralded the album’s release in August, 2014.
Microscopic Wars (2014) reached number six on the ARIA Albums Chart. The release was nominated for Best Rock Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014.
In February 2017, Kingswood released their sophomore album After Hours, Close to Dawn
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