{"id":39967,"date":"2022-03-25T09:58:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=39967"},"modified":"2022-03-25T09:58:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:58:43","slug":"after-17-long-years-aussie-rock-stalwarts-motor-ace-are-ready-to-knock-2022s-socks-off-with-their-new-single-knock-knock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2022\/03\/after-17-long-years-aussie-rock-stalwarts-motor-ace-are-ready-to-knock-2022s-socks-off-with-their-new-single-knock-knock\/","title":{"rendered":"After 17 Long Years, Aussie Rock Stalwarts MOTOR ACE Are Ready To Knock 2022\u2019s Socks Off With Their New Single ‘Knock Knock’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Melbourne rockers\u00a0Motor Ace<\/em>\u00a0have officially returned from the sonic wilderness after 17 years, announcing a brand new single\u00a0Knock Knock<\/em>\u00a0that traces its origins all the way back to the early 2000s. Releasing today,\u00a0Knock Knock<\/em>\u00a0relishes in hard-rocking riffs and the potent spirit of the group’s breakout 2001 debut album\u00a0Five Star Laundry<\/em>; a fitting connection, with\u00a0Motor Ace<\/em>\u00a0also imminently gearing up for their\u00a0Five Star Laundry Anniversary tour<\/em>, kicking off at Freo Social on June 10, before rolling through to Badlands (Perth), The Triffid (Brisbane), The Factory Theatre (Sydney), The Cambridge Hotel (Newcastle), The Gov (Adelaide) and concluding with a special hometown show at 170 Russell in Melbourne on June 24.\u00a0 Featuring Melbourne noughties rockers,\u00a0Klinger<\/em>\u00a0as special guests at all shows, excluding WA.<\/p>\n

Knock Knock\u00a0<\/em>consummately continues the legendary\u00a0Motor Ace<\/em>\u00a0journey, blending remnants of the group’s trademark alt-rock and post-grunge grit with a sharpened modern slant. Bustling with driving guitars, infectious hooks and a guest vocal appearance from\u00a0ICEHOUSE<\/em>‘s\u00a0Paul Gildea<\/em>, the jangly\u00a0Knock Knock<\/em>\u00a0sprang from an idea that had actually been written between\u00a0Motor Ace<\/em>‘s 2001 debut full-length\u00a0Five Star Laundry<\/em>\u00a0and the ravenous follow up, 2002’s\u00a0Shoot This<\/em>; but the universe had other plans for this new 2022 earworm, as\u00a0Motor Ace<\/em>\u00a0vocalist and guitarist\u00a0Patrick Robertson<\/em>\u00a0explains,\u00a0‘I<\/em>t’s an idea that was kicking around back in the day, but we never got around to finishing it. We’d always loved the sound, but it was written between the first and second records and didn’t really fit with what we were aiming for on the second. Probably should have finished it then!<\/em>‘.<\/p>\n

The accompanying video for\u00a0Knock Knock<\/em><\/a>\u00a0offers fans a tantalising fly-on-the-wall peek behind\u00a0Motor Ace<\/em>‘s 2019\u00a0Five Star Reunion Tour<\/em>, with Melbourne video wunderkind\u00a0Matt Jasper<\/em>\u00a0utilising up close and personal backstage and onstage moments from the tour shot for a\u00a0Motor Ace<\/em>\u00a0documentary to adorn the band’s first music video in close to two decades.<\/p>\n