It’s big, it’s bold and it is beautiful. It is Seth Sentry’s Strange New Past tour, named after his forthcoming second album. The 47-date tour is the biggest tour ever undertaken by an Australian hip hop artist – and it includes a nice little collection of dates in Forte territory. Strange New Past (which drops June 5 – get it next pay day) is the follow-up to 2012’s This Was Tomorrow and sees Sentry once again teaming with Styalz Fuego. In between albums, Seth has been travelling pretty well. You may recall in 2013 he won a rap battle on the famous Doritos Stage at SXSW. This little win gave him the opportunity to open for the drool-worthy roster of Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Doug E. Fresh and Ice Cube, as well as a date with Jimmy Kimmel Live. As for Strange New Past, Seth revealed to triple j’s Veronica and Lewis that the new album is “pretty eclectic” and “more cohesive”, thanks largely to the efforts of Fuego and Nick Martin. He also mentioned how the style is more like how he used to rap, when he was young and hungry. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine – July 15; The Black Swan, Bendigo – July 16; The Barwon, Geelong – July 17; The Karova, Ballarat – July 21; and Whalers Hotel, Warrnambool – August 2.
