Australian rock/electronic band Digital Order has been blazing a path in the electronic rock world in both Australia and the US with its energized amalgamation of modern dance music and classic hard rock.
The band formed in 2013 and since the beginning, Shane Ariti (vocals), newer member Andy Beerli (guitar), Will Cruz (keyboards, guitar), and Henry Gunson (drums) have been on an upward trajectory, launching an EP in 2014 and two sizzling singles in 2015.
2016 looks to be even bigger than before, with the imminent release of album Sons of the Odyssey, preceded by the lead single, the aptly-titled “On Our Way”. The track starts off innocently enough with the strum of acoustic guitar and light keyboard notes and then in plunges deeply into a sonic crevasse of diving guitar distortion, shaking drum pace, and cymbal crash. The band takes a breath, going back to a calmer alt-folk passage with Ariti singing in a delicate and lighter tone.
Digital Order quickly kicks it up several notches as thick and grinding guitar burn, bashed cymbals scintillation, and a loping drum beat are accentuated by Ariti’s urgent vocals as he exclaims, “I don’t wanna lose this fight / Everything I see is black and white.” As his voice echoes off the sonic canyon’s walls, he’s accompanied by a searing, sky-bound guitar line.