Pegasus by Sex On Toast

A strange dream, colour saturated.
Sun glares through the window of a motel room.
Sunset strip filth. A starry-eyed, broken-hearted kid.
The orchestra plays a soundtrack to a bizarre film.
This is Pegasus.
The new album from legendary Melbourne act, Sex on Toast.
After 20 years in the game, Sex on Toast have reached icon status.
With an enviable back catalogue that covers a gamut of musical styles, SOT have delivered a luscious, energetic, moody new album that takes the listener on an unforgettable sonic journey.
3 years in the making, we emerge with SOT’s most ambitious work yet.
Drawing from an array influences such as theatrical rock, film soundtracks, noise and motown, Pegasus tells a story in two parts that is part fantasy, part reality.
It’s a Hollywood dream with luscious orchestration. It’s rock ’roll bombast.
It’s a romantic ballad of hope and despair. Sex on Toast’s new album is an epic feast.
With a large portion of Pegasus composed in Los Angeles in 2020, and recorded slowly but surely in Melbourne between 2021-2023, the record features more than 36 credited musicians.
They’re anywhere from Aus jazz legend Barney McAll, cult comedy hero Neil Hamburger, the cream of the crop of Australia’s jazz and classical world and the cast of regulars and veterans you’d expect from a SOT release.
Pegasus is an epic journey.
A Hollywood movie for your ears.
A technicolour daydream.
Pegasus.
Out now on Tonay Records!

Tracklist

1.	Opening Credits	2:52

2.	Somebody Like You	3:28

3.	Never Let Go	4:12

4.	Take Your Mask Off (And Love Me Tonight)	5:16

5.	Pegasus Rising	2:57

6.	Neil Hamburger's Two Cents	2:14

7.	But Still You Whine?	6:26

8.	Another One	3:09

9.	Layin' Next To You	7:32

10.	Oooo Yeah	0:55

11.	Prelude To A Cat	0:34

12.	Enrique	4:14

Credits

released October 16, 2024

Recording Credits:

Produced by Angus Leslie
Recorded by: Michael O’ Connell, Angus Leslie, Jez Giddings, Stive Collins at Hothouse Studios, Tonay Studios,
Black Pearl Studios, Stingy Studios, Clive Hung Studios.
Mixed by Gareth Thomson (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10) Michael O’Connell (7, 9, 12) and Angus Leslie (11) Barney McAll co-writing and production (4)
Mastered by Adam Dempsey.
Cover Art and Photography by Wilk
Layout by Beth Otenstein

Personnel:

Angus Leslie- lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, percussion
Nick Pietsch- trombone, sousaphone, trumpet on track 4
James Bowers- keyboards, piano, talk-box
Jordan Dempster- backing vocals on track 2, 4, 7 & 8 bass on track 2, 3, 6 & 7
Louis King- guitars on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7
Jessi Dunbar- drums on track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8
Beth Otenstein- lead and backing vocals on track 2, 3 & 8
Ollie Rolfe- Hammond B3, on track 8, Prophet on track 9, Wurlitzer on track 12
Tiaryn Griggs- backing vocals on track 9
Grace Robinson- backing vocals on track 4
Zak Pidd- backing vocals on tracks 4 & 9
Julius Millar- backing vocals on track 8
Neil Hamburger- intermission track 7
Paul Scarmozzino- Pegasus information track 8
Luke Hodgson- fuzz bass on track 6
Paul Bender- bass on track 4
James Gilligan- fretless bass on tracks 7 & 9
Sam Maguire- bass on track 12, ARP synthesiser on track 7
Lee Brackenborough- modular synths on track 8
Barney McAll- keyboards on track 4 & 5
Rohan Seekers- Rhodes on track 5
Dom Stitt- drums on track 12
Rodolpho ‘Panga’ Hechavarria Despaigne- congas on track 12
Marcus Ryan- drums on track 9
Myka Wallace- drums on track 4
Hugo Schultz- trumpet on tracks 2 & 6
Monica Ludekens- French horn on track 1
Grant Arthur- trombone tech on track 8
Rosie Luby- cello on track 1, 9 & 10
Jon Hunt- baritone sax on track 1 & 6
Skylar Sansome- mallet percussion on tracks 1, 2, 6, 8 & 10
Kirstie Armiger-Grant- castanets on 2
Chloe Sanger- violin and viola on 9
Molly Collier O’Boyle- violin and viola on 10
Melina Van Leeuwen- harp on tracks 1, 10 & 11

Thankyou: Kirstie Armiger-Grant, Beth Otenstein, Jean Lizza, Trent Menassa, Uncle Joe's Kebabs, Lorelei Camboni, Hayley Foster, Clive Young, Michael O’Connell, Davey Lane, Trey Spruance, Luke Hodgson, Lana Howitt, Hayley Ayres & 360 Artist Logistics, Jess Wurst & Cult Artists, Kristo Langker & Eunuchs, Wesley Stormer, Bailey Judd, Dani Intermann, Ben Morgan, Stephen Brooks, Noah Earp, Georgia Coles, Anni Wagar, Hugo Schulz, Rory Dempster, Tully Ross, Tully Ryan, Ollie Thorpe, Manoulia, Kitty J, Christopher Windley and Shotkickers, Gregg Turkington, Simone Turkington, Phil Franklin, Danny Heifetz, Bär McKinnon, Ada Boag, Barwise, Barney McAll, Oliver Messiaen, Anna Otenstein, Not Judy, Jane Safarian, Leonard Bernstein, Dan Toner

Recorded on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri people.
Sovereignty was never ceded. We pay respects to elders past, present and emerging. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land

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