Coathanger Antennae Explained

Coathanger Antennae
Type:Album
Artist:Diesel
Cover:Coat_hanger_Antennae_by_Diesel.jpg
Released:17 June 2006
Recorded:Freight Train Studios & Morleigh Glen '05
Genre:Alternative rock, Blues music
Length:48:50
Label:Liberation Records
Prev Title:Singled Out
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Days Like These
Next Year:2008

Coathanger Antennae is the eighth studio album by Diesel released in June 2006. The album reached a peak of #23 on the ARIA Charts in July 2006.

Coathanger Antennae is an album Diesel recorded himself, playing virtually live to tape - a method Diesel swears "worked well for the Beatles". "There's an old joke about a band in a recording studio, and after they've done a take the sound engineer says into their headphones: 'Yeah, it sounds like shit, come on in!' That's the way making records is these days - everything can be fixed later, and it's easy to get sucked into that method of recording, brick by brick, layer upon layer."[1]

Coathanger Antennae was recorded in two months with Diesel backed by bassist Richie Vez and drummer Lee Moloney. In 2018,Diesel said; “I want to make records where I can play with other people and just have fun. I want to make records where I can play with other people and just have fun.”[2]

Track listing

  1. Sea by Stars
  2. Saviour
  3. Beautiful Life
  4. Up in My Room
  5. Moon Morning
  6. Let You In
  7. Positive+
  8. Crazytown
  9. No Sign for Like
  10. Is It Ok Love
  11. I Do
  12. Wait For Me
  13. Steal My Sunshine

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diesel fuming? Actually, he's just happy to still be playing.. www.theage.com.au. 13 December 2006. 16 April 2016.
  2. Web site: DIESEL NEW GREATEST HITS ALBUM + 'GIVE ME SATURDAY NIGHT' NATIONAL TOUR. Mushroom Promotions. 27 May 2018. 10 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140215/https://mushroompromotions.com/press-releases/diesel-new-greatest-hits-album-give-saturday-night-national-tour/. 12 June 2018. dead.