Legendary Melbourne Punk Rockers Bodyjar Announce New Album

Legendary Melbourne punk rock outfit Bodyjar have announced that their next album, New Rituals, will be released on February 4.

The third single from the album, which is released today, is a cover of the classic Dragon hit Rain. It follows on from two previous singles, Big Shot and Get Out Of My Head.

"Dragon's Rain is a song that we have toyed with at jams for over 10 years but we never really grabbed a hold of it until this album," Bodyjar's Cam Baines said.

"We really wanted a cool '80s song on the album because Hazy Shade Of Winter always went down so well live and we haven’t recorded a cover in a long time.

"Overall a great band of songwriters, with Todd Hunter also writing Age Of Reason for John Farnham. I know we never had THAT kind of success but I feel a connection with them because they always seemed to put the songs first.

"There's something amazing about it, it was their comeback song and it worked great! So with Todd’s blessing, we can finally put it out."

Check out the new single Rain below.