Tash Sultana – Sonic Alchemy
It’s been six years since Tash Sultana’s ARIA chart-topping Terra Firma, and the wait is officially over. Their third studio album, Sonic Alchemy, lands Friday February 19 via BMG, and today they’ve shared the latest taste of what’s to come with the new single and video ‘Don’t Know Why.’
Made over two years with real instruments, real takes and no shortcuts, Sonic Alchemy is a proudly human record in an increasingly artificial world, and the sound of one of Australia’s great self-made artists rebuilding from the ground up.
Her latest single, ‘Don’t Know Why’ is the most exposed Tash has ever been on record, a song about the fragility of life and how to find your way through a mess you can’t control. “I felt like I needed to get everything off my chest and be vocal about the fact that more often than not there are just times where I am not okay,” Tash says. “My life fell apart over the last couple of years and after I lost everything but my wife and the four walls of my house, I took what was left of me to the studio and wrote this. You can hear in my vocal takes at points where it cracks, and that’s because it’s real emotion. We could’ve fixed it, but fixing it wouldn’t have been honest.”
The single follows ‘Something In The Water’, a warm, unhurried groove that sits right in the pocket Tash built their name on. Together they set the tone for Sonic Alchemy, the sound of an artist tearing everything down and starting again.
Tash describes the record as a separation from the people, systems and versions of themselves that were no longer serving them, and a reclaiming of their career, their identity and their reason for making music in the first place. Across it, they move through love, loss, grief, lust, envy and celebration, and every breath, bit of headphone bleed and happy accident has been kept in the mix.
Commenting on the album, Tash says, “In a digital world, this record is anti-AI, and everything you hear is real. Sometimes it took me one take, and sometimes it took me days to lock into the heart of the moment. To share is to heal, and the ultimate strength is learning how to sit with yourself through the most uncomfortable periods of life and turn what almost killed you into MAGIC.”
Sonic Alchemy also kicks off the biggest chapter of Tash’s career so far. With a new global team behind them after a global signing with BMG, they’ll take the album to arenas across the UK and Europe in March, playing 13 nights in some of the biggest rooms on the continent. It’s the latest leap for an artist who went from busking on the streets of Melbourne to headlining major international festivals, racking up billions of streams and selling more than a million tickets worldwide. Along the way, their live performance videos have been watched hundreds of millions of times, they’ve broken attendance records at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena, and they’ve sold out Red Rocks Amphitheatre in five minutes on three separate occasions.
Tash’s return to the stage is already one of the hottest tickets of 2027. Shortly after the Australian and New Zealand tour was announced, the Auckland, Wellington and Perth shows sold out, and second shows have now been added in all three cities to keep up with demand.
EUROPE + UK ARENA TOUR
Thursday 11 March | 3Arena, Dublin Ireland
Saturday 13 March | OVO Arena Wembley, London UK
Monday 15 March | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Germany
Tuesday 16 March | Lotto Arena, Antwerp Belgium
Thursday 18 March | Barclays Arena, Hamburg Germany
Friday 19 March | Velodrom, Berlin Germany
Sunday 21 March | Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart Germany
Monday 22 March | Olympiahalle, Munich Germany
Tuesday 23 March | Stadthalle, Vienna Austria
Thursday 25 March | Festhalle, Frankfurt Germany
Friday 26 March | Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam Netherlands
Monday 29 March | Adidas Arena, Paris France
Wednesday 31 March | Movistar Arena, Madrid Spain
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR
Thursday 22 April | Powerstation, Auckland 18+ – NEW SHOW
Friday 23 April | Powerstation, Auckland – SOLD OUT
Sunday 25 April | Meow Nui, Wellington – SOLD OUT
Monday 26 April | Meow Nui, Wellington 18+ – NEW SHOW
Saturday 1 May | Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul NSW Lic. All Ages
Tuesday 4 May | Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW Lic. All Ages
Friday 7 May | Forum, Melbourne VIC 18+
Monday 10 May | Hindley St Music Hall, Adelaide SA Lic. All Ages
Wednesday 12 May | Astor Theatre, Perth WA Lic. All Ages – NEW SHOW
Thursday 13 May | Astor Theatre, Perth WA – SOLD OUT
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