Powderfinger

Powderfinger were almost swept away while recording their upcoming new album.

The Brisbane band are in Byron Bay working on the follow up to their last album, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence.

In a post from the band’s frontman, Bernard Fanning, the band witnessed first hand the ocean erosion problems of the New South Wales north coast.

“The most interesting and exciting thing that has happened so far is that our accommodation was ‘almost’ washed into the ocean,” Fanning wrote.

“There was talk of SES [state emergency services] evacuation plans and all sorts of amazing stuff. There have been excavators blinking, grunting and beeping day and night, filling sand bags and generally making hapless attempts to hold back the king tides that have swamped the coast these last few nights.

“We have armed ourselves with an EPIRBs and surf mats in case our oceanside mansions are washed away in the dead of night.

“The second most interesting thing that happened was that JC and I both wore the same jacket to the studio on the same day. It was SO embarrassing,” the singer joked.

“Luckily the paparazzi were busy shooting Cogs, Darius and Hog waxing their surfmats, to catch us in such a sartorial dilemma.”

Powderfinger released their last album, Dream Days At Hotel Existence in 2008.

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