This Band Takes Better Travel Photos Than You

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Following up their debut single ‘The Woods,’ Brisbane indie folk duo Hollow Coves have returned with an atmospheric and introspective new single ‘Coastline’.

Hollow Coves is Matt Carins and Ryan Henderson, two vagabonds with a shared love of travel. Their EP Wanderlust will arrive on February 3 following an incredible few years for the band, and it’s no coincidence they’ve named their EP after the desire to get out there and see the world. Several of the singles on Wanderlust actually materialised overseas; from a small apartment in Toronto to Montreal’s Indica Studios to back home in Brisbane, this EP is escapism at its finest.

Not content with being masters of one domain, both Matt and Ryan are also insanely talented travel photographers. They’ve shared with us some pics from their turns around the globe, and they look straight out of an edition of National Geographic. Click through the gallery below for some major ‘phwoar’ moments.

Road tripping through the Canadian Rockies, soaking up the epic scenery. (Ryan)

Stopped in at Two Jacks Lake in Banff National Park while on the road trip through the Rockies. (Ryan)

The view from the side of the road along the Icefields Parkway. (Ryan)

Cinque Terre. Five humble fishing towns along the coast of Italy. (Ryan)

Travelling by boat to the shores of Halstatt, Austria. (Matt)

Admiring the sheer size of the Skogafoss waterfalls while on a road trip through Iceland. (Matt)

Walking down the road in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, surrounded by the mountains in the valley. (Ryan)

Travelling with friends through the Lofoten Islands in Norway. (Matt)

Recording guitars at Indica Studios in Montreal, Canada. (Ryan)

Toronto, Canada. Taken on the day I arrived in Canada where Ryan and I were reunited after a year and a half living in seperate parts of the world. (Matt)

A balloon ride over Cappadocia, Turkey at sunrise. (Matt)

Watching the aurora borealis over Unstad, Norway. (Matt)

The tiny apartment in Toronto where we ended up writing most of the new songs for the EP.

Getting away from the apartment to get some inspiration down by Lake Ontario, Toronto.

Their new single ‘Coastline’ was penned after Hollow Coves discovered their shared love for travelling along Australia’s vast edges. Matt and Ryan say this single springs from a mutual nostalgia and thirst to find themselves back there, zipping past crystal-blue seas and scorching white sands.