Due: 13 Feb ’26
Glocal indie superstars Last Dinosaurs are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their sophomore album Wellness with a reimagining of the record titled Wellnxss.
This re-recorded edition of the album is due out on February 13 via Nettwerk and includes five previously unreleased tracks, including the shimmering ‘Drive’.
Arriving hot off the heels of Last Dinosaurs’ acclaimed debut album, In A Million Years, the follow-up found the trio experimenting with their sound and spawned fan favourites such as ‘Apollo’, ‘Stream’, and ‘Evie’.
Reflecting on Wellnxss and the new version of the album, vocalist and guitarist Sean Caskey says, “Ten years ago, Lach, Sloane, Dan, and I released our sophomore album Wellness! It was the second chance for four boys from Brisbane State High to make another leap in the music world.
“I used to look back on this album as a bit of a failure, as there was so much pressure to follow up In a Million Years, but now I see it as the catalyst for the way we make music today. It forced us to completely change our approach to recording music by doing it all ourselves. This was after we dropped the demos on YouTube; the reaction to those lo-fi recordings was a massive surprise to us. That really inspired us to have more confidence in our own abilities and was the driving force behind Yumeno Garden. We’re so thankful to our fans, because it’s your positive energy that motivates us to keep pushing ourselves in the direction we need to go.”
He goes on to add, “These days, Wellness seems to be one of our fan favourites. We never used to play ‘Apollo’ live, but a few years later, it became one of the most enjoyable songs to play. We get requests to play a lot of the songs from Wellness, so we try to squeeze them into the set wherever we can. It means a lot to us that these songs mean something to you. I’ve dwelled on them a lot lately, and some other songs from that same era that never made the album, and we’re looking forward to showing you some special records soon.”
