If you haven’t met them yet, 落日飛車 Sunset Rollercoaster are a massive touring band with a highly dedicated global following, especially within the Asian-Australian community. They have performed at Coachella and Fuji Rock, and their recent collaboration album with South Korea’s HYUKOH saw sold-out dates across multiple countries.
The Release: QUIT QUIETLY (2026 RSD Exclusive Cassette) This is their most mature work to date, an 11-track journey of neo-nostalgia blending dream-pop, soul, and psychedelic rock. It is humid, melodic, and deeply universal, featuring international indie friends like Oh Hyuk, Anpu, and Leah Dou.
Here is the best part for your store: Sunset Rollercoaster will be touring Australia exactly during the RSD weekend and the RSD team caught up with them ahead of landing in Australia.
Your album QUIT QUIETLY is being released on cassette for Record Store Day 2026, exclusively across Australia, Taiwan and Japan. What made cassette format the right way to release this album for RSD?
CD 跟黑膠我們之前都已經自己做過了，剛好 RSD 來問的時候，發現——欸，好像只剩卡帶還沒做。
就有一種「那不然就補完好了」的感覺。
但後來想一想也蠻合理的，《QUIT QUIETLY》本來就比較安靜、比較私密，用卡帶這種需要一點耐心的格式，好像也滿適合的。
所以這件事一開始有點像誤打誤撞，但最後又覺得——嗯，好像本來就應該是這樣。
We had already produced both CD and vinyl versions ourselves before, so when RSD approached us, we realized—oh, cassette was the only format we hadn’t done yet.
It kind of felt like, “well, we might as well complete the set.”
But the more we thought about it, the more it made sense. QUIT QUIETLY is a quieter, more intimate record, and cassette—being a format that asks for a bit more patience—actually suits that mood quite well.
So it started off a bit by accident, but in the end it felt like—yeah, maybe this was how it was always meant to be.
The past few years have been huge for the band; winning Best Band at the Golden Melody Awards, playing Coachella, and collaborating and touring with HYUKOH. Did that period influence the album or motion of QUIT QUIETLY?
那幾年比較像一場很長的飛行。
從製作《AAA》到跟 HYUKOH 一起巡演，台上是 10 個人，那種能量其實很直接，也很滿。
但當這一切結束之後，我們又回到 5 個人。
那個轉換其實很明顯，也讓我開始重新去感覺一些比較小、比較簡單的東西。
好像不需要那麼多聲音，反而更能聽到一些本來就存在的東西。
所以《QUIT QUIETLY》比較像是在那之後的一次深呼吸。
Those years felt more like a very long journey.
From making AAA to touring with HYUKOH, there were 10 people on stage—the energy was very direct and full.
But when all of that ended, we went back to being just five again.
That shift was quite clear, and it made me start to notice smaller, simpler things again. It felt like we didn’t need that many layers of sound—sometimes having less actually lets you hear what was already there.
So QUIT QUIETLY feels more like a deep breath after all of that.
The album has been described as ‘a diary’ of “everyday life and fragments of ideas”. Were there any particular moments or places that became the inspiration for the songs on this album?
這張專輯大部分是在巡迴的路途上寫出來的。
我的個性好像是這樣，需要越高壓、越緊湊的環境，靈感反而越容易噴發。在那些移動的空隙裡，我會隨手抓一些生活碎塊記錄下來。
製作這張專輯時，我也正好處於 30 歲的末端，不免俗地去做了一次全身健康檢查。其中〈Humor Tumor〉（幽默腫瘤）這首歌，就是在那次健檢後寫出來的（笑）。對我來說，這種在極度忙碌與面對身體現實之間的對照，就是這張專輯最真實的背景。
Most of this album was written while we were on tour.
I think my personality works like this—the more intense and tightly packed the environment is, the easier it is for ideas to come out. In those small gaps while moving from place to place, I would just capture little fragments of everyday life.
When I was making this album, I was also at the tail end of my 30s, so I did a full health check-up, like people tend to do at that stage. One of the songs, “Humor Tumor,” actually came out of that experience (laughs).
For me, that contrast—between being extremely busy and suddenly facing the reality of your own body—became the most honest background of this album.
With Record Store Day excitingly expanding across the Asian-Pacific, particularly with Taiwan joining the celebration for the first time this year, how does it feel to be part of the growing connection between the music communities across the Asian-Pacific region and your connection with Australia?
我覺得很榮幸可以參與這個計劃。
音樂本來就是會流動的。
我們一直都蠻喜歡澳洲的音樂氛圍，有一種很放鬆，但同時又很有實驗精神的感覺。
我們第一次去澳洲巡迴是 2023 年，那時候就感覺到那邊的聽眾跟我們其實有一些很自然的連結。
今年台灣可以正式加入 Record Store Day，我覺得也代表這裡的實體音樂場景開始被更多人看見。
能夠在這樣的過程裡面，我們比較像是一個中間的角色，有點像橋樑。
把亞太這邊比較浪漫的東西，慢慢地，順著洋流帶到澳洲去。
It’s an honor to be part of this project.
Music naturally moves and flows.
We’ve always really liked the music scene in Australia—it has this relaxed feeling, but at the same time it’s very experimental. Our first tour there was in 2023, and even then we felt a very natural connection with the audience.
With Taiwan officially joining Record Store Day this year, it also feels like the physical music scene here is starting to be seen by more people.
Being part of this process, we see ourselves more as something in between—a kind of bridge.
Carrying a certain kind of romance from the Asia-Pacific, and slowly letting it drift across the ocean toward Australia.
Record Store Day supports the local community music scenes, the stores, artists, and discovering new music. Do you have any memories of discovering new music in record stores?
有一次我在台北的獨立唱片行 Waiting Room 逛的時候，偶然發現了一張由 Music From Memory 出品的專輯，是 Gaussian Curve 的《Clouds》。直到現在我還是非常頻繁地在聽這張專輯。
One time, I was browsing at a record store in Taipei called Waiting Room, and I came across an album released by Music From Memory—it was Clouds by Gaussian Curve.
I still listen to that album very often to this day.
You are set to come to Australia and play shows in Sydney and Melbourne, right in time for RSD! Will you be checking out any stores while you’re here?
這次可能有點可惜，因為我們是背靠背（back-to-back）的表演，17 號在雪梨、18 號在墨爾本，演完就要馬上移動。不過我有聽說澳洲有很多很有特色的獨立唱片行，下次再來玩一定會特別安排。
It might be a bit of a pity this time, since we have back-to-back shows—Sydney on the 17th and Melbourne on the 18th—and we’ll need to move immediately after each show.
But I’ve heard there are many unique independent record stores in Australia, so next time we come, we’ll definitely make time to explore them.
How are you planning to celebrate the release of QUIT QUIETLY on cassette for RSD 2026?
剛好那一天是我們在 Melbourne 的 QQ 專場。所以如果大家買完卡帶的話，也很歡迎順便來現場一起玩。可以把那天當成一個延長版的 Record Store Day。
It just so happens that we’ll be playing our QUIT QUIETLY headline show in Melbourne that day.
So if you pick up the cassette, you’re more than welcome to come join us at the show—it can be like an extended version of Record Store Day
If the band owned a record store, which band member would be the DJ in charge of the daily record spins?
我們應該會輪流吧，讓大家聽聽團員私下的音樂品味。不過週五晚上滿適合交給「SAX MACHINE」浩庭來一個薩克斯風的 Set。他去年發了一張自己的專輯《SAX TAPE》，非常好聽，強烈推薦。
We’d probably take turns, so everyone can share their own personal taste in music.
But Friday nights would be perfect for handing things over to Hao-Ting—aka “SAX MACHINE”—for a full saxophone set. His solo album SAX TAPE came out last year, and it’s really great. Highly recommended.
What’s next for 落日飛車 Sunset Rollercoaster?
目前還是會繼續巡演，也會慢慢做新的音樂。我們沒有特別想要去哪裡或變成什麼樣子，比較像是順著現在的狀態繼續走下去。
We’ll continue touring for now, while slowly working on new music.
There’s no specific place we’re aiming for or a particular direction we’re trying to become, it’s more about following the current flow and seeing where it takes us.
Ask your favourite Indie Store is they’ll be stocking the QUIT QUIETLY cassette.
落日飛車 Sunset Rollercoaster will perform in Australia on the following dates:
Friday 17 April
Sydney – Roundhouse
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Saturday 18 April
Melbourne – THE FORUM
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