Kylpyvesi Records has today released Via Dolorosa, an unreleased album recorded in 1990 by cult Melbourne band These Future Kings, a band whose founding members both grew up in migrant families in the city’s outer South-Eastern suburbs, and whose co-songwriter, lyricist and vocalist Perry A. White passed away in 2025. Recorded in 1990 and intended as their second album, Via Dolorosa was shelved when the band’s label folded, leaving the band devastated. They broke up shortly afterwards.
In mid-2025, following Perry’s passing, his sister and band bass player Claudia White worked to track down the original master tapes for the lost album. These were finally unearthed from a box that had travelled from Melbourne to the UK to Portugal with These Future Kings co-founder and co-songwriter, guitarist Charles Caldas (who went on to become CEO of Shock Records and global rights agency Merlin). These have been fully remastered by Mikey Young, and now, 35 years on from its recording, Via Dolorosa finally sees an official release on vinyl through Kylpyvesi Records, the label of renowned music author and chronicler David Nichols, (who was the first person to ever release music by the band on his Distant Violins cassette compilation).
Via Dolorosa is available to order now from: https://thesefuturekings.bandcamp.com/album/via-dolorosa. It will be digitally released on April 10 via all digital platforms globally.
