Just a band? Maybe It’s Everything! The Rions on their road to success

Noah Blockley from The Rions discusses the bands rise, debut album, and their sonic deviation.

After the dust settles, the quiet can feel just as loud. For The Rions, the comedown after Everything Every Single Day has been less about stopping and more about resetting, a deep breath taken after a full-throttle year that carried them from sold-out Australian theatres to intimate UK rooms, then straight onto festival stages towering with expectation.

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Frontman and bassist Noah Blockley sounds both relieved and recharged when reflecting on the chaos of 2025. “Last year was so hectic,” he says. “After that three month run of full headline shows through October in Australia and then we went to the UK, came back to play Spilt Milk, and then my family came over, we had Christmas. It was super chill… Since then I’ve kind of been hanging out and cruising ever since. I’m really excited for this upcoming tour.”

Cruising feels like the right word. For a band who have essentially grown up together, the release of their debut album in October was not just a checkpoint, it was the payoff. High school classmates Noah Blockley, Harley Wilson, Asher McLean and Tom Partington have been playing together since they were 12 years old, and Everything Every Single Day sounds like it, rich with shared instinct, trust and lived-in confidence.

The touring cycle around the album reflected just how fast The Rions have grown. Regional Australian rooms gave way to their first-ever UK headline shows, before landing on the sprawling stages of Spilt Milk, where they held their own among global heavyweights including Kendrick Lamar, Dominic Fike, Doechii, Sara Landry and ScHoolboy Q.

“It was so strange seeing the crowds go from 2000 to 150 to like 8000,” Blockley laughs. “It was such different shows and we tailored our shows to each venue that we were playing. It’s been a whirlwind and it’s been hectic but it’s been so much fun. I’m glad we’ve had time off too… We’ve been working pretty hard, meeting up almost every day.”

 

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That brief pause has not dulled their momentum. Four months on from the album’s release, which debuted at number one on the ARIA Australian Album Chart and number two on Vinyl, the pressure that once loomed large has shifted into something far more useful: clarity.

“I am so happy with how it went,” Blockley says. “This was one of the biggest projects that we had ever attempted… if we’re going to do this, we have to do it right. Seeing the response and being able to tour it the way we did has been so incredible.”

There is a noticeable lightness when he talks about what comes next. “There was so much pressure to make it perfect… now moving into the second project it’s eased off and more relaxed. We gave Everything Every Single Day all of us… Releasing it felt like the biggest weight off our shoulders, we felt like a real band!”

That sense of arrival runs through the album itself. Built on friendship rather than hierarchy, Everything Every Single Day is a record that knows when to let each member shine, without ever pulling the focus away from the song.

“I think we really tried to showcase everyone’s skills,” Blockley explains. “When it was just me and Harley on ‘Oh How Hard It Is To Be 20’, you hear how individually awesome Harley is at playing guitar… Everything has to work cohesively and everyone has to be individual.”

 

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Sonically, the album pulls from a wide palette, drawing inspiration from The Beatles, The 1975 and Sam Fender, while always sounding distinctly like The Rions. That refusal to be boxed in remains central to their creative identity as they look ahead.

“This second one might not sound anything like the first,” Blockley admits. “Internally we have this philosophy… let’s not have this set on sound that we have to keep repeating. Let’s just create music that we love… it’s not ‘people might not like it’. It’s ‘there’s something for everyone’.”

That outlook has already taken them a long way. Since winning triple j’s Unearthed High in 2021, The Rions have built their reputation the hard way, through relentless touring, genuine emotional connection and shows that feel more like a shared release than a performance. Sweat, joy and sincerity remain their strongest currency.

With their debut album now firmly out in the world, The Rions are heading back on the road for a sprawling Australian regional tour presented by triple j, running from February through April. The tour brings them to rooms and towns that shaped them, including their two Victorian stops at Barwon Heads Hotel (12 March) and The Pier in Frankston (13 March), places where connection matters more than spectacle.

 

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Armed with Everything Every Single Day and a renewed sense of confidence, The Rions no longer feel like a band chasing momentum. They sound like one comfortably holding it, eyes forward, feet planted, and ready for whatever comes next.

Catch The Rions live on their regional run this March, and grab your last minute tickets here.