| Apricot Rail - Basket Press Rock, Instrumental | 25/01/2013 |
“...what genre-defining bands like Explosions in the Sky take eight or nine minutes to do Apricot Rail are capable of in three and a half." – Drum Media
‘Basket Press’ opens Apricot Rail’s long-awaited sophomore album Quarrels in fine style. Led by the band’s unmistakably chiming guitars and overlaid with gorgeous woodwinds, the song’s melodic weave soon builds into a triumphant final chapter. The track is a wonderful introduction to Quarrels’ multi-part song structures and beautiful unfurling melodies.
| Apricot Rail - Surry Hills Rock, Atmospheric, Experimental, Electronic | 26/01/2012 |
Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care.
The stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that gradually blooms from a shimmering haze of harmonics and ride cymbal into a delicious interweave of resonant guitars and woodwind melodies. The song’s restraint becomes its strength as the hairs on the back of your neck slowly rise.
| Apricot Rail - Surry Hills Rock, Atmospheric, Experimental, Electronic | 02/08/2011 |
Most instrumental rock suggests the apocalypse is coming. If it is, Apricot Rail are too busy crafting beautiful lilting melodies to care.
The stunning new song from the much-beloved Apricot Rail that gradually blooms from a shimmering haze of harmonics and ride cymbal into a delicious interweave of resonant guitars and woodwind melodies. The song’s restraint becomes its strength as the hairs on the back of your neck slowly rise.
| Umpire - Green Light District Rock | 03/06/2011 |
Umpire are Perth’s widescreen indie-rock craftsmen, combining sprawling rock sounds with reflective melancholy, expertly wielding massive sun-drenched melodies, serpentine guitar parts and soaring vocals to spectacular effect.
The new single by Perth’s widescreen indie-rock craftsmen Umpire, ‘Green Light District’ marries Umpire’s sprawling indie-rock sounds and reflective melancholy, providing the instant gratification of massive The track is taken from Umpire’s forthcoming debut album Now We’re Active, the band’s first release through Hidden Shoal Recordings.
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Other tracks by Umpire: Supply Chins - The Canyon
| Mukaizake - The Yeah Conditioner Rock | 17/12/2009 |
Featuring members of legendary Perth bands Umpire, Adam Said Galore and Blue Tile Lounge, Mukaizake combine intricate, dynamic guitar parts with highly accessible song structures and strong melodic vocals.
The opening rush of adrenaline from forthcoming album Unknown Knowns, ‘The Yeah Conditioner’ is Mukaizake’s triumphant return to the Australian music scene. The track sees the band at their compelling best, combining urgent rhythms, dynamic guitar interplay and Geoff Symons’ strong melodic vocals, twisting and flexing into glowing new shapes.
Other tracks by Mukaizake: Rule Norse - Slack Bees
| My Majestic Star - Crampling Rock, Atmospheric, Pop | 10/11/2009 |
Perth band My Majestic Star meld elements of shoegaze and post-rock to create songs brimming with fuzzed-out ambience and shimmering, haunting melodies.
A prime example of My Majestic Star’s ability to merge weightless daydream pop with droning shoegaze. The track’s melodies swim in uppers and downers, all the while building and brooding. The track also features the stunning vocals of the band’s cellist, Miriam Braun, alongside Chris Mason’s distinctively dreamy tones.
Other tracks by My Majestic Star: Like Cracked Glass - Hi
| City of Satellites - Moon in the Sea (Single Edit) Pop, Electronic, Atmospheric | 29/09/2009 |
In City of Satellites’ music, raw guitar tones, rich vocal melodies and dynamic percussive rhythms weave around layers of vintage synthesizers, textures and sequences, creating ethereal yet structured electronic pop.
The perfect introduction to City Of Satellites’ gorgeous sound. Delayed guitars, bass and drums are swathed in an eerie mist of synths and chimes, above which Jarrod Manuel’s emotive vocals shine clear and true. The track breathes and throbs with life, ebbing and flowing beautifully
throughout.
throughout.
Other tracks by City of Satellites: The Spook - Sleeping Disgrace
| Tangled Star - seabirdtown Rock, Alternative Country | 28/09/2009 |
Tangled Star make once familiar territory foreign and offset. Thier sound which is rooted in indie rock and alt country takes unconventional musical twists and turns.
‘seabirdtown’ opens with the expansive open air sound of Pink Floyd-style organs and spatial guitars before falling into an earthbound shuffle. The build to a towering edifice of overdriven guitar, droning organ and harmony vocals is topped off by an echoed guitar line that sketches glistening arcs in the stratosphere.
Other tracks by Tangled Star: I had something good in my life and I didn’t want to lose it’ - Pictures of Lefty
| Apricot Rail - Pouring Milk Out The Window Rock, Instrumental, Pop | 25/09/2009 |
Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year.
‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ is an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness.
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Other tracks by Apricot Rail: The Parachute Failure - Trout Fishing In Australia
| Fall Electric - Faithless Friend Rock, Acoustic | 25/09/2009 |
Fall Electric’s songs focus on riddled philosophic inquiries, ironies within romance, the nature of admitting human weakness and other enjoyably unsolvable topics.
‘Faithless Friend’ sees Fall Electric in full rock mode. Edgy, overdriven acoustic guitar is lent friction and gravity coupled with cello stabs and bows, woven around urgent, tumbling drums. The song canters and bucks frenetically before fading away in a wry homage to the Nirvana classic ‘Something In The Way’.
Other tracks by Fall Electric: Warm Toes - There In The Morning
| Tangled Star - tosleepingpeople Rock, Alternative Country | 25/09/2009 |
Distilling elements of indie rock and alt country married with Craig Hallsworth’s wonderful dust and liquor coated vocals and twisting lyrics, Tangled Star weaves their own magic place.
The wonderfully received first single lifted from the "Our Man In Eden Hill" EP, ‘tosleepingpeople’, is a lilting pop classic and sees Tangled Star at their inimitable best. The song layers gorgeously crafted, country-tinged melancholic pop with Hallsworth’s wonderfully wry lyrical playfulness.
Other tracks by Tangled Star: Sunny Day Losers # 12 & 35 - The Skaters
| Tarcutta - Liberace Fibonacci Rock, Instrumental | 25/09/2009 |
Tarcutta's epic and detailed instrumental movements draw inspiration from punk, rock and post-rock.
‘Liberace Fibonacci’ thrills with its awesome organ riff,
before taking flight through a series of dizzying
twists and turns. This is complex, hook laden instrumental rock at it's best.
before taking flight through a series of dizzying
twists and turns. This is complex, hook laden instrumental rock at it's best.
Other tracks by Tarcutta: You Gotta Crawl Before You Walk Before You Waltz - Mount Bartle Frere
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