MONNONE ALONE’S NEW VIDEO FOR DO IT TWICE
Monnone Alone, the guitar pop project of former Lucksmiths bass player Mark Monnone and an esteemed coterie of Melbourne musicians is set for the imminent release of a new album, Summer Of The Mosquito. The second single to come from it, the instructive and power pop centred ‘Do It Twice’ just scored a video directed […]
THE OCEAN PARTY RELEASE FINAL RECORD; LISTEN TO ‘WE SHOULD DO THIS AGAIN’
Just a quick word to remind readers that The Ocean Party, one of our favourite Australian guitar pop bands ever, released their final ever record yesterday. Nothing Grows was penned in its idiosyncratic entirety by the youngest of the band’s six songwriters, vocalists and multi-instrumentalists Zac Denton before he tragically left us late last year. […]
THE OCEAN PARTY CALL IT A DAY & ANNOUNCE THEIR FINAL RELEASE; “NOTHING GROWS” A SIX TRACK EP PENNED BY ZAC DENTON; SHARE FIRST SINGLE, FINAL TOUR IN MARCH
“Thanks for humouring us for so long.” Nicholas Kearton & The Ocean Party. Seminal Melbourne via Wagga Wagga pop outfit The Ocean Party have announced that they will call it a day after almost a decade this week. We’ve had the feeling since the tragic passing of the beautiful and talented Zac Denton late last […]
THE OCEAN PARTY SHARE NEW VIDEO
The Ocean Party have released a new video for ‘Cracked And Shattering’ the closer from their latest record Beauty Point. Drummer Lachlan Denton takes the vocal lead set against a backdrop of outback images taken from their recent extensive Australian tour. The track centres on uncertainty and a search for meaning and direction, a theme […]
AFTER ALMOST A QUARTER CENTURY EVEN AS WE SPEAK RETURN WITH NEW EP
Earlier this month, Sydney jangle pop stalwarts Even As We Speak released their first new material in 24 years coming in the form of a five track EP titled The Black Forest. For many, a potted history may be in order. Formed in 1985 as a three piece coalescing largely around the songwriting of Matt […]