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Indie rock outsiders Errol J.M and the Trade Secrets emerged from the Australian blue-collar port city of Newcastle in late 2005.
Following a seven year tenure as co-founder of Australian indie rock road warriors Muzzy Pep, Errol J. Moyle wasted little time recruiting Muzzy drummer Luke Bennett to begin the writing and recording of Moyle’s debut long player, The Truth Is Boring. Released under the banner of Errol J.M, it features renowned Australian sound engineer and producer Tim Whitten behind the mixing desk.
The debut single Zeros and Ones enjoyed instant success, receiving high-level national airplay, glowing reviews and a place amongst Australia’s best independent releases for 2006 on Triple J’s annual Home and Hosed Australian music compilation CD. Errol and Luke then teamed up with fellow Novocastrians Cameron McKenzie and Anthony Frampton to round out the Trade Secrets line-up.
No strangers to the follies of relentless touring in previous bands, they opted to spend the following two years writing, recording and performing select gigs and small festivals throughout regional N.S.W, Newcastle and Sydney areas, developing a modest yet devoted fan base.
Mid 2008 saw the band return to the studio to begin production of their ‘difficult second album’.
With an ongoing desire to embrace a stronger D.I.Y ethic, Cameron and Errol (both experienced tradespeople) constructed permanent recording studios at their inner city homes. This time they chose to write, perform, record and produce the band’s second album at their own pace, without the cliché burden of time limits and budget pressures.
The second long player, creatively titled Errol J.M and the Trade Secrets, sees the band finding its core sound. After years experimenting with various sonic ideals and exploring individual musical tastes, the new album is a far more abrasive and angular listen than its predecessor. Multi instrumental layering and keyboard fluff has been replaced by a more intentional, sometimes nasty, wall of guitars.
T-t-t-twenty four seven..howzitgoin' Errol?Well I hope...wanna get my grubby mits on a copy of your superfabulous new album in time to dance/fall around the Christmas tree.My buddy in Sydney is coming back here to Dublin next month...will he be able to find it there in "all fine music stores"?Meantimes,you could promote your fine wares on our page...on the offchance that someone might actually drop by it anytime soon...har har...
The best to you and yours from inner city obscurity,Dublin.
Cool, it's downloading (legally, of course) as I type. I like what I'm hearing.
Yep, full album for me too, a whole 11 tracks. Sean Carey (Thirsty Merc) came onboard to co-produce and engineer. The guy's amazing, what can I say. Got some progress mixes up on my profile if you're up for a listen.
Come and help us pay for our travel from Melbourne. It will make you feel really good about yourself(John Merrick, the Elephant Man, had a benefactor who by all accounts slept extremely well and had regular bowel movements with an excellent firmness of stool) Apart from the charity side off things, we're not too bad either.
Hey Errol! How are ya? Lets hang out and have a skate sometime. Dane gave me a board and It's about the size of yours. Really fat. Makes me feel real safe. Yeah, sorry for nabbing your bass player. Actually I'm totally not. He rips. You guys rip.
Errol-gotta couple of mates living in Sydney who I pointed in your direction.They tell me they're gonna go to your Landsdowne Hotel gig on the 20th...drink their pockets dry man!!Have posted a coupla new songs if you really have nothin' better to do..
Hey Errol, good to hear from you! ah u still have a sticker? awesome, they might be worth something on the antique road show! haha. Keep me posted if you're on your way to Adelaide, we can hook somethin up.. Sean
All the best with the new album Errol;Foolin' Around is a great track man;lovin' the artwork too.. Made our live debut recently..it went something like this..
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