"The band now appears tantalisingly close to living up to their name, and judging by the praise and applause from the crowd, they're every bit as good as word-on-the-street would have you believe." - Jonathon Howard, Time Off, Issue 1382
"Locals Stature::Statue are up first, a band comprised mainly of hair and guitars. The tightness of the band is immediately apparent as they blast out math-rock inflected post-punk with precision and finesse, ever changing riffs coalescing with rapid-fire drumming and the occasional loop. It’s a promising set and I suspect that much like Samson they will get stronger as their hair gets bigger." - Michael Pincott, Rave Magazine
"Stature::Statue get things off to an extremely raw start... The music of this frenetic four-piece is all barreling guitar chords and dark basslines, propelled forward by the drumwork of the manic James, who handles each songs numerous tempo changes with ease. The guitar play is excellent, especially from second guitarist Eddie, and Luke sings like a man possessed by demonic musical forces... Stature::Statue may never be radio darlings, but if you like your wall-of-noise rock dirty and demented, these guys should be your new favourite band." - Reviewer "gumbuoy", Fasterlouder.com.au
"Stature::Statue opens to a smattering of early audience members and nearly tears my ears off in the process... they drive their epileptic songs every which-way with ruthless energy. Two things I learnt about Stature::Statue—not only do they have a big sound, but they have big hair too." - Lindsey Cuthbertson, Rave Magazine
"Tonight's sizable early crowd are receptive to the spiky post-punk exhibited by locals Stature::Statue, who regard their half-hour with a wry smile amid layers of delicious noise. Their series of explosive numbers are propelled by break-neck drumming, shouted vocals and swarming chords that explore the fretboard with urgency..." - Andrew McMillen, Rave Magazine
Stature::Statue started existence in april of 2006. Since July last year they have played over fifty shows with bands like The Mint Chicks(NZ), Die!Die!Die!(NZ), The Scare, Japanther(NY), Love of Diagrams, The Pharoahs, Regular John, The Red Riders, Teenager, Teenagers In Tokyo, Snowman, Yeasayer (NY), The Mess Hall, The Vines and many more...
Their first release is due out soon...
Brisbane outfit Toy Balloon will release their debut album Toy Division on
November 8 through Lofly Records, and to celebrate will perform an east coast
launch tour throughout November.
Formed in 2007, Toy Balloon was
originally a fledgling two-piece made up by Nimai Etheridge’s uniquely melodic
wall-of-sound guitar and Greg Cooper’s beautiful sequenced electronic
compositions. The band have since matured into a four piece featuring Chloe
Cooper (Mr Maps) on key boards and Ben Green on drums.
The album was
recorded and mixed at the Lofly Hangar in Brisbane, a DIY performance space that
Toy Balloon has been an integral part of creating. Fostering emerging artists
and left-of-centre music, the Hangar acts as a performance space, recording
studio, and meeting place; and has resulted in a record with a rich, layered
sound reminiscent of New Order, Mogwai, Boards of Canada, and LCD
Soundsystem.
Catch Toy Balloon launch Toy Division at a venue near you
this Oct/ November.
TOY BALLOON TOUR DATES:
Brisbane- Thursday 29
October- The Zoo, Fortitude Valley w/ Moon Jog, Tin Can Radio and Doom
Doom.
Sydney- Wednesday 4 November- ‘Upstarts’ at Spectrum, Darlinghurst
w/ Convaire and Black Bear Brown Bear
Sydney- Thursday 5 November- Oxford
Arts Factory, Darlinghurst w/ World Champion and others
Melbourne-
Saturday 7 November- Pony, Melbourne w/ Love Connection and
Aoi
Melbourne- Sunday 8 November- El Joyero, Melbourne
Toy
Division is released November 6 on Lofly Records, with distribution through MGM.
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