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Released: Oct 16, 2010
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General Info

  • Genre: Other

    Location Brisbane, Queensland, Au

    Profile Views: 35443

    Last Login: 4/24/2012

    Member Since 6/14/2007

    Website www.lofly.com

    Record Label <a href=

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ..Toy Balloon.. are an integral part of an emerging Brisbane scene centred around the ..Lofly Hangar.., the city’s iconic DIY venue. Their sound is built upon a steady diet of new wave, post punk, soul, disco and funk 45s, early hip hop, chicago and acid house, and with nods toward shoegazer and post rock. Their debut album ..Toy Division.. features nine tracks of fractured electropop disco jams and was released nationwide November 2009 through ..lofly.. records. .... ..Accolades:.... Laneway Festival Brisbane 2011 ..Fasterlouder album of the week.... ..FBI.. rotation for "Kids NY" and "Broken Little Nothing".. 4ZZZ Hot 100 2009 37 & 43 ..4ZZZ 11 weeks in Top 20 (June - November 2009).. Feature album on ..Edge Radio.. Hobart.. selected for ..Big Sound.. industry showcase 2009.. whothehell.net ..feature story.... ..Yen Magazine.. feature story.. messandnoise.com ..Feature Story.... ..thedwarf.com.au.. feature story.. mX and Courier Mail featured gig.. numerous Radio and Street Press interviews locally and interstate.. ..Triple J.. airplay.. Sold out Album Launch at ..The Troubadour.. .... ..Some bands Toy Balloon have played with include: .. .. ..International:.. YACHT, Holy Fuck, Mount Kimbie, Born Ruffians, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.. ..Interstate:.. World's End Press, Rat Vs Possum, Pikelet, Love Connection, Crayon Fields, Bag Raiders, Richard In Your Mind, Talkshow Boy, SubAudible Hum, Aleks & The Ramps, Aoi, The Red Tree .... ..Toy Balloon's Facebook page.. .. ..

  • Members

    .. Nimai: Guitar/ Saxophone/ Floor Tom.. Chloe: Keyboards/ Percussion/ Backing Vocals.. Ben: Drum Kit / Guitar/ Backing Vocals.. Cooper: Electronics/ Percussion/ Vocals.. ..

  • Influences

    .. Factory Records/ West End Records/ DFA/ Stones Throw/ Warp Records/ New Order, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, James Pants, Holy Fuck, Gary Numan, Cabaret Voltaire, ESG, TV on the Radio, Cornelius, Boredoms, Silver Apples, Was (Not Was), Section 25, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Chrome, Tom Moulton, Larry Levan, Curtis Mayfield, Kurtis Blow, Al Green, The Go! Team, MIA, Jesus and Mary Chain, Liquid Liquid, The Knife, Mantronix, Boards of Canada etc... ..

  • Sounds Like

    ........ .. .. .... .. .. ....Toy Division.... is the debut long player from Toy Balloon available from .... ...... .... ..Waterfront.. / ..Red Eye.. (Australian Retail) .... "..Toy Division.. is a pop masterpiece so varied it may just be timeless." - ..FasterLouder.. album of the week (28/6/09) .. ..

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  1. Toy Balloon

    Happy Laneway Brisbane peeps! Chloe tells you who to see here: http://t.co/AitmELua

  2. Toy Balloon

    Photo: REVIEW: Rave Magazine 17th January 2012 http://t.co/LLCf7SYv

  3. Toy Balloon

    Photo: REVIEW: Timeoff Magazine 18th January http://t.co/o2C909nU

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    Photoset: REVIEW: Rave Magazine 17th January http://t.co/xOrsfPWn

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    Photoset: REVIEW: http://t.co/AQTcLebz http://t.co/jcud8rnT

Comments

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  • pigeon

    loving the tunes guys...

    1 year ago
  • oh ye denver birds

    AW thanks guys. SO happy you can play! see you then . love ye birds.

    1 year ago
  • Joel Edmondson

    Hi Guys I'm just re-writing your bio for the website. Let me know who you voted for in the election so I can put it in. The bio is that awesome. Really.

    1 year ago
  • Card Houses

    That's awesome to hear, cheers man! Well we'll defs be up for it whenever it is. In the meantime, Trina's booked us in for October, I am very excite. Talk soon!

    1 year ago
  • Card Houses

    Hey guys! Saturday was grand fun. Looking forward to the new stuff in action, you still gonna dabble in the older material much?

    1 year ago
  • Card Houses

    Hey guys! Saturday was grand fun. Looking forward to the new stuff in action, you still gonna dabble in the older material much?

    1 year ago
  • Love Connection

    Looking forward to hangouts next week!
    LC x

    1 year ago
  • Mark Nunan

    Hi, just letting you know I have a brand new track available for download via my
    unearthed profile, it's called "This New Love" and you can get it here:







    http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=1892







    thanks for listening :)







    Mark.

    1 year ago
  • SHIRAZ TILLEY (2) DEMO …

    Thanks for supporting our Indro gig.
    Next stop THE ZOO.
    It's all happening on THURSDAY 16th SEPTEMBER.
    FICTION will support.
    Corey may swing from the ceiling.
    Anything could happen!
    Hope to see you there.




    1 year ago
  • SHIRAZ TILLEY (2) DEMO …

    Thanks for supporting our Indro gig.
    Next stop THE ZOO.
    It's all happening on THURSDAY 16th SEPTEMBER.
    FICTION will support.
    Corey may swing from the ceiling.
    Anything could happen!
    Hope to see you there.




    1 year ago
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Bio:

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Toy Balloon are an integral part of an emerging Brisbane scene centred around the Lofly Hangar, the city’s iconic DIY venue. Their sound is built upon a steady diet of new wave, post punk, soul, disco and funk 45s, early hip hop, chicago and acid house, and with nods toward shoegazer and post rock. Their debut album Toy Division features nine tracks of fractured electropop disco jams and was released nationwide November 2009 through lofly records.

Accolades:
Fasterlouder album of the week
FBI rotation for "Kids NY" and "Broken Little Nothing"
4ZZZ Hot 100 2009 37 & 43
4ZZZ 11 weeks in Top 20 (June - November 2009)
Feature album on Edge Radio Hobart
selected for Big Sound industry showcase 2009
whothehell.net feature story
Yen Magazine feature story
messandnoise.com Feature Story
thedwarf.com.au feature story
mX and Courier Mail featured gig
numerous Radio and Street Press interviews locally and interstate
Triple J airplay
Sold out Album Launch at The Troubadour

Some bands Toy Balloon have played with include:
International: YACHT, Holy Fuck, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Interstate: World's End Press, Rat Vs Possum, Pikelet, Love Connection, Crayon Fields, Bag Raiders, Richard In Your Mind, Talkshow Boy, SubAudible Hum, Aleks & The Ramps, Aoi, The Red Tree

Toy Balloon's Facebook page

Member Since:

June 14, 2007

Members:

Nimai: Guitar/ Saxophone/ Floor Tom
Chloe: Keyboards/ Percussion/ Backing Vocals
Ben: Drum Kit / Guitar/ Backing Vocals
Cooper: Electronics/ Percussion/ Vocals

Influences:

Factory Records/ West End Records/ DFA/ Stones Throw/ Warp Records/ New Order, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, James Pants, Holy Fuck, Gary Numan, Cabaret Voltaire, ESG, TV on the Radio, Cornelius, Boredoms, Silver Apples, Was (Not Was), Section 25, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Chrome, Tom Moulton, Larry Levan, Curtis Mayfield, Kurtis Blow, Al Green, The Go! Team, MIA, Jesus and Mary Chain, Liquid Liquid, The Knife, Mantronix, Boards of Canada etc...

Sounds Like:

.. ..
Toy Division is the debut long player from Toy Balloon available from

Toy Balloon - Toy Division

Waterfront / Red Eye (Australian Retail)

"Toy Division is a pop masterpiece so varied it may just be timeless." - FasterLouder album of the week (28/6/09)

Record Label:

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