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Posted by bettydreams on July 3, 2009
Every once and a while a band blasts out of Australia and lands on U.S. soil to make their mark on the rock scene. Melbourne’s Children Collide first blazed a smoking trail on rock radio Down Under that is still smoldering. Now, as they wrap up their first-ever, and from all accounts, successful, U.S. tour this month, the band is gearing up for next month’s Australian tour with Jane’s Addiction.
The band’s new album, The Long Way, was released last month in the U.S. Children Collide got their first real exposure in the U.S. at 2007’s South By Southwest conference in Austin. The band has been compared to Nirvana, Fugazi, Sonic Youth and The Vines, among other popular rock bands.
The Long Way was produced by Dave Sardy (Dandy Warhols, Oasis, Wolfmother, Jet) and so far its lead single, “Social Currency”, has been played more than 125,000 times on the band’s MySpace page. Children Collide’s publicist describes the “disco-political” track as “a slap in the face to the pseudo-cool club kids with a dose of rock-n-roll reality.” Other notable songs on the album include the riveting “Chosen Armies”, the catchy “Brave Robot” and the dark appeal of “Skeleton Dance”. The album was originally released in Australia last fall.
While alternative rock has suffered a setback in recent years – partly due to the saturation of indie pop – band members Johnny MacKay (vocals/guitar), Heath Crawley (bass) and Ryan Caesar (drums) are doing their part to keep it alive and kicking.
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