"Paris has gone away..."
Throttling tom tom beats, jagged guitar notes chucked out like youthful rocks at school windows, elegant stomping bass walks and Noah Learmonth's vocals that scream in both manic and sing-songy ways, oh and a wailing sax the made me think of a young James Chance. I thought of that and more upon the first listen of "Paris is Gone" by Melbourne's post punk punkers Radio Free Alice. Like a collision of Gang of Four, The Smiths, Television and Richard Hell and the Voidoids (sorry, I maybe stuck in a certain proto punkian era or I am really old... or both).
Learmonth says of the song "'Paris is Gone' is a manic narrative about a post break-up adrenaline rush. 'Paris' doubles as a reference to both the city with all its associated romanticism and also the insecurity of modern love."
And as press notes indicate:
[The band's growing team now includes boutique indie label Double Drummer (Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird, Greta Stanley, Emma Swift) who they signed with in January. They plan to roll out a series of singles in quick succession that showcase their diverse range of influences, distinctive sound and incredible consistency.]
Yowza.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4cCA6V2DRIDqeYDyGIcEoj
https://www.instagram.com/radiofreealiceband/
Radio Free Alice are a Melbourne/Naarm based post punk quartet.
Made up of four 21 year olds, the band's angular sound feels fresh and immediate – guitars with clean tones and clever notes, melodic bass lines, urgent drumbeats, the occasional sax, and an operatic swagger that sounds like it was honed in a New York art school rather than in suburban Australia.
Already selling out shows in their home town and across the east coast, Radio Free Alice combine an unlikely set of influences that includes '80s titans The Smiths and The Sunny Boys, alongside more recent reference points like Parquet Courts, Ought and The Strokes.
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