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| Jimmy Hawk & The Endless Party |
The only difference between JIMMY HAWK & THE ENDLESS PARTY and the fore-mentioned mythological Sirens is that instead of luring your boat to shipwreck, the Melbourne based 5 piece lead you to the soundtrack of your upcoming Summer.
The past year or so of touring, rehearsal and studio time culminates in the long awaited debut self titled LP due to be released in October. Up to this point, the guys have some pretty impressive notches in their collective belt. They were chosen as a feature artist on the Triple J unearthed website with the A-side to their MEET ME AT THE PARTY 7”(2011), with Triple J Music Director RICHARD KINGSMILL reviewing “I keep hitting repeat on this new tune…It’s cool stuff that generates a bit of heat each time I hear it.” The ‘heat’ was enough that JIMMY HAWK & THE ENDLESS PARTY also featured in the promo video for the launch of the unearthed radio station due to be popping it’s cherry on October 5. Amongst this there were a number of Melbourne shows, as well as a sold out single launch for MEET ME AT THE PARTY at The Gaelic in Sydney, not a bad effort for the out-of-towners.
This early success should come as no surprise if you’ve mapped Melbourne’s musical underground to the point of knowing it better than the back of your music loving hand. JIMMY HAWK cemented his place in the heart of Melbourne’s music scene with his debut solo LP ECHO PARK (2010), a record created in the iconic area in LA of the same name.
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THE ENDLESS PARTY also pack industry cred in their own right with bass player Jack Wilson of the rock-steady/reggae bandits THE OPERATORS, guitarist Nick Duplieux of the band known just as well for being genetically blessed as they are for writing addictive hook laden harmonized rock – DIRT FARMER, drummer Thomas Van der Vliet who’s been known to keep the rhythm with SAINT JAMES, MASTER CARDINAL and now BRAVE FACE, as well as multi-instrumentalist Troy Raemakers coming off the back of supporting THE KILLS with TEENAGE MOTHERS.
On the back of all the whispered hype and industry anticipation comes the first single off JIMMY HAWK & THE ENDLESS PARTY’s self titled debut LP – A FEVER – a slow burning make-out jam that gives us a taste of the album that drummer Thomas Van der Vliet describes as “Very Mo-town in recording style…and very live. You’ve got drums bleeding into bass mics, bass amps bleeding into guitar mics…it doesn’t sound like any other album on the radio at the moment.”
The film clip is pretty straight forward, recorded on a whim at the Bake House (whose halls have welcomed THE AVALANCHES, JANE’S ADDICTION and DEFTONES). The part I really love about it is the sense of nostalgia that may not be immediately apparent. The break-up of image invokes the memory of days gone by where VHS was the ultimate technology to record your favourite film clips. For those of us who indulged in such a past time, you would be familiar with the distorted images that occurred after recording over recording over recording.
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JIMMY HAWK & THE ENDLESS PARTY’s debut has aspects of world music, which separates the sound from straight up rock n roll. All 5 members are involved in the writing process with everyone adding their own colour, texture and flavor. With their diverse musical backgrounds the result is an album like no other: There’s immense warmth to the sound delivered through the recording process, but the album isn’t all sunshine, there are some dark tracks thrown in for good measure.
ALBUM TRACK LIST:
1. Hectic
2. A Fever
3. Satellite
4. Cocaine Fury
5. Hollywood Travelling Blues
6. 21
7. African Love Song
8. Hungry For Your Love
This is one I’m really looking forward to. Keep your eyes out for album launch dates in capitals along the east coast throughout October before the guys head off to the US, and to keep you occupied until the album drops check out the clip to the first single A FEVER – awesome song, awesome film clip.
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