More noise from down under…
“Killer Kat (Demo)” by Expatriate
Expatriate, from Australia, is a project put together by frontman Ben King. King, like so many of us, first really understood the power and meaning of music when he was in High School, when a cute girl introduced him to Depeche Mode via a mixtape.
Fast forward many years and King has a handful of songs that he records with a group of friends. They include Chris Kollias on drums, Tim Rogers on bass, along with Damian Press, producer and owner of Ginsberg Studios in Petersham, Sydney. The end result is this EP, called LOVERS le STRANGE that the band sells at shows. Word is it will be available very soon via your favourite indie record stores…
Since recording the EP, King has also formed a live band and they have been playing around Oz, opening for bands like Red Riders, The Presets, Dappled Cities Fly, Cut Copy and Fiery Furnaces. Not a bad bunch of bands to play with or open for, right?
I found these guys via the ‘reccomended listening’ section of Modular People’s website. Be sure to check out Expatriate site for more other song downloads – I know this song is super-duper-short, but its such a gem of a song I thought it was worth posting here – BUT there are also a couple more demos and two other solid tracks from the EP on the site. You’ll also find tour and contact info there. I’m curious to see where these guys go in the next months, as I think they’ve got something good going on. I can’t help wondering if they’ve attracted any label attention yet…
7 Comments
house
yea this is a good song but have you guys seen this!? its the best thing ive ever seen … everytime the gorillaz come out with something new i feel like crying… except this one song… its too good i cant explain it… its off the hook fo shizzy my nizzals… check it out Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc [http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/virg001/gorillaz/video/demon_days/gorillaz_feel_good_inc_hi.asx?siteid=fansite]
Dan
Yeah, Expatriate are great. They’ve got a great Cure/Joy Divisionesque sound that the kids all seem to like these days. But they don’t seem contrived or overly fashionable. I’ve seen them twice in the past week and a bit and really enjoyed the shows.
Here’s some of my pics when they played with Cut Copy.
levins
hey, check out some of these sites for australian bands that have a little less to do with modular…
http://www.newbuffalo.net/ (actually released her first ep on modular)
http://elefanttraks.com (australian hip hop + electronica, released the apsci album in 2003)
http://www.feralmedia.com.au/ (electronica + synth pop)
http://www.architectureinhelsinki.com/
http://dappledcitiesfly.com/
you might find something you like there!!
robot blair
awesome – thanks for the suggestions folks – I’m glad to know there’s a bunch of readers in Oz!
Squire Z
I live in sydney.
I now know about this band.
I will be at their next gig.
Music for Robots rocks.
A
its a pity that the live show doesn’t translate. front guy look like he was bricking it for the whole of the show with cut copy in sydney. bass and keyboard dudes definitely look the part tho.
destroyer
Yo…i was there for this show…that’s because some of the crowd were too way into their haircuts than what the band had to offer. It was a totally dumb ass crowd.