Art of Fighting
Group: Art of Fighting
Style: Dream Pop/ Indie Pop/ Indie Rock
From: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria
Site: ArtOfFighting.com, Myspace.com, Last.fm
Band:
Ollie Browne - Guitar/Vocal
Peggy Frew - Bass/Vocal
Miles Browne - Guitar/Trumpet
Marty Brown - Drums
About:
The band formed in 1995 as a duo, with Ollie Browne playing guitar and Peggy Frew on bass,
with both taking turns on vocals. The couple were also in a romantic relationship at this time, though
they were to split amicably later. They were joined six months later by drummer Cameron Grant,
and over the following two years released two demo tapes, the first self-titled and the second named
The Angry Man. Two of the tracks from the latter, "The Chorus is Suffering" and 'You and Me on Mars"
were included on the Wonder From A Quarter Acre compilation put out by Au Go Go Records in 1998.
In 1997, the trio began recording The Very Strange Year. During touring for this EP but before its release,
Ollie Browne's brother, Miles Browne, joined the group playing guitar and trumpet. The Very Strange Year
was released on Half a Cow Records at the end of 1998.
In the middle of 1999 the foursome began recording another EP for Half a Cow, Empty Nights, which was
released in November of that year. Cameron Grant left the band in late 2000, being replaced on drums by
Marty Brown (also of Sodastream). Following a move to Trifekta Records, in 2001 the band recorded their
debut full-length album, Wires. The album was successful and went on to win an ARIA award for Best
Alternative Release, beating the more high-profile You Am I, Something for Kate and Magic Dirt. Not expecting
to win, they were famously told of their prize while packing up after a gig in Germany, on their first European tour.
The success of the album not only locally but also internationally - with releases in the USA, Japan, Germany
and Taiwan - led to a sustained period of touring. This successful time was followed by a turbulent 2003,
when the long-term romantic relationship between Ollie Browne and Peggy Frew ended, amongst other
variously momentous events.
Their second album, Second Storey, was released in 2004, once again engendering a burst of touring both
local and international. In a coup for the band, Bella Union released the album in the UK and Europe.
At the end of 2006, the release of first single "Eastbound" signalled a forthcoming album to be released in 2007.
The album will be titled Runaways and released on March the 10th in Australia, on Remote Control Records.
In April 2007 the band played at All Tomorrow's Parties (curated by The Dirty Three) in Minehead UK, which
was followed by two live shows in Tokyo.
Photo: Photofile.ru - Glam_Rock_Lover - Tags - Art_of_Fighting
Music:
1998 - The Very Strange Year EP (159-175 kb/ps) ~ 49.24 mb
01 - Sliding
02 - The Unappreciate
03 - Wild Beast
04 - Twenty-One and Eighty
05 - Easy and the Night
06 - Not Exactly Fading Away
1999 - Empty Nights EP (225-260 kb/ps) ~ 63.11 mb
01 - Your Resistance
02 - And We Follow, All of Us
03 - Empty Nights
04 - Stay (On Your Will)
05 - Standards Once I Had
06 - Waiting
2001 - Wires (201-250 kb/ps) ~ 92.15 mb
01 - Skeletons
02 - Give Me Tonight
03 - Akula
04 - Moonlight
05 - I Don't Keep a Record
06 - In No Good Way
07 - Find You Lost
08 - Reasons Are All I Have Left
09 - Just Say I'm Right
10 - Wires
11 - Something New
2004 - Second Storey (224-320 kb/ps) ~ 67.48 mb
01 - Along the Run
02 - Your Easy Part
03 - Break for Me
04 - Busted, Broken, Forgotten
05 - Two Rivers
06 - Where Trouble Lived
07 - Sing Song
08 - Real Time
09 - Come Round & Show Me
10 - Heart Translation
2007 - Runaways (224-320 kb/ps) ~ 73.68 mb
01 - Sycamore and Sand
02 - Distance as Virtue
03 - Free You
04 - Eastbound
05 - Misty as the Morning
06 - Territories
07 - Ride After Ride
08 - Less Than an Instant
09 - In the Free Blue
10 - Mysteries
11 - Night on Night
Video:
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Comment:
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их безумно классно. К сожалению пока что нет первых материалов группы.
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Update! 22.02.2008