the morning after girls started playing in and around melbourne,
australia almost three years ago, and now reside in the city
of sydney. their engulfing stage presence and hazy melodies
pull you right into the world of the morning after — a
moment they characterize by a dreamy grogginess, a dischord
of transient yet striking memories and sounds, nostalgia; a
yearning to go back to last night…
the
morning after girls have written songs that stand as an illustration
of a band’s journey to it’s own brand of psyche-pop.
when seeing the band live, their audience can feel an influence
spawned from the time of Warhol’s Factory. this is a band
that really does not fit in anywhere, and for that they receive
our warm embrace. it’s elegantly wasted psychedelic pop
fuzzy rock with obligatory raucous and anguished vocals that
retain a smoldering edge…and that warrants repetitive
listens.
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the
morning after girls is the result of the musical partnership between
the two founders; sacha lucashenko and martin b. sleeman. from
the onset, the band toured extensively throughout australia, only
taking breaks to record their self-produced debut EP. the community
started taking notice of this EP, leading to invitations from
a variety of prestigious festivals, as well as multiple support
slot offers from higher profile acts.
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it
was in 2004 that the pair decided to relocate to sydney, where
they would team up with new co-conspirators anton jakovljevic,
scott von ryper and aimee nash, to complete the new and current
line-up. while all living under the same roof, in 2005 the morning
after girls released their much-anticipated second EP, which features
a guest appearance by mark gardener of RIDE. in
march of 2005, the morning after girls traveled to the united
states for the first time. the group rapidly gained fans stateside
with their live performances at SXSW, and in san francisco, portland
and new york city. securing their first international record deal
with rainbow quartz records, the morning after girls have combined
their first two EPs into a long player “prelude eps: 1 &
2” and released it in october to much noise and critical
acclaim. on returning to the US in september, they played a bunch
of shows on both the east and west coast, with an exhausting nine
shows in a week at CMJ in new york city. the tour then took them
to canada, the UK and japan, securing a second recording dea with
best before recordsl, which will see them release “prelude
eps: 1 & 2” in the UK in early 2006.
on returning to australia and to celebrate their success overseas,
the morning after girls released “prelude eps 1 & 2”
under a different title, “evolve”, combining the two
EPs and one new track “shadows evolve”. they continue
to tour locally and are slated to return to the US, canada, UK,
europe and japan in 2006.
please
see discography for more details...
NOTE
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after girls were about without having to use a standard bio format,
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the
morning after girls
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