THE GREAT EMU WAR CASUALTIES
release quirky new
Indie-pop single
“THE AUSTRALIAN PARMA CRISIS”
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Praise for
THE GREAT EMU WAR CASUALTIES
“A really layered and lyrically engaging track. Really want to settle into a car trip with this EP and take in everything. Nice work Emus.”– Steph Hughes (triple j)
“Interesting concoction of influences and sounds squeezed together here.” – Dave Ruby Howe (triple j)
“Bruised melancholy with real muscle. Delicate,shimmering and pulsating.” – Penny Black Music
“Vibey riffs and hypnotic vocals.” – EatSleepBreatheMusic
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Melbourne alternative band The Great Emu War Casualties are set to deliver their new indie-pop goodness single “The Australian Parma Crisis” on March 17th, 2020. Featuring witty lyrics with tongue-in-cheek humour, snappy drums, angsty vocal harmonies and mellow guitars, “The Australian Parma Crisis” is an electrifying and relatable listen. The thought-provoking single fights against the everyday mundane routine faced by those in their twenties, forcing listeners to believe there is something more to life. Working alongside producer Callum John Barter (Courtney Barnett, Saskwatch), and engineer Pete Maher (The Killers, The Scissor Sisters) has afforded the single a sonic new vision.
“The song is… self-deprecating yet honest; it paints a realistic vision of life as a twenty-something trying to get by in Melbourne without the cloying Australiana cliches,” said the band. “There’s this constant push/pull between “adulting”- being responsible, working hard, staying focused – and actually enjoying life.”
Listen to “The Australian Parma Crisis” here.
Accompanying the single is a quirky and thought-provoking music video, written and directed by Anthony Ross. The video depicts a continuous loop of everyday life, where things quickly become out of hand in an almost comedic fashion. Culminating in saucy showers (literally) and an escape from reality.
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The Great Emu War Casualties was born near the end of 2017 on the other side of the world in a small village in the UK called Liverpool , where bassist Saskia (aka ‘Unicorn Head’) met frontman Joe (aka ‘Mr Boohoo’) and sound enthusiast Elliott (who has subsequently left the band to travel the world working on cruise ships). Saskia’s time in the UK inevitably drew to a close (being an Australian immigrant), and when Elliott parted ways on a boat, both she and Joe continued the band briefly in the Netherlands before running out of money and deciding to settle in Saskia’s home country in Melbourne. It was here that they met and joined forces with famous Nepali metal lord Bibek ‘B-bek’ Tamang (who it turns out is also secretly an excellent indie rock drummer), and regularly play with a rotating roster of other brilliant musicians when the mood takes their fancy.
The band, whose tracks are regularly described as quirky, eclectic and eccentric, are really just a pop group who cite Talking Heads, The Killers, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Everything Everything and John Grant among their main influences. In the year that they’ve been in Australia they have played incessantly, headlining Oxford Arts Factory and The Factory Theatre in Sydney and hosting residencies at The Evelyn and The Tote in Melbourne.
They released three EPs in 2018 with Aardvark Records in the UK, three singles in 2019 and plan to continue the rule of three this year with three more singles and three live studio sessions on the way.
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