Monthly Archives: November 2009
Montpelier Heart Subfusco
We are excited to announce that Brisbane based fashion label, Subfusco, have recently teamed up with Montpelier. Subfusco is a cool label with some really unique clothes and we’re pretty darned happy that we get to be wearing their stuff.
Check them out. They’re Brisbane and they’re great – www.subfusco.com.
Sounds They Left Behind
It just came to our attention that music blog “Sounds They Left Behind” recently gave us a shout out. Thanks guys.
Check it here: http://soundstheyleftbehind.blogspot.com/2009/11/montpelier.html
Single Launch Tour In December
We’re very excited to announce that Montpelier will be releasing their second single “Take A Picture” next month and will be touring Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in support of the release. “Take A Picture” is the second cut from Montpelier’s debut EP which is due for release in February 2010.
The new track will be available to listen to very soon. Stay tuned. We’ll let you know as soon as you can hear it.
Here are the dates of the “Take a Picture Tour”. We’d love your company.
Wednesday December 9th, The Arthouse, Melbourne
w/ Bright Mountains
Thursday December 10th, Candy’s Apartment, Sydney
w/ Baba O’Riley and Static Sillouettes
Friday December 11th, Sosueme, Q Bar, Sydney
w/ Sideways Hitchhiker and Feeding Edgar
Tuesday December 15th, The Troubadour, Brisbane
w/ Tin Can Radio, Stu Larsen and Lydia Cole
And just to give you something for the eyes. This is the cover art.
Campfire Jam
Last night the four of us sat down for the first time in a while and played music the old fashioned way: four blokes sitting in a circle, acoustic guitars, vocals, playing brand new songs for each other for the first time. It was, dare I say, inspirational. It was the sort of thing that reminded us why we love music so much. Before there was TV and internet and mp3s, people used to sit around and play music for each other. Hearing songs last night that were fresh and raw and unfinished and full of honesty and love was a really powerful thing. When you hear songs I think you should be hearing and feeling a little part of the person who wrote them. Songs are like sharing a story, three minutes at a time. Last night was like that. I felt privileged to be sharing music in that way with three guys who are a constant inspiration to me. I don’t want to get all choked up here but the point is it was special. Music is special. And we shouldn’t ever forget it.
Rave Magazine Single of the Week
In today’s issue of Rave Magazine, our debut single “The Rafters” was reviewed as Single of the Week!!! Actually we tied with Hungry Kids of Hungary and their single “Let You Down”. We’re stoked to have shared the title with a great band such as Hungry Kids. Here’s what Simon Topper had to say. Thanks Simon!!
Don’t shake that smile just yet. There’s another one to be had with another Brisbane group Montpelier – though their piano-indie lends itself to more of a contented sigh than a raucous party guffaw. The established acts Montpelier recall throughout this floating, dreamy, but still somehow grounded excursion are numerous – the pop sensibility of Ben Lee without the smugness, or maybe the cerebral self-awareness of The Panics without their occasional indulgent meanderings. These are big calls to make about a band so new that their eyes are still adjusting to the light, so truly the most startling thing about The Rafters is that it’s the group’s debut. It’s just so … confident? I’m scribbling their name down as the next ‘must see’ local act.
