The Artless Pursuit of Excellence release singles on the 7th of every month. This is the August edition, and features a few more real instruments than usual (as opposed to mountains of synthesisers).

5:30 Rush

Artless Pursuit single for the month of September.

If you've just tuned in, we are an art-pop duo from Brisbane. We try to release a song each month on the 7th. (Though we are a little late this months due to elections, weddings, and other exciting things).

Not Waving is probably the strangest song we've released yet. Its ingredients are a handful of very un-pop harmonic modulations, a swarm of arpeggiators, and a strangely chilled Tycho-esque outro.

Not Waving

Artless Pursuit single for October! Helen and I are travelling in the US, so we prepared this one earlier, and we're uploading from a cafe in Boston. This is the future.

Long Commute

The Artless Pursuit of Excellence is a husband-and-wife art-pop duo from Brisbane, Australia. They are an unusual pairing of skills, consisting of Helen Carrington, a music therapist and classically trained soprano, and Chris Perren, a PhD student in music composition and member of Mr. Maps and Brisbane’s lofly records collective.

Their recordings combine a nerdy love for the musically cerebral with the sonic immediacy of the pop song format, drawing inspiration from artists such as James Blake and Alpine.

They plan to release a single on the Seventh of every month from March 2013, until they run out of energy or songs.

Avoid It

Artless Pursuit's second single, released April 7, 2013.

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The Artless Pursuit of Excellence is a husband-and-wife art-pop duo from Brisbane, Australia. They are an unusual pairing of skills, consisting of Helen Carrington, a music therapist and classically trained soprano, and Chris Perren, a PhD student in music composition and member of Mr. Maps and Brisbane’s lofly records collective.

Their recordings combine a nerdy love for the musically cerebral with the sonic immediacy of the pop song format, drawing inspiration from artists such as James Blake and Alpine.

They plan to release a single on the Seventh of every month from March 2013, until they run out of energy or songs.

Fool's Gold Colour

Artless Pursuit's third single, released May 7, 2013.

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The Artless Pursuit of Excellence is a husband-and-wife art-pop duo from Brisbane, Australia. They are an unusual pairing of skills, consisting of Helen Carrington, a music therapist and classically trained soprano, and Chris Perren, a PhD student in music composition and member of Mr. Maps and Brisbane’s lofly records collective.

Their recordings combine a nerdy love for the musically cerebral with the sonic immediacy of the pop song format, drawing inspiration from artists such as James Blake and Alpine.

They plan to release a single on the Seventh of every month from March 2013, until they run out of energy or songs.

Gravy Stains

Fourth in a series of monthly singles from The Artless Pursuit of Excellence, released on the 7th of every month.

July edition of Artless Pursuit's monthly singles.

Machine

The Artless Pursuit of Excellence is a husband-and-wife art-pop duo from Brisbane, Australia. They are an unusual pairing of skills, consisting of Helen Carrington, a music therapist and classically trained soprano, and Chris Perren, a PhD student in music composition and member of Mr. Maps and Brisbane's lofly records collective.

Their recordings combine a nerdy love for the musically cerebral with the sonic immediacy of the pop song format, drawing inspiration from artists such as James Blake and Alpine.

They plan to release a single on the Seventh of every month from March 2013, until they run out of energy or songs.

Artless Pursuit

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