After six years, two EPs, one single and a commanding presence in the Melbourne live music scene, 2020 sees the release of a debut album from Alt-Metal 5-piece, Figures. On Operating In Unsafe Mode, the band’s distinctive take on melodic alternative metal is familiar, but violently ramps the intensity up in a significant way. With equal parts soaring melodies, blistering riffs and rage, their Alternative rock and metal influences are all unabashedly on display with a subtle but noticeable peppering of prog to keep the more refined local gig-going connoisseurs coming back for seconds. 

On the release of 2017’s Chronos, Metal Hammer UK had painted Figures as:
“...one of the most promising bands leading the charge, boasting a sound that's a muscular prog amalgamation of churning, drop-tuned riffs, scintillating melodies and multi-layered density...”

With a live resumé featuring an LA showcase, opening for international acts Hed (p.e.) and Pop Evil,  local legends Mammal, Voyager and Twelve Foot Ninja, as well as being PROGFEST regulars and headlining 2018’s AMPED Festival, the band has distinguished themselves as leaders in a new wave of heavy Aussie exports. You can experience the new sound of the Melbourne underground together with Figures on stage as the band ambitiously tours Operating In Unsafe Mode to the nation in 2021.

Ema / Pete / Steve / Ash
CruX E.P. due late March via Tender Collection

SHOWS
• 28th Feb - Post Office Hotel w/ Infraghosts
• 22nd March - CruX E.P. LAUNCH w/ Frag + Plaster Of Paris + Nightclub
• 12th April - The Tote upstairs w/ Hospital Pass + TBC

Banner photo > Tom Martin

Hello Im Pav Modern, founder of Modular Recordings home of The Avalanches, Cut Copy, The Canyons, The Presets, Wolfmother and Tame Impala amongst many others many others.

Before my life as a record company I was a concert promoter and had the good fortune of promoting artist such as Nirvana, Beastie Boys, Fugazi, Pavement, Sonic Youth Pearl Jam, My Bloody Valentine, Hole, Bikini Kill, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs , LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk and hundreds of others across Australia and New Zealand.

I created The Summersault festival in Australia and an island festival in Croatia called For Festival and curated/creative directed events in Australia like Vivid Live 2011 and most recently the UNPOPULAR  exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum.

I've started a new record label called UNPOPULAR and will start uploading some really exciting new artists here:

LOST IN THE FIRE FEAT. THE WEEKND: http://smarturl.it/LostInTheFire

http://dearplasticmusic.com/

We're a 5-piece Melbourne band made up of visual artists, science geeks, and analogue synth wizards. This is our debut album, The Thieves are Babes: http://www.waterfrontrecords.com/product/84387

You might like our tunes if you love Bjork, dig Radiohead, or enjoy that weird feeling you get when you pop on some Scott Walker. 



Drop us a line!: dearplasticband@gmail.com

Battlesick is a 3-piece Melbourne based Electro Grunge band.
Two Bass players and one Vocalist layered over catchy industrial beats.

Visual art is a massive part of any Battlesick show.
Collections of hoarded vintage film is cut and spliced together for each beat then projected as part of a light performance that makes watching a Battlesick show like being part of a live movie soundtrack.
Battlesick, it's maximum visual sound with minimal members.

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