Balloons Kill Babies make heavy instrumental post-rock in Brisbane, Queensland. Succinctly described as “huge and dark,” their performances in and around the city attract audiences hungry for something different. 

Their recently released debut is Leviathan, combining the delicate, layered textures of Sigur Ros with the driving insistence of Nine Inch Nails. Sam Haycroft (Sydonia; I Am Duckeye) provided original artwork and graphic design, while seminal local producer Marly Luske (The Red Paintings; Deep Purple) has recorded, mixed and mastered all tracks. This limited production of only 300 copies was released July 20th at the Brisbane leg of Welkin Entertainment’s SANS VOX festival.

Leviathan has received airplay on community radio and the Andrew Haug "Heavy at Home" program. 

Guitarist Christian Carter and drummer Francis Daly formed and dismantled progressive doom metal Anhedonia by the age of 21. They now produce intricate, beautifully textured sounds directly from the collective subconscious. Bassist Karl O’Shea began his musical career with alternative rock outfit My Dying Days and drives the band’s low end with a resolute and experimental approach. 

Press:

“God Bless Balloons Kill Babies.” (Heavy & Weird)

"There is a joy that radiates from the dark soundscapes and it is this joy that makes the EP so engaging as a listener." (Heavy & Weird)

"... a slab of driving build ups, chugging chords, and just enough quieter, more melodic parts that keep the track interesting." (Postrock Star)

Balloons Kill Babies are scheduled to tour the east coast in support of Leviathan in the final months of 2013, with details to be announced online via www.facebook.com/balloonskillbabies. 

For more information and to arrange an interview, contact manager Ash Hauenschild via phone (0401 081 828) or email (balloonskillbabies@hotmail.com).

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Ben Howard returns with his 4th album, Collections From The Whiteout, produced alongside Aaron Dessner (The National). The foreboding darkness that coated Ben’s second record I Forget Where We Were and thinly veiled its follow up Noonday Dream, isn’t so evident on Collections. These are songs written from headlines scanned, or news stories scrolled past, providing inspiration for a selection of vivid narrative snapshots – the death of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst (Crowhurst’s Meme); Russian fraudster Anna Sorokin (Sorry Kid); the man who stole and crashed a plane in Seattle (The Strange Last Flight Of Richard Russell); and the dismembered body a friend of his father found in a suitcase floating along the Thames (Finders Keepers). Alongside them, the personal anecdotes from the same scattered period living between Paris, Devon and Spain. Yussef Dayes features, as does Kate Stables (This Is The Kit), James Krivchenia (Big Thief), Kyle Keegan (Hiss Golden Messenger), and Dessner. Thomas Bartlett, St. Vincent’s go-to pianist, and Rob Moose, a long-standing arranger of strings for Bon Iver, are also present. Long-term guitarist to Ben’s band, Mickey Smith (A Blaze of Feather), remains a reassuring constant. It’s a sonic adventure that continues this nagging suggestion that Ben is one of the UK’s most inventive and naturally talented songwriters. CFTW is his latest opus, and arguably his most fully realised to date.

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