Name: CheerUp by The Holiday Crowd in magic
Duration: 4 min 18 s
Description: First release from their forthcoming self titled album.

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A heady balm of smeared guitar textures and sharp pop sensibilities.”
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“It’s hard not to crush on the extensive, encircling sound of Melbourne’s Flyying Colours”
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“Chances are that this tune from Flyying Colours is going to make a fan out of you…these guys are belting out a noise that instantly pricks people’s ears up.”
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After two critically acclaimed EPs, Flyying Colours are set to release their debut album ‘Mindfullness’ in September on Club AC30.  Residing in a dream-world that sits somewhere between psych, indie, grunge and shoegaze, the Australian band’s beautifully dynamic new offering showcases their talent for uniting a delicate vocal melody with a satisfying thick wall of abrasive drums and guitars.

Leading track and first single It’s Tomorrow Now further stirs the melting pot. Opening with a chaotic looped squeal, the knockout punch of the frenzied opening riff and steady, driving drums sets the bar high for the nine tracks that are to follow.

Formed in 2011 in Brunswick by school friends Brodie and Gemma, they played every show they could week in, week out in Melbourne’s bustling inner north to finesse their sound. Debut single Wavygravy (2013) perfectly set the scene by truly capturing the unhinged essence of a Flyying Colours show. But the recent addition of the impressive abilities of Andy on drums and Mel on bass have taken that unhingedness to undreamt-of-levels, making the beautiful trip of their live show, something to truly marvel.

The Melbourne quartet have since spent the last year touring with label mates pinkshinyultrablast as well as Johnny Marr, Brian Jonestown Massacre and A Place To Bury Strangers, whilst singles Not Today and Running Late taken from their second EP, ‘ROYGBIV’ garnered heavy rotation on enormous radio stations worldwide, including KEXP, BBC6, JJJ, RRR and FBi. They hit #47 on the CMJ Radio top 200 in the states, sat in the UK’s Amazing Radio charts for weeks, and were championed by Clash, 405, Stereogum, Wonderland and NME. With the September release of ‘Mindfullness’, 2016 seems set to be just as busy.

Flyying Colours - It's Tomorrow Now

First release from their forthcoming self titled album.

CheerUp

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Following the debut of the record's first single "Cheer Up," Shelflife is proud to release The Holiday Crowd's self-titled full length -- the sophomore offering from the finest indie-pop band north of the border. The past few years kept the group occupied with various projects ranging from gigs like Berlin Pop Fest in 2012 and a European tour in 2013 to covering Duran Duran's 1981 track "Friends of Mine" for the charity tribute album Making Patterns Rhyme. Now, at last ready to follow up their debut Over the Bluffs, you'll soon be reminded that The Holiday Crowd is carrying on the jangle-pop torch of the eighties' premier bands better than anybody else. Their new album will be released this fall on limited clear vinyl and classic black vinyl with download code, and won't fail to both win over new fans while making longtime listeners fall only deeper in love. 

With a name like theirs, it's hardly a surprise that the band's sound invokes scenes that feel quite distant from their home city of Toronto. If anything, the quartet sound as though they'd fit perfectly side by side with The Chills, Orange Juice, The Smiths, and other groups from the United Kingdom whose influence The Holiday Crowd wear proudly. Perhaps this could be partly attributed to the fact that half of them actually hail from the same place as these influential bands; bassist Alex Roberts is from the U.K. while John Coman, the group's new drummer, calls Ireland home. As far as The Holiday Crowd's North American half, guitarist Colin Bowers has reflected that he "can't fully explain [his] love of English music," but thankfully he doesn't need to; the band's sound speaks for itself. 

The Holiday Crowd finds singer Imran Haniff embracing a cool swagger that highlights just how tight the band's songwriting is from cover to cover. Tracks like "Cheer Up" and "Of All Places" feature some of Roberts' most fun and punchy basslines to date, while "Rosy Lies"- which pays clear homage to Johnny Marr -- has some of the most memorable guitar work written on this side of the eighties. 

It's rare that a band sounds this comfortable in and in tune with its sound so early in their discography, but upon hearing The Holiday Crowd's origin story it begins to make more sense: "Lead singer Imran Haniff first met Colin Bowers in high school, where a conversation about Colin's Stone Roses t-shirt developed into a strong bonding friendship and songwriting partnership." It seems that from the very inception of the group there was a shared vision for where their sound would explore, and now, six years after the band's formation, it's paying off in the biggest of ways. 

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The Holiday Crowd - Anything Anything

7-Up Susan…

I’d only made love once – it was less than erotic                               
I could tell you all about it – it won’t take a minute
My life was a shambles – til you walked right in it                             
Now I’m as happy as a pig in my proverbial muck                            
& I’m learning why they call you… 7-Up                                          

As we lie behind the scoreboard at Vickers Sports Club
I don’t know what I’m doing now there’s the rub
I’m all fingers & thumbs & you say that’s enough
You say you’re calling me Francois & it’s time to rebel
Be God’s perfect asshole & get us expelled – oh hell!

 Ain’t it funny what love makes you do?
I didn’t really like you when I first met you
You lied & you cheated – & you had me sedated
 I nearly went home but I’m so glad that I waited
 

I’ve got a sticky right hand from the Ambre Solaire                            
& it’s obvious I’m enjoying it though I’m getting nowhere                 
You’ve got calves only a cow could love – but hell what a pair!           
& I’m drilling a hole in the sand from the tension                               
I’m going for a spin in juvenile detention                                            

For spiking Bernice for being an unqualified bitch
For dosing her with mushrooms for being a little snitch
For telling what she saw from the side of the pitch
Whilst the cricket team were losing I was finding out why
They call you 7-Up Susan – oh my oh my – that’s a 6! (Plus 1)

Ain’t it funny what love makes you do?
I didn’t really like you when I first met you
You lied & you cheated – & you had me sedated
I nearly went home but I’m so glad that I waited
Coz it’s so funny what love makes us do
Everything I did, well I did it for you
Despite you lying & cheating & getting me thrown out of school
You taught me more than those white collar fools ever could…


7-Up Susan by The Ramsden Squares

Formed in 2010 in Toronto, The Holiday Crowd are Imran Haniff; lead vocals, Colin Bowers; guitars, Alex Roberts; bass guitar.

Contact email : thc@theholidaycrowd.com

Lead singer Imran Haniff, first met Colin Bowers in high school where a conversation about Colin's Stone Roses t-shirt developed into a strong bonding friendship and songwriting partnership. 

Self described as minimal and stripped-down. Bass, drums, guitar and vocals,with hints of synthetic ambiance.Their 2011 EP release Over The Bluffs was simultaneously co-released on New Romantic (Canada/Worldwide) and Shelflife Records (US) 

In 2012 the band included the double A side : Sick Days/Born Under A Different Sign on The enhanced edition of Over The Bluffs on New Romantic (Canada/Worldwide) and Manimal Vinyl (UK)

2016 will see the band release their second self titled album on Shelflife Records (US)  

 

Members : Current Line-Up

Imran Haniff(Vocal/Guitar)

Colin Bowers(Guitar)

Alex Roberts(Bass/Vocals)

John Coman (Drums)

Past member(s)

Dave Barnes (2010- 2015)

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