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MATT MALONE & THE HOLY SPIRITS
Matt Malone is an iconoclastic singer-songwriter hailing from the goldfields region of Victoria, Australia. Matt’s bold baritone / tenebrous imagery have often been compared to Michael Gira, Nick Cave, David Eugene Edwards, Mark Lanegan, Johnny Cash + he has cultivated a cult audience with his intense live performances having shared the stage with the likes of Kim Salmon (Beasts Of Bourbon) + Hugo Race (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) on many prestigious stages across Australia and overseas. 2023 saw Malone release his critically acclaimed - For The Term Of My Natural Life (VRS Records, CD / Vinyl), solidifying his status as one of the consummate singer-songwriters of the Australian underground. He’ll be joined by The Holy Spirits featuring James W. du Plessis (Volcanic Honeymoon, The Sea Birds) on drums. They are currently recording with Loki Lockwood (The Drones, Spencer P. Jones, Harry Howard…).
'★★★★’
- Sydney Morning Herald
'★★★★’
- Backseat Mafia
“What a powerful rendition of the John Lee Hooker classic I’m Bad Like Jesse James from bluesman and twang artisan - Matt Malone… I like that!”
- Tower Of Song, Double J
"Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits channel the darkness, the shadows... you'll recognize some Bad Seeds vibes in here and I'm all for it."
- Henry Wagons, Double J
"Malone mines life's dark shadows in a similar way to Nick Cave or foreign antecedents like Merle Haggard and Bob Dylan. It's an album of singular vision, unrelenting in its intensity..."
- Rhythms Magazine
"Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits sound like a Ennio Morricone score for a Cormac McCarthy movie.”
- Americana UK
"Whatever juju, alchemy or disturbed darkness that made Jim Morrison put on a pair of leather trousers & shock the world out of its apathy… Matt has got it!"
- Kim Salmon (The Scientists, Beasts Of Bourbon, The Surrealists)
LINKS:
Bandcamp:
https://mattmaloneandtheholyspirits.bandcamp.com/
Video:
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MICHAEL PLATER
Michael Plater is an Australian experimental/indie/folk/noir musician, who currently divides his time between Australia and the U.K. He has played all over the world and put out a series of releases on such U.K. labels as Reverb Worship, Hypostatic Union, Woodford Halse, and Dub Cthonic. His most recent album, “Ghost Music”, was highly acclaimed, and was voted as the 4th best album of 2023 in U.K. music publication Sun 13. He also plays in the “horror soundscapes” project The Northern Lighthouse Board, the “Greek psych folk” collective The Taps of the Holy Trinity, and the “ambient hauntronica” duo Ghosts of Electricity. He is currently based in Brisbane, Australia.
“The U.K.-based Australian experimentalist has reached the apex of his creative arc with Ghost Music...These songs are too tender to burn the heart: they melt it instead...Ghost Music isn't a record you choose. Boasting songs that feel as though they were written for your ears only, it chooses you. It's not true of course, but that's how great storytellers sink their hooks in, and Plater is most certainly that.” (Sun 13, U.K)
“There's a raw, unearthly power here, and played loud (as I believe this apparently quiet record is intended to be played) the world becomes a different, more exquisite and disturbing place. "Ghost Music" is bloody magnificent.” (I-94, Australia)
LINKS:
Bandcamp Page:
https://michaelplater.bandcamp.com/
Website:
https://michaelaplater.wixsite.com/michaelplater
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/michaelaplater
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