[MUSIC NEWS] THE PRIZE Launch New Single
| The Prize are Melbourne’s hottest new addition, a breath of fresh air and a shot in the arm for a city still bouncing back from a bitter start to the decade. Forming in early 2021 and figuring out a way to jam and write songs in between rules and restrictions, The Prize stumbled across a blend of power pop and rock and roll that’s equal parts brains and bravado. The joyous new five-piece bring three guitars and five voices that harmonise together to make some of the best power pop this city has heard in years. With lead vocals primarily shared between drummer Nadine Muller and guitarist Carey Paterson, the five-piece is rounded out with Joseph Imfeld on guitar, Austin Haire on guitar and Jack Kong on bass. After the dust settled from the city’s miserable hiatus, The Prize played their first show to a sold out Croxton Bandroom opening for Civic in November 2021 The Prize will follow the EP up with a national run with The Chats. In the meantime they’ve got a few other shows coming up, including a show next week with Grace Cummings. Their sound blends the hooks from The Nerves, twin rock ’n’ roll leads of Thin Lizzy and minor progressions of later era Flamin’ Groovies with the fullness and power of the Ramones and the pop punch of the Divinyls. Obvious influences shine through on their sensational cover of the obscure 1979 power pop classic, “Fighting My Way Back”; originally by British group, The Incredible Kidda Band. The Prize will release their debut EP “Wrong Side of Town”, as a four-track 7” available from September 2nd via Anti Fade Records. The EP’s title track, out today, is the band’s first single. |
| This is everything coming up: WED JULY 27 – WITH GRACE CUMMINGS @ THE BRUNSWICK BALLROOM FRI AUG 5 – ANTI-FADE RECORDS SHOW @ BODRIGGY BREWING CO FRI AUG 19 – WITH SCREENSAVER @ NIGHTHAWKS BAR SAT SEP 10 – WITH THE CHATS @ ODEON THEATRE, HOBART THU SEP 15 – WITH THE CHATS @ THE ENMORE THEATRE, SYDNEY FRI SEP 16 – WITH THE CHATS @ THE FORUM THEATRE, MELBOURNE SAT SEP 17 – WITH THE CHATS @ FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE FRI SEP 23 – WITH THE CHATS @ HINDLY ST MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE. |