Radio Free Alice, one of Australia’s most exciting young bands, As they gear up for the release of their self-titled debut EP on November 22nd, the 4-track compilation showcases the culmination of their year’s work, featuring hook-laden, up-tempo post-punk singles like ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’, ‘Look What You’ve Done’, ‘Paris Is Gone’, and the newest offering, ‘Waste Of Space’.
The EP solidifies Radio Free Alice’s status as one of Australia’s most exciting young bands. Radio Free Alice is a post-punk quartet from Melbourne/Naarm consisting of four 21-year-olds. Their music has a fresh and immediate angular sound with clean guitars, clever notes, melodic bass lines, urgent drumbeats, occasional sax, and operatic swagger, which sounds like it came from a New York art school rather than suburban Australia. The band’s influences include The Smiths, The Sunny Boys, Parquet Courts, Ought, and The Strokes.
Melbourne’s Radio Free Alice, a dynamic 5-piece at the forefront of a new wave of high-energy guitar rock.
One night in Sydney last week, The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s frontman, Anton Newcombe, left a lasting impression on Radio Free Alice’s band members with his parting words: “I can’t eat you, I can’t fuck you, so why the fuck would I come?” Hobbled over with tequila in hand after finishing their set at Newtown’s The Duke, Newcombe praised the band during their Sydney residency.
The chance encounter occurred as BJM played at a nearby venue. Despite the rejection of an invitation to their late set, Newcombe’s dry wit only added to the mystique surrounding him.
The Fat Angel Sings 