MODERN GIANT "Satellite Nights"

2005（POPBOOMERANG） ￥1,800(taxin) NEW ARRIVAL 2008.7.16

オーストラリアの4人組、力の抜けた切なヘタれポップを奏でる愛らしいバンド、Modern Giantのファーストアルバム！。なんだかすごくキャッチーってわけでもないし、ローファイってほどヘボくない調子っぱずれなカレッジバンドみたいな雰囲気でつかみどころまったくないんだけれど・・・要は我々キマジメで何でもそつなくこなす日本人とは間逆な素敵さがここにはあるんだなぁ。The Go-BetweensなどKレーベルのファンや90'sに名を馳せた同郷Smudge、The Hummingbirds好きには（ってそんな人もういないかな・・・苦笑

Track Lisiting: （全曲試聴）
1 I'm Not Broken
2 Hell is Other People
3 The Band's Broken Up
4 Close My Eyes
5 San Sebastian
6 Heartbeat
7 Keep on Movin'
8 Tie One On
9 Thought you were somebody else
10 Count Em Up
11 Angie Hart

MEMBER
Gynia Favot (singer/guitarist)
Andy Meehan (guitarist/singer)
Simon Gibson (drummer)
Adam Gibson (Bass player/vocals)

SITE
OFFICIAL: http://www.moderngiant.com.au/
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/brilliantfanzine

BIOGRAPHY
Modern Giant are a four-piece Australian band whose unique combination of shining guitar pop and evocative spoken word storytelling has been winning over audiences since their formation two years ago.

Based in Sydney, Modern Giant's debut album, 'Satellite Nights' (produced by Simon Holmes) has been released on Popboomerang Records, with Popboomerang's head honcho Scott Thurling describing the band as "one of the most exciting local bands I've heard in years".

Drawing inspiration from the long tradition of Sydney guitar pop bands, plus elements from acts as diverse as the Go-Betweens, Patti Smith and Midnight Oil, Modern Giant do a fine line in loud guitars, but with an ear firmly cocked towards crisp pop melody and a strong element of spoken word.

Modern Giant in part emerged from the band Half Miler, which had earlier morphed from Disneyfist, one of the shining lights of Sydney music in the early to mid-90s. After a stack of high-profile gigs, including the Big Day Out, the band broke up in 1995.

Half Miler gigged around Australia for a year then relocated to London in 1998, earning enthusiastic reviews and scoring strong gigs. They returned to Sydney in late 1999, played several more shows and then released an album titled 'Pretty Cold But It's Nice When The Sun Comes Out'. This was warmly received but, in hindsight, put a neat full-stop on the lifespan of the band.

And so, enter 2003, and enter the Modern Giant, the members drawn together by a mutual love of melodic guitar music and a desire to create a distinct vision, one which not only captured their pop desires, but also one which allowed scope for the telling of narrative stories and the expression of affecting emotion.

In 2004, after a succession of gigs, increasingly showcasing the band's intriguing live visual show, Modern Giant released their debut EP, 'A Different Ring In Your Ears', produced by legendary ex-Hummingbirds front-man Simon Holmes. This EP received critical acclaim and the band's subsequent first two radio singles both gained healthy airplay.

And so to the thrilling debut album 'Satellite Nights' this was also produced by Holmes and it's a record that finds the band truly hitting its stride, brimming as it is with a lovely collection of new songs about love, loss, long nights and even longer drives.

Modern Giant are: Singer/guitarist Gynia Favot Guitarist/singer Andy Meehan Drummer Simon Gibson Bass player/vocals Adam Gibson