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Avenue + Band in Adelaide, SA

Avenue
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SEEKING

Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Violin, Trumpet, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Harmonica, Flute, Other, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Dobro, Vocalist - Alto, Trombone, Bagpipes, Steel guitar, Upright bass, Cello, Accordion, Ukulele, DJ, Electronic Music.

ABOUT

Try this now. Imagine bottom-end muscle in a head-on collision with a happy headspace. What about 4D soundscapes twisted around a prog rock locomotive? Free spirits disguised in stark black and white attire? Good looks behind great songs? Young Adelaide-based pop trio, Avenue makes this bunch of quirky contradictions seem perfectly normal.

Avenue’s second release Colourblind presents exciting exploration and development for the band. There’s more muscle and texture, a more ambitious poly-layering of sounds,
a heightened maturity in the lyrics and vocals.

Consisting of brothers Lucas and Miles Sly plus Ryan Mifsud, Avenue’s short history has seen them notch up a debut EP that hit number 4 on the Triple J Unearthed pop chart, orchestrate charts for the Immanuel College Strings to perform with them at the Marion Domain Theatre, win a Carclew Off The Couch award for live popularity and support ARIA-winning group The Audreys at Adelaide’s Elder Hall.

For their second EP release, Avenue have focused on writing concise, hook-laden songs sung with a lofty and effortless tenor: expressive, with intent and purpose. Drawing vocal influences from the likes of Dallas Green (City and Colour) and Adam Duritz (Counting Crows), then adding the jazz-trained rhythm section with a mighty prog rock attitude, the Colourblind recordings head along a completely different and exciting siding. As if this isn’t enough, the sonically superior multi-instrumentalist and producer/engineer Jarrad Payne (1.1 Immermann, Shaolin Afronauts) uses his idiosyncratic abilities to marry Avenue’s commercially crafted pop with enough weird sh*t to make Colourblind sound instantly enticing, yet slightly unsettling.

Yep, Avenue is a seasoned act that belies its youth. It restores one’s sense of hope in “good pop”. Tasteful rendering of clever tracks sees the new EP release Colourblind connecting with a wider demographic - live as well as on radio.

Screen name:
Avenueaus
Member since:
Oct 07 2014
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Touring
Years together:
3
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
1 time per week
Available to gig:
1 night a week
Age:
34 years

Influences

John Mayer, Incubus, City and Colour, Biffy Clyro

Members Of Band

Lucas Sly - Guitar, Vocals
Miles Sly - Drums, Backing
Ryan Mifsud - Bass, Backing Vocals

MUSIC