Thursday March 4th 2010
The Medics 'This Boat We Call Love' EP launch
with We Set Sail
Stage times:
08:40pm - We Set Sail
10:00pm - The Medics
Door sales: $12
Pre-sales: $8
A young energetic indie band with insightful songs wide in scope: quiet ambient sounds, epic build ups, breakdowns, light, shade, delicate and intense.
“The Medics sounded like early Radiohead . . . in the best possible way.” Live Review - Beat Magazine (Melbourne) Oct 09
The Medics have garnered acclaim in their hometown of Cairns, far north Queensland and are rapidly gaining a reputation across Australia for their epic, emotive songwriting style delivered through intense live performances.
Tours and supports slots have included: Something With Numbers , The Panics, The Grates, Faker, Blue King Brown, Scribe, Kisschasy, Amity Affliction, Behind Crimson Eyes and City Riots. In July 2009 the band headlined their first Queensland tour and showcased at Big Sound Live Sept 09. The Medics debuted their live show nationally in Sept/Oct 2009 as guests on the GROUNDSWELL tour (an initiative of Arts Victoria).
Their second EP This Boat We Call Love produced by Mark Myers from The Middle East features the focus tracks ‘Joseph’ and ‘Her Song’ and is released in early 2010 through Starving Kids/MGM.
Jhindu Lawrie, Charles Thomas, Andrew Thomson and Kahl Wallace arrange electric & acoustic guitars, bass, drums, glockenspiel, keyboards, percussion and 3-part vocal harmonies. The band are tight knit friends and family who take pride in writing music playing to the strengths of individual members.
Jhindu’s father Bunna Lawrie from the band Colored Stone plays a mentor role in The Medics’ development. He actively encourages the band in everything they do as he sees a little bit of his childhood in their footsteps and direction.