... spunky boys involved ;)
i used to have a really cool job. but rather than whine over that, i’ll instead share one of the better experiences i had back when i was a card-carrying member of the human race ... i had the pleasure of meeting an amazingly talented young australian band, and since they were just finding their feet, they actually had some time to make friends with l’il ol’ me !. (fancy that!).
as is my way, i interfered in their stuff (and they didn’t even mind !). they let me help write a little story thing for the local rag, and over the ensuing few years phil & i kept up to date with their steady rise to fame. "midnight swim" have shared the bill with 'lo-tel', 'motor ace', 'iota', 'platform 6', 'big heavy stuff', 'missy higgins' and 'the church', and those are just the ones i can remember !.
most recently, they beat 'the butterfly effect', 'cat empire' and 'the waifs' (amongst others) to collect the australian live music award (ALMA) for “best emerging act in 2003”, as well as taking home the garth porter (remember ‘sherbet’ ?) australian producers' choice award.
they were further represented at the prestigious 'musicoz' awards with a nomination for ‘songwriter of the year” for (singer/songwriter) sean beaver (he was beaten by daniel johns of silverchair), and a further nomination for ‘best pop song’ (ultimately taken by casey’ chambers’ hit “not pretty enough”).
when midnight swim launched their first cd, "rue de semade”, they received airplay on (national radio stations) 2jjjm and 2mmm, as well as devoted airtime from fbi 94.5, (alternative radio media) netfm, 2glf and (woo hoo .. my old home-town radio) 2ssrfm.
their 2nd cd, entitled "catacombs" is just finished, and, because i asked, they let me put up their spunky photos here ! (i guess their being so easy on the eye never hurts either, huh ?), as well as the links to some really dinky little 30-second samples of all the songs from "rue de semade" to listen to.
the band have specifically requested that i strongly encourage anybody who has any opinion or comment at all on their music to say so here – remember, these guys have never been heard outside of australia, so they would be sincerely appreciative of any feedback. after all, you are their future audience, right ?.
so, to listen to what i think is the future of australian music, go here:
'rue de semade' ~ Link
'on and on' ~ Link
'catch me' ~ Link
'only you' ~ Link
'tonight, i'm letting go' ~ Link
'it's over now' ~ Link
'lona' ~ Link
to download the (full version) mp3's of the songs above for free, go here: Link
and now to peek at the men behind the music ...
lee carey ~
sean beaver ~
michael faber ~ 
cameron potts ~
to visit midnight swims' website, go here: Link
to register for their mailing list, send an email here: Link
and to leave a message for midnight swim, please feel free to comment below. i promise they will most sincerely appreciate it.
thanks 
vanessa/mig XXX
*for bookings and enquiries, email loren here: Link
*all photographs by jason brown Link
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