Uluwatu

New Navy (future classic)

Release date: 21.09.2011

Music Style: Alternative

Article No.: 1732544 / FCL64

€7.89

From the ‘whistle while you work’ opening of ‘Zimbabwe’, the summer grooves of ‘Tapioca’ to the dramatic crescendo of ‘Oceans’, New Navy’s debut ‘Uluwatu’ EP demonstrates the Australian bands powerful songwriting ability and consistent style. New Navy balance sparkly guitars with front man Ben McInerny’s smooth vocals, delivering strong bass-lines and breezy indie grooves to great effect. They have received impressive early support from radio and media with comparisons to Foals, The Whitest Boy Alive and Cold War Kids when talking about this promising young 4 piece. New Navy have come a long way since the release of their three-track demo last year, which saw them take out the JD set, hold the number one position on Triple J unearthed charts and share stages with the likes of Wolfmother, The Philly J’s, Midnight Juggernaughts, The Holidays and The Scare. PRESS: Richard Kingsmill (Triple J) - “5/5 Wow! You weren’t kidding about the clean guitars. The tiny guitar licks in this song (Zimbabwe) are really clever. And percussion has become the new lead guitar break!” Stoney Roads - “Quintessentially the main export sound for Australian Indie dance at the moment” NME - ‘The Buzz’ August 2011 Faster Louder -"Having been compared to 80’s loving sombre souls Editors, NN live actually pack a much cheerier outlook, reminiscent at times of current scene darlings Foals and bringing the crowd to life with some multi-instrumentalism and more drums than you can throw a stick at” Musicfeeds - “If you can tell within the first 4 bars of a song that a band has serious potential, you are onto something good. With pure, strong voices and a punchy indie-Brit sound that could be paralleled to the Cold War Kids, these guys haven’t got long until they hit headlines (in the musical world that is).” Purple Sneakers - ‘Deliciously catchy’