Yo,

At 11am on Wednesday morning we got a pretty massive surprise, we got asked to support Phoenix for their show at Luna Parks "Big Top". I was at work when i found out, Myers was in Newcastle and Gus at Uni. So we suitably freaked out and prepared as best we could from our locations, anyway as they say a picture speaks louder than words. So heres a video and some pictures.

aw yeah.

This video has some footage some of the set, the bits we enjoyed the most + some backstage footage and a short interview.

Vlog 1 - Playing with Phoenix from Papa Vs Pretty on Vimeo.

This video is Sgt. Suffer live in its entirety. 

Sgt. Suffer Live @ Big Top Luna Park from Papa Vs Pretty on Vimeo.

The highlight of the night for us, was when Phoenix played "Playground Love", heres a video we took of them playing the song,  + some other side of stage footage, They we're AMAZING live. Coolest most classiest light-show i think i've ever seen. 

Untitled from Papa Vs Pretty on Vimeo.

and here are some photos, there are heaps more in the photos section and on our facebook.

GRAND!

We had a great night, we hope to play more of these gigs in the future!

<3 THR

Howwdy,

We have just finished tracking our new EP, so we thought now is a good time to shed some light on the record!

First of all the EP is being produced by "Something For Kate's" Paul Dempsey and is being recorded at Alberts Studios in Sydney. 

The EP has 6 songs, most of which you wont of heard before, the majority of which we have only played at two shows, but we've been rehearsing and writing intensely for the last 2 months and have found the direction we want to go in.  So we are pretty excited to release this EP! 

Working with Paul has been incredible as well, his experience as a songwriter gave us an invaluable second set of ears, that helped give the songs better shape and more impact. 

We took some photos while we where in the studio as well,

have a look! there's more photos in the photo section of the website. Hurah!

thanks for listening! and remember to sign up to the mail service :) <3 , x THR

Greetings!

The "Citizen #1" clip is also pairs with a thing we're putting out called the "Citizen" project.
This is how it works, Those of you who are interested in creative things can sign up to the "Citizen" mailing out. Its a separate mail out to the regular service. Once you sign up, you get free access to demos and other content free of charge. All you have to do is send us any ideas you have, if we like your idea, we'll chase you up, profile you on the site and collaborate with you.
We thought it could be a cool way to interact with you over the internet, all 21st century like. An example of something coming up is our new EP's artwork, if your an artist and want to share ideas just drop us a line!
If your interested in being on the "Citizen" list, send us an email to papavspretty@hotmail.com

Until next time!

<3 , x THR

Yo!

A while back, actually when this website went live, a film clip was made for the song "Citizen #1". The clip was directed by Ben Wilson for a film school experiment. Ben's the same guy who directed the "Ballad" film clip and the "From the Bunker" series. 

The film clip in a way is our farewell to our previous EP "EP2". Its the last thing correlated to that release.

So without further adieu here is the clip.

Citizen #1 from Papa Vs Pretty on Vimeo.

radical, in the meantime heres a photo-blog with photos taken from behind the scenes. (photos by Camille Bui Viet) 

1.

The clip was shot in empty primary school, we raided the canteen. Found a book with tasty entries such as this.

What?

2. 

Biiiiiiikkkkeees!

3.

Bikes at night.

4.

Group Therapy...

5. 

THE RESULTS!

6. 

BMX champ.

7. The shetland pony, that just never made the cut.

8. 

Our reaction to the shetland ponies absence in the clip. 

9. 

Impending band mutiny! Gus is HUNGRRRRY. myers is one step ahead. 

10.

I can see your SOUL!

11.

STEURHRRR  STRESS! 

12.  The set. 

We were lucky enough to have the entire process documented by some fantastic photography, the rest of the photos will be in our photo section via our fllllikr profile.

good timez

rad.

<3 , x THR

We are excited to announce we are supporting "You Am I", for their show at the Wollongong Unibar on the 26th of February (next Friday). 

You can buy tickets from the OzTix website -> http://bit.ly/9ZkEIs

We start at 9.00pm, doors open at 7.30pm

They recently did a really cool 2 part film clip, for the songs "Givin' Up And Gettin' Fat" & "Beau Geste" (off the album

Dilettantes", the cinematography is amazing, its like an adventure film, very cool.

here are the videos!

You Am I - Givin Up and Gettin Fat from soupkitchen on Vimeo.

You Am I - Beau Geste from soupkitchen on Vimeo.

<3 , x THR

I think i may of found my new favorite band!

I was watching late night rage recently and saw this, forgot about it, then remembered how awesome it is was, really kind of stripped back, fantastic playing and really fucking clever lyrics as well.

its this song by a band called "Field Music", called "Them that do Nothing". 

Do yourselves a favor and WATCH THIS.

This songs cool as well its called "If Only the Moon Were Up".
hope you like it as much as i do.



<3 , x THR

Yo!!!

Heres the official Tour poster for the "Burning Leaves" tour!

<3 , x THR

Yo, yo, yo

We're thrilled to announce that we will be supporting Paul Dempsey for his "Burning Leaves' Australian national tour, also playing on the tour is Dan Kelly and his Dream band (featuring members of Augie March & Ground Components). The tour is in April!

Here are the dates ->

7 - The Gov, Adelaide SA

9 - Settlers Tavern,Perth WA

10 - Fly By Night, Fremantle WA

15 - Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay NSW

16 - HiFi Bar, Brisbane QLD

17 - Metro, Sydney NSW

24 - The Forum, Melbourne VIC

Tickets are on sale now!

To purchase tickets head on over to -> http://pauldempseymusic.com/new/home.html

Hope to see you there!

<3 , x THR

Yo,

If you've heard alot of our stuff, you would of probably made the observation that we jump around genres alot, its never been intentional though, its kind of just how we've functioned, exploring every avenue trying to get our own sound. But after years of writing in different styles on different instruments in all different ways, we have finally started to get our own sound.

It has taken a long time, but it feels liberating to finally have direction. It's a bit of a heavier and stripped back sound, and has a big focus on vocal harmonies. All 3 of us are singing now. 

So in light of this discovery we are getting ready to record a new EP, we've been rehearsing, demoing and writing like crazy and it's starting to cement itself into something cool.

Heres some pictures of us rehearsing/demoing, sweaty timez! 

So keep your eyes and ears peeled cause we'll be documenting our progress and posting it up here.

Grande! 

thankyou for listening, <3 x thr

Yo!

Our Newsletter service is now up and running, you can sign up by putting your email in the "Join The Mailing List" box, its underneath our tweet feed.

HURAH!

ALSO, if you know what's good for you, listen to this band. There called Parades and are from Sydney, I heard their song "Hunter" tonight and freaked out, its very very atmospheric and builds up to just the right amount of awesome.

Listen to it here -> http://www.myspace.com/parades

On another note thankyou to all the people that came to the gig at the Beach Road Hotel last night, it was fantastic to play to such an appreciative audience for our first show in Sydney in ages, so thankyou everybody who came! 

x0<3 thr

Beach Road! Youre the best!

Good fun was had by all, and we hope you liked the new songs. This was our first show with most of these songs and it really meant alot to us that you guys seemed to like them... at least a little bit!

Good night was had by all. Now im watching david attenborough talk about Tortoises. David Attenborough, I like you a bit.

G

Hey hey hey!

Our song PIPER is in the voting list for this years JJJ Hottest 100 music poll,

show us some love and VOTE FOR US!!!

you can do so by going here

if you havent heard our song PIPER, you can listen to it on this video!

PIPER from Papa Vs Pretty on Vimeo.

Rad!

Hope ya'll well

<3 THR

Yo,

If you werent in melbourne for NYE, we wish you a late new years! to all of those who where, many thanks for sharing it with us at the espy, MUCH FUN was had. Was exellent to have the new years herelded in by Shark Fin Blues by the Drones. and by an awesome set by Paul Dempsey, very wicked indeed!

this years been pretty good, school was a thorn in our side but its finally over and it feels it feels exellent. we hope to get out a whole lot more this year.

We even made it on the ones to watch in 2010 list on the 2009 itunes rewind. at # 2!!!

check ch check it ->

SO many thanks for seeing us in the gigs we played in 2009 and we hope to see you in 2010.

Speaking of which, we are playing a FREE show our first show in our hometown of Sydney in like 3 months,

FREE FREE FREE, and on the 27th January at the Beach Road Hotel in Bondi.

So come and say hello, if your a friend on facebook, heres the fb event. HURAH!

--- > http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/event.php?eid=229484977542&ref=ts

hope to see you there, we will be selling Tshirts and EPs

so come say hello.

<3<3<3<3<3 thr

We've finished our tour with the Howling Bells, and we had a BLAST, it was our first tour ever so it was good to learn the ropes and get to play so often and in so many different places. A massive thankyou to Howling Bells for having us along!

we will be releasing videofootage/photos that we took from the duration of the Tour soon, so keep your eyes peeled and we will keep you posted.

In the meantime here are some reviews we got from the tour from both Fasterlouder and Rave magazine.

Review from the Zoo show - > http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/18493/82/

Review from the ANU Bar show - > http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/21905/Howling-Bells-Canvas-Kites-Papa-Vs-Pretty--ANU-Bar-Canberra-171209.htm

Review from the Corner Hotel Show + some photos

Review - > http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/21740/Howling-Bells-Canvas-Kites-Papa-Vs-Pretty--The-Corner-Hotel-Melbourne-41209.htm

Photos. (the only ones we can find at the moment will upload more soon)

<3 thr

Last night was good, we played at The Corner in Melbourne. Some highlights of the day included:
 
-Tom R's comparison of the Oporto Strips and Chips meal to its Nando's equivalent. Consensus was reached that Oporto produces 'sweeter' chicken breast flavours, whilst Nando's culinary produce was described as 'more spicy', 'mature' and 'yum'. Chip seasoning was also discussed.
-Great sound, stage, and crowd at the Corner. We felt great after a slightly awkward gig in Geelong last night. 
-My energetic spell following a strong cappucino this afternoon. It was embarassing. Whilst no-one was adversely affected, I'd take this opportunity to point out to the population of Melbourne that scat singing and star jumps on footpaths are not usual activities of mine. 
-Ongoing profundity from Tom M. Seriously, that guy knows a bagful of facts about lions, fierce snakes and their movement, and is a specialist in voice imitation. If you ever want to spice up a car trip get yourself a Tom M. 
 
The gig was great tonight ! My cousin even came! Unfortunately we couldnt stay for Howling Bells since Tom M is only 17 so we still have to get kicked out straight after we play, but we caught their soundcheck and they're superb!
 
Esplanade Hotel tomorrow. Should be great! We're on very late at like 11:45 pm but someone told us that that is quite early for a band in Melbourne. Its the city that never sleeps. I dont dig it. I think it's the city that sometimes sleeps.
 
Hope youre all well and that if youve just found yourself on holidays or finished work for the year that you're having yourself some fun. thanks for reading!

Gus

HURAH!