Eddy Current Suppression Ring

Key tracks:

Anxiety
Walked Into a Corner
Isn't It Nice
We'll be Turned On

Label: Melodic

Description:

Raw, dynamic garage rock reminiscent of The Pixies and Violent Femmes

The four members of Eddy Current Suppression Ring met working for a vinyl pressing plant outside Melbourne, and as their 2003 company Christmas party wound down, the four began jamming drunkenly into a tape recorder. Since the seed of the band was sewn, they have gone on to release three albums and receive the Australian equivalent of the Mercury, the Australian Music Prize, whilst still managing to keep the band as a ‘hobby’. Admirable indeed.

Eddy Current Suppression Ring’s music is most definitely garage rock – with hints of Wire, The Pixies and Violent Femmes. They record all their albums in a matter of hours and the resulting sound is rough, unpolished, primal and fresher than tomorrow’s milk. Brendan’s real Aussie accent rings through in every track, adding to the energy and raucousness which makes them so lovable.

Taken from their latest release “Rush to Relax”, ‘Walked Into A Corner’ is frenetic and chaotic – definitely music to happily jump and stomp to. ‘Isn’t It Nice’ really showcases the youthful vitality in the band’s sound, with ice-cool vocals sitting atop a storming riff. ‘Anxiety’ plays on layers of guitar lines with the perfectly unpolished vocals changing gear with every other line. This album hits you instantly, grabs you by the shoulders and shakes any remaining apathy right out of your system, reigniting the punk attitude that is somewhere inside us all.

Releases we represent:

Primary Colours | Album | Melodic | 2009
Rush To Relax | Album | Melodic | 2010

Quotes:

On 'Rush to Relax':

"Eddy Current Suppression Ring is, shock horror, pretty much perfect. The last album Primary Colours was one continuous blast of perfect pop punk. If you thought Rush to Relax would be giving up the quality control, you would be wrong." Too Cool To Die

"'Anxiety' is sloppy in the way the best garage rock manages to sound, from The Standells to White Denim, while singer Eddy Suppression wails and part talks his lyrics, in the vein of frontmen such as Iggy Pop or Mark E. Smith." Artrocker

On 'Primary Colours':

"Primary Colours comes loaded with enough charm, energy and nonchalant invention to put it right up there with the year's best." The Guardian

"There isn't a weak song in the pack." Pitchfork