Kevin Curran
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Kevin Curran

Perth, Western Australia, Australia | SELF

Perth, Western Australia, Australia | SELF
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Aussies are a funny bunch sometimes. Partisan til death about our local sporting teams we may be, but in some respects we allow the sheer multi-culturalism of our society to get the better of us: being so abundantly open to external influences, we sometimes remain blind to the incredible homegrown quality we produce.

Take our local bands, for instance. We will routinely remain pleasantly oblivious to a world class band playing locally every Friday night, yet be more than happy to pay top dollar to see a sub-standard touring band. Peculiar pecadillos, indeed…

Hailmary are from Perth, and might easiest be described as ‘grunge’, but there’s a lot more to their sound than that lazily simple tag could hope to describe. Whilst the Alice In Chains influence is undeniable – singer/guitarist Kevin Curran readily admits that AIC’s Dirt is his favourite album – Hailmary’s sound is brighter, more positive, and contains less of the sludgey downtuned darkness than was synonymous with the grunge movement.

Curran’s vocals have never sounded better; whatever hoops he’s made his voice jump through have broadened his range and depth significantly.

From the proto-metal of Yellow Light Of Death, through the glorious Reminiscence and the most AIC-alike track on the album, Wake Up, Curran and Hailmary never let up for a moment, the music textured and boasting hidden delights to be enjoyed upon repeated listens.

Two Wrongs and Weighing You Down are two tracks that wear their Seattle influence on their sleeve – but again, there’s a brightness there which sets Hailmary apart from being mere copyists. Yesterdays Friend burrows deep and you’ll find it’s melody and driving jackhammer riff replaying in your head for days to come and Monday Mundane is a tailor-made anthem for not wanting to go back to work after the weekend.

The Way It Was stands out for entirely different reasons – a tender, semi-acoustic ballad featuring another stunning vocal from Curran, it has a psychedelic Beatles edge to it, and another undismissable melody.

Choice. Path. Consequence. Solution. is a magnificent album by anyone’s standards – not just in the sense of a local scene. It features standout performances, mature, edgy songwriting, and is not only world class, but possesses the potential to be a complete game changer for these four West Australians. Get a piece of them while you still can.
- Shane Pinnegar


Discography

Hailmary - Lottery Of Life EP
Hailmary - A Million Miles And Days EP
Hailmary - Reminiscence/Two Wrongs Single
Hailmary - Choice Path Consequence Solution LP

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Widely regarded as the singer/songwriter of WAMi Award winning band Hailmary, Kevin Curran purchased his first guitar with pocket money at an early age.

From the outset, Curran was never really one for learning cover songs, instead he started early on with his songwriting career, even if at that stage, he could only play a mere 3 chords.

Fast forward years later, and equipped with a couple more chords to his repertoire Curran formed the band Hailmary in 2005 and has led the band since then as the main Singer/ Songwriter and rhythm guitarist.

A song he penned in 2005 entitled "Drag In Drag Out" won him a prestigious WAMi Award (West Australian Music Industry) Award in the "Heavy/Hard Rock" category in 2006.

With the band, he spent the next year honing his craft by relentlessly playing all over his home town of Western Australia earning the reputation of a tight knit hard-working band.

2008 saw Hailmary release their first recording, an EP entitled "Lottery of Life" featuring not only the WAMi Award winning track "Drag In Drag Out" but also two additional WAMi nominated tracks.

Hailmary headed to the USA in 2009 to record their follow up EP "A Million Miles and Days" with accomplished producer Jeff Tomei( Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains, Matchbox Twenty, Smashing Pumpkins) which included playing shows in USA for the first time.

The band released the EP in 2010 which included dates in East Coast of Australia for the first time as well as supporting bands like The Screaming Jets, Full Scale and Mammal on their Australian tours.

2011 the band once again headed to USA to record with Jeff Tomei, this time, their debut full length "Choice Path Consequence Solution".

The first single a split A Side entitled "Reminiscence/Two Wrongs was released in early 2012 which was followed up with their second East Coast tour and a highlight spot at the inaugural Rock N Load festival at the Espy in St Kilda.

The Band toured the Eastern States twice more before releasing the debut album "Choice Path Consequence Solution to the West Coast in November 2012.

In February 2013, the band commenced their Debut Album VIC/WA Tour which saw them gig extensively across Victoria, including playing the Rock The Bay Festival and across Western Australia. During the tour, the band played a number of acoustic shows which allowed them to express the Album in a different light.

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