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Discography
Like Water Will EP 2006
Learn to Dance Album 2008
untitled release EP (recorded) - due 2012
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Bio
Mo Wilson and the Drivers hail from the fertile musical pastures of Perth in Western Australia. Fine-tuned after a couple of years playing Perth and its regional surrounds, Mo Wilson and the Drivers are now set to release to radio the first single ‘Mona Vale’ from their debut album ‘Learn to Dance’, which is in store this September.
Perth is legendary for producing some of Australia’s greatest musical talents and for its musically incestuous nature, with many bands sharing members. Mo Wilson and The Drivers champion that rich tradition, with a line up boasting members whose resumes list the Bob Evans and Carus touring parties.
While busy juggling their touring and work schedules, the brand-spanking new album ‘Learn to Dance’ took Mo Wilson and the Drivers over a year to complete. Produced by Ben Franz of the Waifs (Kill Devil Hills/Schvendes), ‘Learn to Dance’ is the long player follow up to their debut EP ‘Like Water Will’ (2006), which garnered a healthy amount of airplay on Perth’s RTRFM 92.1 and on community radio Australia-wide.
Like all great Perth bands, their sound is transient. ‘Learn to Dance’ fearlessly traverses the genres; it captures the band’s lounge rock sound and combines flavours of classic pop, blues and soul. It’s light; it’s dark. Its music as it was meant to be. And now it’s time to share it. The first single ‘Mona Vale’ will do the rounds of radio across the country in August, with the album hitting stores in September.
The first EP release and the live reputation of Mo Wilson and The Drivers has earned the band some prized stage-mates in The Drones, Josh Pyke, The Mess Hall, Dan Brodie, The Vasco Era and Birds of Tokyo.
Mo Wilson and the Drivers will tour regional Western Australia in September, with the ‘Learn to Dance’ album launch in Fremantle in that same month. You can expect to see the ‘Drivers on the other side of Australia in early 2009.
“An interesting collection of songs, which I presume is their first release.
They have a sound that is becoming distinctly West Australian. I love to think that in a country as large as Australia our music can take on this individual flavour. Looking forward to hearing a full album release”.
- Kevin Whiteman- 4zzz Brisbane Presenter
‘Mona Vale’ from the the forthcoming album ‘Learn to Dance’ is available as a free download from www.myspace.com/mowilsonandthedrivers
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