Stereoflower
Perth, Western Australia, Australia | INDIE
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What the hell do they put in Perth’s water?
Alex Elbery, singer-songwriter for Stereoflower, started this album on his own, with the kind of sunny pop sound and straightforward lyrical approach of an exceptionally switched-on 17-year-old indie music consumer.
He was then enhanced by friends Rufus Marmaduke, Mark Remarko and Dr Blythe, on guitar, bass and drums respectively.
The result of this teenage Perth quartet is an addictive debut. Their wallowing, dreamy and uncannily British rock sound has earned them comparisons to The Stone Roses, Oasis, Arcade Fire and Bright Eyes.
Personally I’m inclined to declare, loudly, that Elbery is the next Conor Oberst, only local (and within my reach).
I was positively stunned by his energetic, often melancholic wails.
Favourites include The Cocaine Bebop and If Wishes Were Horses (Then We’d All Be Cowboys), in which Elbery cringes, “And if you want to hurt me, sir / Then hurt me / And if you want to crack my skull / Just do it now” in high spirits.
Stereoflower will be in fashion soon, so try and discover them before everyone else does. - Rave Magazine
Discography
It's Alright, It's OK, Satellite Commander
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“A band who has taken the psych-groove guitar and drums of The Stone Roses, the impossibly catchy wail and confusing lyrics of Oasis, and melded them into an adorable love song of sorts, with chemical-strength singalong properties… this is a band who nail what they do.” –Rave
Stereoflower began as the solo project of singer-songwriter Alex Elbery, a then 16-year-old from the Perth hills with an unmistakable raspy tenor voice. As a band, Stereoflower was born a few years later, when one fateful night at The Norfolk Basement, guitarist Rufus Marmaduke and drummer Doctor Blythe saw Elbery perform and decided he was the singer they didn’t know they had been looking for. So, Elbery abandoned the JD Salinger vibe of his solo circuit for the Seussian possibilities of a band along with Marmaduke, Blythe and bassist Marko Remarko.
For the newly formed four-piece the magic was there from the beginning. The band’s first single "The Cocaine Bebop" materialized almost effortlessly out of a free form jam session. The single went on to receive some quality spins on community radio across Australia and even a few plays on Triple J. The track has also scored the band airplay on over 130 American college radio stations including WMNF in Tampa, FL, KSJS in San Jose, CA and WKDU in Philadelphia, PA. Some stations even reported adds to CMJ. The catchy single also garnered the band opening slots for Kim Salmon, The Bedroom Philosopher and The Middle East.
In 2010, the band released their debut album It’s Alright, It’s Ok, Satellite Commander. With the tasteful minimalist drumming of Dr. Blythe and the tight bass of Marko Remarko set off by the crescendos and break-outs of some slamming indie-rock guitar, the album found solid local support in Perth as RTRFM’s Local Feature album and made Brisbane’s Rave Magazine’s top 10 independent releases of the year. Now with a reputation as one of Perth’s must-see local bands, Stereoflower is looking ahead to the next year and the next album, and they have plenty of material in the kitty.
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