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PLASTIC PALACE ALICE

Debut Album "The Great Depression" out March 29th!

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Member Since: 9/27/2005
Band Website: plasticpalacealice.com
Band Members:

The Girl Who Cried Wolf video made by Minnie Hutchings and Kurt Geyer

Empire Falls video made by Cobra Kitten, Martin White and First Impressions.

Rob McDowell : vocals, guitars, piano

Lise McDowell : piano, organ, vocals

Gabriel Piras : bass, vocals, banjo

Jeremy Furze : drums, vocals

Emily Taylor : vocals, percussion

Huw Murdoch : guitars

MANAGEMENT ENQUIRIES: [email protected]

MEDIA ENQUIRIES: [email protected]

Influences: Brian Wilson, The Triffids, Mark Linkous, David Lynch/Julee Cruise, Vic Chesnutt, The Beatles, Nick Cave, Scott Walker, Talking Heads, XTC, Bobby Dylan, Mr Cohen, Calexico, Tom Waits, Cocteau Twins, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Burt Bacharach, Flaming Lips and other crazy kooks.

Sounds Like: Recent Press:

"The word is spreading around triple j about this band. And on the strength of this track (Empire Falls), for good reason. Touches of Arcade Fire, Bowie and a lovely little xylophone." - Richard Kingsmill, Triple J

"Simply, this song (Empire Falls) is a celebration. It rumbles, twinkles, and stomps; there's a lot going on but you don't notice it, you're too busy enjoying the ride! And it WILL have you singing along...."falling, falling, falling...something, something, furthest corner of the former empire..." Great stuff!" - Caz Tran, Triple J

"Can someone please put their album out?" - Craig Mathieson, Mess and Noise

"It's a thrilling beginning for these guys - full of creative savvy and hopeful hearts - and I wish there were more bands in the country that sounded so sincere." - Beat Magazine

"...a sound as diverse and inventive as sextet Plastic Palace Alice is the type that cuts through hype and hyperbole and makes people listen." - Wireless Bollinger

"...lush, dense...stunning, theatrical..." - Beat Magazine

"Plastic Palace Alice is set to modestly sneak up behind us and let out an eye opening "boo!". Reflecting a diverse number of influences, their music glistens and booms its way into your heart. The band's latest single Empire Falls would turn Rome's bloody topple into a cascading flow of refreshing bloom...I can't wait for the album." - The Sandwich Club

"Some songs have a nice beat" - Rob's mum

Record Label: Plastic Palace Alice
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Long time no blog

So it probably appears we're sitting on our arses, resting on our non-existent laurels, and generally being tardy about getting out this album we keep telling you about. I assure you, we're not. Just ...
Posted by PLASTIC PALACE ALICE on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:12:00 PST

Beat’s Best Single of 2007...

...goes to "Empire Falls". We're happy. Come help us celebrate at the Evelyn tomorrow night.
Posted by PLASTIC PALACE ALICE on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:03:00 PST

Interactive blog 2

Answer question 1 and/or 2. (Yes, question 1 is a PPA Marketing Dep't survey). 1. Does anyone buy CDs anymore? 2. What's been your fav album of 2007? ...
Posted by PLASTIC PALACE ALICE on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:30:00 PST

Gigs ahoy!

First of all, a MASSIVE thanks to all who made it to the Spiegeltent on Friday night. We were up against pretty dire sound restrictions, but I think it all came together pretty well in the end. We hop...
Posted by PLASTIC PALACE ALICE on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:37:00 PST

And the nominees are....

Plastic Palace Alice was this week announced as one of the five nominees in the 'Alternative' category of the MusicOz 2007 awards.Woop woop.We're told that the public can somehow become involved in th...
Posted by PLASTIC PALACE ALICE on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:25:00 PST

You Must Have Been Living Under A Blog

It may seem a little quiet in our camp lately but, kwoh blimey, if you could only see behind the scenes...So much fun was had making the last film, see for yourself, that we've begun work on a new vid...
Posted by PLASTIC PALACE ALICE on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:30:00 PST

Empire Falls single out now

Hi all, It's a big day for PPA - Empire Falls is officially out through Inertia today, and the east coast tour begins tonight in Melbourne at the Rob Roy. Furthermore, in a wonderful example of life ...
Posted by PLASTIC PALACE ALICE on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:26:00 PST

3 bits of big news

Our news for the week... 1) Our single 'Empire Falls' is getting an 'official' release through Inertia on October 13. More about this in the next week or two... 2) The video to accompany said sing...
Posted by PLASTIC PALACE ALICE on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:32:00 PST

We don’t get it either

www.wirelessbollinger.com/general/insight/plastic_palace_ali ce_-_live_and_conversational/ And in other, perhaps more relevant, news, Empire Falls has a clip! Check it out on ze main page. x...
Posted by PLASTIC PALACE ALICE on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:59:00 PST

SORRY ABOUT THE HACKED MESSAGES

We don't endorse any product. Honestly. Look at us - we clearly get our clothes from St Vinnies. And that's on special treat days, like birthdays and Centrelink payment days. So I heartily apologise ...
Posted by PLASTIC PALACE ALICE on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:55:00 PST