2002 saw them sign to One World Music for the release of BAMBOO SOUP, a collaboration with Shakuhachi grand master Riley Lee. A record that fused the organic tone of the ancient instrument with the electro-ambient moods of Small Defence.
2003 was spent making their first solo record BIMBY. They pushed their boundaries further into dub, rock and electro.
In January 2006 Small Defence released their 2nd solo album THANKS FOR THE OPPOSITE OF NOTHING on their own indie label Drax Records. It has the courageous digital exploration of BIMBY mixed together with warm analogue pop songs.
THE FONTS released in August 2008 is a spectacular blend of Beach Boy harmonies meets Germanic electronica in an indie T-Shirt shop run by Thurston Moore. It's new, it's fab it's Small Defence.
The first single from the album, QWERTY is pure 60's psychedelia driven by rockin acoustic guitars and a bass line Peter Hook would be proud of. With more space-echo than is safely recommended it is catchier than Loveshack.'THE FONTS' by Small Defence available now @ itunes Stores, Amazon.com and all good record shops. Small Defence will be touring up and down the East coast of Australia in November & December with their 6-piece band to launch the album before heading overseas for more shows and recording next year. Stay tuned for dates.If you like our music and would like to hear some more look to your left for the player or go to our Last.fm page:http://www.last.fm/music/Small+DefenceThe new album 'The Fonts' is out now. Buy it at itunes and Amazon
or get the actual CD from Entangled Records in the US
and Apple Crumble Records in Japan