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Sugar Army

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"Opening with the anthemic “…And Now You’re Old Enough, I Think That You Should Know”, Sugar Army’s Where Do You Hide Your Toys EP is the sonic eclecticism of dance rock done right for once. The label doesn’t do their sound justice though – the West Australian four piece are at home channeling anything from the Cure and QOTSA to Muse, with vocalist Patrick Mclaughlin’s distinctive pipes cutting over gritty riffs and leading unfailingly into shout-along choruses almost guaranteed to make Sugar Army a killer live act. “Jigsaw” is discordant and layered with jangly guitars and falsetto while “Maybe The Boy Who Cried Wolf Was Just Paranoid” is the sleeper, with a dirty driving rhythm, weird choral overdubs and brilliant percussion. The other half of the album, please – and soon."
Rolling Stone (May 2008)
"Four on the floor dance rhythms stutter in math rock explosions while the dueling guitars carve slices out of concrete and the boys scream and sing and scream over the top. If you think you liked Cut Copy, the Midnight Juggernauts or any of those other unfortunate Australian hipster bands, get ready to have your teeth knocked out."
Beat Magazine (February 2008)
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Member Since: 3/19/2006
Band Website: sugararmy.com.au
Band Members: | Patrick McLaughlin - Lead Vocals
| Todd Honey - Guitar
| James Sher - Drums
| Ian Berney - Bass / VocalsManagement:
Steph Edwardes
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0431 459 436Bookings:
Damian Costin
Premier Artists
[email protected]
(03) 9699 9555
Influences: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| B-52s | The Beatles | Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club | Blondie | Bowie | Death From Above 1979 | Hot Hot Heat | Hendrix | Kings of Leon | Lou Reed | Led Zeppelin Mark Lanegan | Miles Davis | My bloody Valentine | My Disco! | New Order | Joy Division | Patti Smith | Pink Floyd Queens of the Stoneage | Radiohead | Ramones | Sabot | Robots in Disguise | Shellac | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Supergrass | Talking Heads | The Arcade Fire | The Clash | The Cure | The Dandy Warhols | The Doors | The Faint | The Hives | The Jesus and Mary Chain | The Kinks | The Strokes | The Velvet Underground | The Smiths | The Vonbondies | The Who Wolf & Cub | The Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Ravi Shankar | Ananda Shankar | Brian Jonestown Massacre | Kasabian | Mike Oldfield | Ornette Coleman | Junior Mance Trio | Pharaohs | The Mint Chicks | Theloniuos Monk | We Are Wolves | Yan Tierson | Yardbirds | Yes | The Wednesday Society | Battles | Ananda Shankar | ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead | The Arcade Fire | Arvo Pärt | Björk | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | Dave Brubeck Quartet | Die!Die!Die! | An Emergency | Clor | Friedrich Nietzsche | Fugazi | Gang Of Four | Iggy Pop | Interpol | The Jesus & Mary Chain | Mark Lanegan | Les Savy Fav | The Mars Volta | McLusky | My Bloody Valentine | The Velvet Underground | Pixies | The Police | Sonic Youth ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sounds Like: A machine
Record Label: Good Cop Bad Cop / Inertia Distribution
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A Big Thankyou

Hello Readers!This blog is to follow up our previous tour diary. We would like to thanks the lads from Gyroscope and the chaps and chaplettes from Young and Restless, that was a really fantastic tour ...
Posted by Sugar Army on Tue, 20 May 2008 02:54:00 PST

TOUR DIARY - The Plight of the 1st Support

First Stop - (R)adelaide.Starting the third leg of the three part Gyroscope tour, couldn't have been more desirable. The lads in Team Sugar, unanimously agree that the new Adelaide Airport is the fine...
Posted by Sugar Army on Sat, 17 May 2008 11:44:00 PST

This weekend we are being a little crazy...

Hello chaps and and chaplettes, This weekend we (Team Sugar) are pushing ourselves to the limits. Our 6am flight to Brisbane on Thursday will ensure we join Gyroscope and The Young and Restless to pla...
Posted by Sugar Army on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:02:00 PST

Gyroscope Breed Obsession national album tour supported by Young & Restless and SUGAR ARMY

GYROSCOPE ANNOUNCE ’BREED OBSESSION’ ALBUM TOUR DATESwith special guestsYoung and Restless & Sugar Army*Young & Restless all shows except WA TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY APRIL 3RD Fri ...
Posted by Sugar Army on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:37:00 PST

We’re replacing Snowman at the WAMi Saturday Spectacular

Due to injury, Snowman have unfortunately had to pull out of the Saturday Spectacular this weekend. We'll be filling their slot, and will be onstage last at the Toy Shop (building right next to the Ba...
Posted by Sugar Army on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:41:00 PST

Melbourne venue changed - Pre-order the EP

Our show at Click Click is no longer happening, instead we're playing at Miss Libertines on the same night (Saturday 8th March) with The Galvatrons, Neon Knights, Flamingo Crash and My Empires. Should...
Posted by Sugar Army on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:53:00 PST

And Now You’re Old Enough in Triple J Hottest 100 voting list

And Now You're Old Enough, I Think That You Should Know is listed amongst tracks you can vote for in this year's Triple J Hottest 100 so if you dig it, a vote is much appreciated!Head to www.triplej.n...
Posted by Sugar Army on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:49:00 PST