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"Lay down all of your lucky charms... "
"The ship is old, or at least we think it is, so the ship philosophers proclaim. And now they call upon the ships captain to appear in these most dangerous times in which we hang perilously off the edge of a great cliff of water. Unfortunately it seems that an apocryphal, non-existent man has been captaining the ship for as long as the crew can remember. However, the crew are quick to point out that they cannot remember as far back as the captain can and if, indeed, the captain did exist he would be able to tell us how far back he could remember...."
Issues... we have 'em. Now scoot.

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Music:

Member Since: 4/22/2006
Band Website: thereligion.com.au
Band Members: Joe A. Kelly, Piano & Voice.
M. A. Traill, Drums.
Blake Rayner, Guitar.
G.Hux, Bass.
Influences: We are often under influence. Go check these places for our influences :
The H.H.H, The Hopetoun, Gaslight, De Nom, Angel Bar, The Australian, The Abercrombie, The Regis, The Rose, Strawberry Hills, The Red Lion, The Town Hall, The Sando, The Annandale, Kellys, The Marly, Bar ME, Upsidedown, Havana, Judgement, Spectrum. Et Cetera.
Sounds Like: The Religion...
"... there's no denying the passion in the voice of songwriter and pianist Joe Kelly. It adds a texture to what takes him a million miles from either Ben Folds or Elton/Joel, and out towards the likes of Dr John and Beefheart without locking him into either the swap gumbo of the former or the avant psychedelic of the latter. There's something of the prog epic here and there that recalls if anything of Floyd and Procul Harem, yet it's surprisingly fresh..." Drum Media, June 2007
"It's not quite of today, but not having a specific yesterday to date it, may well have a tomorrow..." Drum Media, March 2007
"...When you think whiskey-soaked vocals, Tom Waits comes to mind immediately. It's hard to find a voice of similar calibre in Australia, but Joe Kelly from Sydney 4-piece, The Religion, is the closest thing..." SandwichClub.fm June 2007
"Next time, GAAAADGET!" Dr. Claw, unknown
Record Label: Clubhaus Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Sandwich Club Blog - 11/04/07

The Sandwich Club has blogged The Religion. Please guys, stop giving us reasons to hug you and spend all our money and carving dancefloors at your ballistic club night (monthly Thursdays at ...
Posted by The Religion on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:50:00 PST

Drum Media Review - Annandale 30/03/07

"... The Religion have (Forgotten) Army guitarist Blake McDiarmid already converted to their cause. Their singer, Joe Kelly, was a slightly curious and aural spectacle, at least this evening. Axl Rose...
Posted by The Religion on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:36:00 PST

Dressing our wounds... In time for the Annandale!

Thanks to all you viking hooligans who made the viking festival so... memorable... Actually, fuck that. I want someone, somewhere, to remember anything after our set that fateful saturday night. I dar...
Posted by The Religion on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:40:00 PST

Battlefield Glebe

Vikings. Horniness. Wenches. Pigheads. Such was all in order for the inaugural Viking festival, an exclusive event held somewhere in the depths of Sydney's Glebe. Heded up by The Religion, who by the ...
Posted by The Religion on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:08:00 PST

Aint no party like an SClub party.

Ahh Christmas. A time for family and friends, frenzied shoppers, festivities and many other things starting with f. Its also a time to tear some shit out of the keys infront of your nearest and deares...
Posted by The Religion on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 07:52:00 PST

INNERCILE - The Religion's debut single. Now.

INNERCILE The first single from Australian band The Religion, is now available for download on MySpace today. Produced by Richard Belkner (credits include Bertie Blackman, Pivot, Triosk), Innercile i...
Posted by The Religion on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:19:00 PST

Hello. We are still here.

Innercile, the forthcoming single from The Religion's debut E.P, will be heard on myspace on Friday the 8th of December. With the guidance of philosopher, poet & producer, Richie Belkner (go...
Posted by The Religion on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:27:00 PST

EXCITING TIMES. big news.

The Religion will be heading into the studio late October to record their Debut E.P, titled "Sober Joe & The Horny Nuns". Well, thats not the OFFICIAL title, is it? That bad boy will be released i...
Posted by The Religion on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:20:00 PST

Byron Bay! New Show! Pants!

My Lord Humphrey, what an intense few weeks! This Ladies & Gentlemen, is what we Splendour-In-The-Grass attendees call PSA (Post Splendour-Affliction)... This is the week after Splendour when...
Posted by The Religion on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:31:00 PST

Joe Kelly has Melodrama...

ACTUNG! 2 weeks out from the soon-to-be-historic El Rocco Jazz Cellar showcase, The Religion have posted another of Joe's epic outings on MySpace - a beautiful & rambling cabaret inspire...
Posted by The Religion on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:59:00 PST