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About Me

Described as "timeless" The City Watch blend their morass of instruments into a sound equal parts folk-rock and indie. Accordions, trumpets, guitars, pianos and xylophones wander through songs that reflect the perfectly ordinary and the perfectly extraordinary alike.
After gracing stages and airwaves throughout 2006 and 2007 The City Watch open 2008 with their debut release 'A brief conversation between three men'. The EP is available now at 78 Records, Dada's and wherever you find us.
"The City Watch join the ranks of that growing local faction of pleasurable indie-pop folk collectives along with Institut Polaire and New Rules For Boats. Much like their local counterparts, The City Watch and their references to distant worlds draw you into a beautiful fantasy free of evil and hardship. Metaphorical descendants of Dylan, this six-piece lulls you into a melodious sense of security through gorgeous sounding rhythms as you hug yourself and sway; eyes closed grinning stupidly within a melodic cocoon of emotional well-being." - SINGLE OF THE WEEK REVIEW (Drum Media, Perth)
"Delivering a fantastic indie-pop set that featured trumpets, percussion, strange keyboards and even a piano accordion over the top of the more standard rhythm section, the five-piece looked as though they were having the fun of a primary school music class, and yet played like established musicians."
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Member Since: 5/8/2006
Band Members: Current Members
Brendan Cummins (guitar)
Cameron George (piano accordion/guitar)
Luke Host (drums)
Justin Manzano (bass)
Brad Wetherall (vocals/guitar)

The City Watch Alumni/Extended Family
Tom Fee
Matt Hobley

UPCOMING SHOWS

SHAPE, AUGUST 1ST

Sounds Like: EP Recorded by Matt Jenkins at SoulSkool Studios

Promo/Demo Recorded by Justin Manzano

Type of Label: None

My Blog

August Update

After some time-off following a busy start to the year that included an EP launch at Bakery, some high profile locals shows and some higher profile supports (The Panics and Institut Polaire) we're ret...
Posted by The City Watch on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:44:00 PST

May May May

Hello helloAfter having a reasonably quite April we are all excited to say that May is going to be a very busy month for us, with a number of exciting gigs and sadly a member departure.Firstly, we hav...
Posted by The City Watch on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:22:00 PST

New Songs Up

Hi again all, Even though its a few days late just thought a quick blog was in order to say that two of the songs from our forthcoming EP are now up. Hope you enjoy them and look forward to ...
Posted by The City Watch on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:07:00 PST

Local feature on RTR FM this week

Howdie all, Our soon to be released EP "A brief conversation between three men" will be the local feature album on RTR FM all this week (3-9 March). Tunes from the EP, which will be launched on M...
Posted by The City Watch on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:23:00 PST

Debut EP Launch Sat March 15 at The Bakery

The City Watch launch their debut EP "A brief conversation between three men" on Saturday March 15 at The Bakery Artrage Complex, with support from The Bank Holidays, The Painkillers, The Preytells an...
Posted by The City Watch on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:49:00 PST

Debut EP Coming Soon!

Hello all,Its been a while since we last wrote so I thought it was time for a quick message. After deciding to take a well earned couple of months off we have started busily organising the release for...
Posted by The City Watch on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:50:00 PST

Recording done and dusted

Recording and mixing has been finished at SoulSkool Studios by Matt Jenkins on the two tracks for the single that we plan to release later this year. Not a very exciting or informative post, I k...
Posted by The City Watch on Wed, 30 May 2007 07:47:00 PST