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5 Songs: The John Steel Singers
Their 2010 debut album Tangalooma features 12 tracks inspired by their hometown of Brisbane and was produced by Robert Forster. Hear the lads on ABC Dig Music all this week...
5 Songs tracklisting:
1. The Go-Betweens – 'Twin Layers of Lightning' (alb: Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express 1986)
2. The Kinks – 'All My Friends Were There' (alb: The Village Green Preservation Society 1968)
3. Gerling – 'Death To The Apple Gerls' (1998)
4. Brian Eno – 'St Elmo’s Fire '(alb: Another Green World 1975)
5. Captain Beefheart – 'Electricity' (1967)
Upcoming shows:
Feb 7: Float On 2 – A Brisbane Flood Benefit, Hi-Fi, Brisbane
Feb 12: Laneway Festival, Perth
Feb 18: Fuse Festival, Adelaide
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Artist Biography
The John Steel Singers are a six piece band from Brisbane, Australia, named after a toy horse that band member Tim Morrissey named John Steel. They were formed in 2007 when Morrissey and Scott Bromiley decided to start making music together and were soon joined by Ross Chandler, Pete Bernoth, Pat McDermott and Luke McDonald. The band released an EP and a mini album independently before signing...
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