Growing up on a farm in rural South Australia carried very few privileges for vocal front-man and guitarist Ash Gale. However, in retrospect, the shortage of traffic, people and big city lights gave him two privileges he wouldn’t trade for the world: time and space. Time, to process his extraordinary songwriting abilities; and space, to sing as loud – and as passionately – as he possibly could. After teaming up with acoustic guitarist/vocalist Jason Shepherd with his beautiful acoustic meanderings, the boys joined forces with Luke Zecchin, a self-confessed guitar connoisseur with a strong background in jazz. The partnership made between these three friends was natural, but the sound they created musically was nothing like they had experienced before. As a result, the songs of The Sundance Kids are powerful indie/pop/rock anthems that declare their hand-on-heart statements of devotion, while simultaneously revealing their heart-on-sleeve confessions. Although Ash’s poetic lyrics categorically fall somewhere between spiritualism and romanticism, the thick richness of his vocals give the songs an epic sincerity likened to acts such as Doves, U2 and the Frames. In spite of their acoustic grounding, even the most conservative listener can’t help but absorb the unique rocking intensity and find their fist thrown in the air. After laying down several early songs to tape, The Sundance Kids quickly gained regular airplay and, coupled with a solid string of live shows, gained an unprecedented following. Before re-entering the studio to track their newest offering, the ‘Kids recruited Suresh Meyer, the powerhouse drummer behind Edison Music, and Jeremy Wright, Thinktank’s solid bass player with musicality to burn. Equipped with the perfect combination of fresh passion and grounded experience, these five Adelaide boys are poised to take their soul-searching sound far beyond their hometown, and into the lives of those with enough time – and space – to listen |
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