Peabody
Peabody
Starting in the mid-90s fresh out of high school, Sydney three-piece Peabody chose the road less travelled by mixing smart suits, Rickenbacker guitars, classic pop melodies and good old Australian pub sweat. The band recorded and self-released two EPs and also delivered literally hundreds of live shows before recording their debut album, Professional Againster. The band then spent the next 18 months touring with bands such as the Hoodoo Gurus, Spiderbait and Dallas Crane and playing at festivals such as the Big Day Out, Homebake and Livid festivals. They then went into Sydney’s Razor’s Edge studios and recorded their followup album, The New Violence. Once again working with producer Jamie Hutchings (Bluebottle Kiss) and engineer Dave Trump (The Church, Big Heavy Stuff) Peabody created an album that well and truly walks over the boundaries of their previous work. Even before its release, The New Violence has already spawned one high rotation single – radio favourite, Got You On MyRadar, a song which took a hammering on Triple J throughout the summer months, peaking at #12 on Triple J’s weekly online poll, the NET 50. Now, eighteen months after longtime drummer and friend Graeme Trewin decided to trade the high life of pub rock for domestic bliss, Peabody have re-grouped and broadened their focus. Jared Harrison, drummer with Sydney’s avant-rockers Bluebottle Kiss, joined the band in August 2006 and then in November 2006, guitarist Tristan Courtney-Prior joined to add his melodic riffs and colourful walls of noise to the mix. Transformed, Peabody headed into the studio to record their third album. Again working with producer Jamie Hutchings, Prospero was released in September 2008.