Arrows | |
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Origin | Brisbane, Australia |
Genres | Indie Emo |
Years active | 2006–2015 |
Labels | Hobbledehoy Record Co |
Website | http://www.arrowsmusic.net |
Members | Anthony Morgan Carl Burnett Anders Cairns Scott Merillo |
Arrows were a band from Brisbane, Australia. Forming in August 2006, the band has released two albums, an EP and two split releases. The line-up consists of Anthony Morgan (guitars, keyboard, vocals), Carl Burnett (bass) Anders Cairns (drums) and Scott Merillo (guitar).
Arrows are on the Hobbledehoy Record Co label, an independent Australian record company that also features Owen, Blueline Medic, This Will Destroy You, Eleventh He Reaches London, Caspian and more.
In Spring of 2006, Arrows self recorded their debut EP Don’t Write Poetry under Burnett’s Indoor Children label as a limited release.
The release is titled after and features excerpts from various Charles Bukowski works.
Track listing
1. Untitled
2. Don’t Bullshit a Bullshitter
3. The Next Sound You Hear
4. Sleep? I Do Not, Miss
5. My Verses Versus Your Lyrics
6. 10 August 2006
7. Clever
After touring with These Hands Could Separate the Sky, the two bands recorded a split 12" record which was originally released in October 2007 by Indoor Children, later to be re-released on CDep / digital by Hobbledehoy Record Co.
Track listing
Arrows
1. Let the Marketing Onslaught Begin
2. You Can Take the Neighbourhood Out of the Boy (But You Can’t Take the Boy Out of the Neighbourhood)
3. Don’t Interrupt me While I’m Working
These Hands Could Separate the Sky
4. Sedna
5. Sirens (Good Morning Captain)
In November 2008, Hobbledehoy Record Co released the band's debut full-length Modern Art & Politics. Recorded by David Williams and the band themselves at Via Studios and in various apartments across Brisbane, it was later mixed by Samuel Johnson and mastered by Doug van Sloun (Bright Eyes, Cursive, The Gloria Record), the record flooded "Best of 2008" lists and received praising reviews from all across the world.