Blackchords

Blackchords
Blackchords 2013
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Rock, Alternative rock
Years active	2005–present
Labels	ABC Music
Members	Nick Milwright Damain Cazaly Sarah Galdes Tristan Courtney
Past members	Jay Tilley Pete Spark Nicholas Cheek Manny Bourakis

Blackchords are an alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia, consisting of Nick Milwright (vox, guitar & keys), Damian Cazaly (lead guitar), Sarah Galdes (drums) and Tristan Courtney (bass).

Blackchords were formed as an indie rock band in early 2005 by lead singer Nick Milwright and lead guitarist Damian Cazaly. Milwright's music career began at high school in Eltham, where he learned classical guitar. After finishing school, Milwright aged 17, left to pursue a career in the military. but after becoming disheartened with the armed services, Milwright changed paths completely, deciding to pursue a career in ballet. He was accepted in the Victorian College of the Arts, with a promising career in dance, before an accident in which he tore ligaments in his knee put him in hospital. Aged 20, Milwright headed to London for an eight-month sojourn. Late at night, he would climb onto the roof of his shared flat with his acoustic guitar and write songs – this was the start of his love of songwriting. Returning to Melbourne, he realised he was completely taken by music. In late 2004 Milwright met guitarist Damian Cazaly and the band was formed a few months later.

Blackchords first came to prominence in 2006 when, as an unsigned band, their video for "Broken Bones" won first place at Melbourne's St Kilda Film Festival, SoundKILDA completion beating a host of established artists. In 2009, the same song went on to become a double finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, for best rock song and video. It was also nominated for the 2011 St Helier, Online Music Awards in the Best Video category.

Their debut, self-titled album Blackchords, was produced by ex-Blindside & The Earthmen guitarist Nick Batterham and was released via Australian indie record label Dust Devil Music on 24 April 2009. The album was widely acclaimed in both Australia and the UK from the likes of Rolling Stone Magazine, Clash Magazine, CMU Daily and Australian music magazine Reverb, who described the album as "one of the best Australian debut releases." The first single "At World's End" was named Track Of The Day by QTheMusic.com, chosen as Record Of The Day, by Record Of The Day UK, and 'Track Of The Week' by Alex Baker on Kerrang Radio. In the UK, the band visited Kerrang's studio to record an acoustic session and interview. Further sessions followed for Michelle Zenner at Salford City Radio and viral music channel Balcony TV. The video was also added to the NME TV and MTV video playlists in the UK.

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