Trial Kennedy

Trial Kennedy
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Alternative rock Indie rock
Years active	2002–2012
Website	www.trialkennedy.com/
Past members	Tim Morrison Stacey Gray Shaun Gionis Richard Buxton Aaron Malcomson

Trial Kennedy were an Australian rock band formed in 2002, in Melbourne, Victoria. After 10 years together Trial Kennedy announced their break-up.

Forming in 2002, Trial Kennedy's first release was an independent extended play (EP), Present for a Day, recorded, engineered and produced by renowned producer Kalju Tonuma. It was released in 2004. However, it was not until 2006's Picture Frame EP, also produced by Kalju Tonuma, that the band began amounting some form of recognition. A chance inclusion of the band's song "Damage on Parade" on a sampler for Blunt Magazine roused industry attention. Shortly afterwards, the band found themselves with both a manager and a national booking agent.

The band has toured with popular international bands such as Fall Out Boy and Yellowcard. They played legs on the 2007 and 2008 Soundwave festivals, as well as the 2008 Come Together Music Festival.

The band supported Birds of Tokyo in the Wild Eyed Boy tour in March 2009.

Trial Kennedy released their debut studio album, New Manic Art, on 31 May 2008. The album was produced by Nick DiDia, who has worked with Powderfinger, the Stone Temple Pilots, Incubus and Audioslave.

The album had a strong critical reaction. Kathy McCabe noted that the band "demonstrated the kind of chops that could take them around the world. Seriously, they're that good." Elsewhere, Nick Snelling of BEAT Magazine claimed that New Manic Art was "an album of the year contender;" an idea shared by Matthew Cheetham of Sydney street press Drum Media. Positive reviews also came from the Daily Telegraph, the Herald Sun, triple j Magazine, Time Out Magazine, Zoo Magazine, Perth's XPRESS Magazine, BLUNT Magazine and Sputnikmusic.

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