Souls on Board

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Souls on Board
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresRock
Years active2004–2013
LabelsLow Transit Industries/Inertia
Websitesoulsonboard.com
Past members
  • Anthony Petrucci
  • Brent Lockwood
  • Jono Guy
  • Mark Campbell
  • Richard Bowers
  • Clint Hyndman

Souls on Board were a four-piece indie rock band with Anthony Petrucci, Mark Campbell, Richard Bowers and Clint Hyndman. They issued two extended plays, Souls on Board (May 2005) and Blood Face (November 2006) via Low Transit Industries.

History[]

Souls on Board were formed in Melbourne in 2003 as a solo project by Anthony Petrucci (ex-the Specimens).[1] Petrucci on guitar and vocals began work on demo tracks, when he was joined by former the Specimens' band mate, Brent Lockwood on drums and bass guitar.[1] Lockwood called in his friend, Jono Guy to take over bass guitar.[1] While recording their debut self-titled extended play (EP), Mark Campbell joined on keyboards and guitar.[1] The group played support slots for Maxïmo Park, Evermore and Further.[2]

In mid-2005 Souls on Board released their EP through Low Transit Industries/Reverberation in Australia, which was co-produced by Tony Cohen.[1][2][3] The EP is sometimes referred to as Apple Grapple, after one of its tracks.[4] Mess + Noise's Marcus Teague observed, "[it's] imbued with wiry adrenalin and an urgency that sounds like good ideas shaved off other songs and pieced together like slivers of old soap; a mixing pot of ideas that creates a new whole, and set to a thunderous backbeat, Yamaha keys and tense guitar lines. But at the basis for all this hubris lies a pop band at heart."[1] The Sydney Morning Herald's Katrina Lobley described their sound, "primal pop-rock ... unafraid to experiment boldly with psychedelic pop, rock and moody soundscapes."[5] From July 2004 to January 2006 their talent manager was Vikki Woods of Smoking Gun.[6][7]

Souls on Board became a "psychedlic indie pop" four-piece with Campbell and Petrucci joined by Richard Bowers and Clint Hyndman on drums (from Something for Kate).[8] In November 2006 that line-up released their second EP, Blood Face, through Low Transit Industries/Inertia Distribution in Australia.[8] Aaron Cupples co-produced and mixed the six tracks. Craig Mathieson of Mess + Noise felt, "their melange of atmospheric soundscapes, plangent stadium rock and jazzy, experimental pop lacks for neither vision nor a sense of reality.[9] dB Magazine's Simon Foster noticed, "[they have been] described as having quite a diverse sound, with their latest offering Blood Face evoking fits of the Flaming Lips combined with dashes of the Strokes and the Sleepy Jackson."[10]

Souls on Board played the Big Day Out (in 2005)[11] and St Kilda Festivals, shared stages with Yura Yura Teikoku (Japan), Ground Components, Expatriate, Midnight Juggernauts, Dukes of Windsor, and have toured Australia with Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, End of Fashion and Glenn Richards (Augie March).

Discography[]

  • Souls on Board (16 May 2005) – Low Transit Industries/Reverberation (LTID029)
  • Blood Face (November 2006) – Low Transit Industries/Inertia (LTID049)[12][13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Teague, Marcus (7 July 2005). "Articles – Souls on Board: 24 Hour Interview". Mess+Noise. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Edwardes, Steph (18 October 2005). "Music Interviews: Souls on Board". Rockus Online Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Souls on Board License to Low Transit Industries". Jager Uprising. May 2005. Archived from the original on 11 July 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Levin, Darren (20 October 2005). "Souls on Board – Gig previews & reviews – Music – Entertainment". The Age. Archived from the original on 24 December 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. ^ Lobley, Katrina (28 October 2005). "Nothing but a hound dog – Music – Entertainment". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Eliezer, Christie (27 July 2004). "Smoking Gun Adds Some Soul". In Music & Media (415). Archived from the original on 1 March 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Eliezer, Christie (31 January 2006). "Smoking Gun Clicks Off". In Music & Media (491). Archived from the original on 21 February 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ a b Smith, Jakeb (17 April 2007). "Souls on Board". Rave Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ Matheison, Craig. "Souls on Board: Blood Face". Mess+Noise. Archived from the original on 8 January 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  10. ^ Foster, Simon (17 April 2007). "Souls on Board". dBMagazine.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Souls on Board Get to Play Big Day Out". Jager Uprising. Archived from the original on 4 July 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Souls on Board - Blood Face in Release". Mess+Noise. Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  13. ^ Souls on Board (Musical group), Blood Face, Low Transit Industries Recordings, retrieved 26 December 2021

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