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sidereal 
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Joined: May 29 2006 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 22 |
 Topic: The Ovals (psych/space rock from Australia)Posted: March 04 2011 at 03:04 |
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Hello!
Firstly i'd like to say how great it is that PA is so receptive to new prog, independent prog bands trying to 'get out there more'. I had a great experience with DamoXt7942 who accepted us onto PA and the space rock section with our first EP release least year http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5404, who purchased the EP and then even reviewed it! Was great seeing as i've been a long time browser of this website and have discovered many of my faviourite bands on here. Anyway. If anyone is interested in taking a look at our new release, and perhaps adding it to the archives
 , please read on!We've just (digitally) released our second EP, titled 'Into the Eyes of Those Who Sleep' idependently via CDBABY (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ovals2). Influences include Pink Floyd, Radiohead, CAN and Tool. We are releasing the physical digipak cd on March 25 in Melbourne, Australia and then touring major australian cities. Reviews/online pumps for the EP have already been surfacing on Sounds of Oz (http://www.soundsofoz.com/2011/02/28/into-the-eyes-of-those-who-sleep-the-ovals/), Scattered Locality (http://scatteredlocality.com/2011/02/24/play-school-windows-have-nothing-on-this/), a major australian music website called Tone Deaf (http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/photos/slideshows/59657/hot-australian-artists-2011-part-2.htm/5), and The AU Review (http://www.theaureview.com/music/free-music-the-ovals-into-the-eyes-of-those-that-sleep-full-ep).
Website: www.myspace.com/theovals
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theovals
Any of the above three websites has full songs to stream, the last has the full EP. The bio/info on our PA page is quite old too.
Many thanks! Edited by sidereal - May 25 2011 at 03:40 |
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Conor Fynes
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Posted: March 05 2011 at 03:05 |
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Will check it out.
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sidereal
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Joined: May 29 2006 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 22 |
Posted: March 06 2011 at 21:09 |
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Cheers Conor
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 14258 |
Posted: March 08 2011 at 16:58 |
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Australian Prog!
 OK, now I will be reviewing this very soon.
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DamoXt7942
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Posted: March 08 2011 at 17:10 |
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Hello, David!
 I'm so happy you've released your new EP, now checking ...  |
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: March 08 2011 at 17:15 |
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I saw them on youtube just now and its Hawkwind meets early Gong!
;listen to this one just to hear the cute crowd yelling stuff out at the beginning if nothing else - priceless pub crowd.
Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - March 08 2011 at 17:19 |
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sidereal
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Posted: March 08 2011 at 19:33 |
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Thanks guys! 'Hawkwind meets early Gong' you say Scott? Cool. Those you tube clips are older material though (and one is a cover of 'outside your door' by CAN), 'Mars' is from our first EP for example. The material on the new EP is a bit heavier, influenced by pink floyd, radiohead, tool and kraut rock.
I will be recieving the pressed cd's very soon so if anyone else is interested in reviewing and would like a digipak message me your address and I will mail one out.
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sidereal
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 01:16 |
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cd's sent scott, let me know if you don't receive soon..
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DamoXt7942
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Joined: October 15 2008 Location: Okayama, Japan Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: March 20 2011 at 01:46 |
 Already posted my review for this stuff though ...  |
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Rivertree
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 08:32 |
 I really like what I hear ...
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toroddfuglesteg
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 08:43 |
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I would love to do an interview with you guys........ but I hate Myspace. I have sent you a message to your Myspace account. Please reply to the email as requested in that message. |
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: March 22 2011 at 06:31 |
Lovely packaging. Thanks heaps guys. Reviews coming soonish.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: April 24 2011 at 08:10 |
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Reviews posted for both EPs - great stuff = check it out!
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 14258 |
Posted: April 25 2011 at 02:23 |
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I am pleased to announce the youtube clips I made in tribute to '2001: A Space Odyssey' movie classic to the music of The Ovals!
Thanks Ovals members for allowing me to use the great music!
I hope the Ovals members like it. It took about a day to make both clips and I managed to import enough pictures to tell the story of the whole movie in screen grabs. Let me know what you think! Sometimes the music is uncannily appropriate to the images...
Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - April 25 2011 at 08:37 |
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sidereal
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Posted: May 25 2011 at 03:37 |
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Clips look sick! our friend actually chanced upon the one for 'always' randomly on youtube! Thanks for reviews scott, damo and rivertree. greatly appreciated. Interview has been completed and sent back, toroddfuglesteg.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: May 25 2011 at 09:08 |
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Hey glad you enjoyed the weird clips! Somehow the music fits perfectly for me.
Great space rock!
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 14258 |
Posted: July 08 2011 at 03:59 |
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I will reload the Ovals clips soon on new account as this other account is deleted.
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sidereal
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Joined: May 29 2006 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 22 |
Posted: February 25 2013 at 19:55 |
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Hi Folks, thanks very much to you for reviewing and listening to our EP above. I'm pleased to announce The Ovals have recorded and released a few new songs that we have been gigging around the Melbourne music scene in the last year or so. Two singles, to be precise. One psych, and the other, which will hopefully be of interest around here, prog! 'Acrobat' and it's B-side was released last November and sees us going a bit more 'heavy', and at the same time more proggy than our last EP Into the Eyes of those Who Sleep. We recorded this one to 8-track tape for a lovely warm feel  Check it out at: https://soundcloud.com/#theovals/sets/singles (first two tracks) If anyone would like to review it we would be chuffed! The A-side to the single can be previewed here: Edited by sidereal - February 25 2013 at 21:00 |
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DamoXt7942
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Posted: February 26 2013 at 17:22 |
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^ Hooray!
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Rivertree
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Honorary Collaborator / Band Submissions Joined: March 22 2006 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 17628 |
Posted: February 27 2013 at 13:19 |
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excellent songs!!!
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