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Arts Martial
Genre: Pop, Rock
Region: Perth, WA
Members: (L-R) BEN BOWDELL - Bass, GABE THOMAS - Drums, JARROD ROSS - Vocals/Guitar, GAVIN MURRAY - Guitar
Sounds Like: Rock, Pop, Roll
Artist Website: www.artsmartial.com.au

Unearthed Artists We Like: Umpire , Emperors , Trigger Jackets , The Rubens , Strangers , Jakarta Criers


“They look and sound like a band that I want to have beers with"…is what someone said to me about Arts Martial after watching them live during the WAMi Festival earlier this year. It’s easy to know what he meant... These guys are just playing rad rock built for good times right now. Stuff you can punch the air too. Just in time for summer." - AIR (Australian Independent Record Labels Association)

The meeting of WA band Arts Martial and Melbourne-based producer Tom Larkin (Calling All Cars, Strangers, King Cannons) has unfolded into an amazing meld of unconventional melodies and lyrics. The debut album from Perth's Arts Martial, Promises Will Get You Nowhere is unleash on November 9.

Since forming in Perth in 2010, Arts Martial have been relentlessly working towards this album, playing the Big Day Out and Southbound festivals and releasing a critically-acclaimed EP. When they reappeared from bunkering down in the studio, the first songs they had to show – Running and Rule The World – were electric. Running was picked up from the band’s Unearthed page and earned itself rotation on triple j. And Rule The World launched with a hilariously playful video clip (produced by the band’s guitarist Gavin Murray)

Arts Martial are set to switch back into touring mode, crack a few beers and celebrate.

Promises Will Get You Nowhere is out now through Ten To Two Records / Inertia Music.

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Rule the World
rating:  4/5
I love how you guys ditch the bells and whistles to get straight to the butt-kicking rock and crystal hooks.
triplej



Running
rating:  4/5
You've got your niche and you're doing it damn well. Solid track.
triplej



Supernational
rating:  3/5
Cool band name. Cool world class track. Cool 'tude exhibited. This is original and absolutely thumping stuff. Congratulations.
superuser



Rule the World
rating:  3/5
A muscular tune with some neat melodic crunch, nothing special but promise of good things to come too.
superuser


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