Fragile Animals

Artist info

Genre

Indie, Rock

Sounds like

Wolf Alice, Catfish and the Bottlemen, The Smiths, The National, Slowdive, Tired Lion, Interpol

band members

Victoria Jenkins - Vocals/Bass Daniel Parkinson - Guitars/BV Kyle Shipton - Drums/BV

Influences

Radiohead, Wolf Alice, DMA's, The National, The Strokes, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, The Cure, Slowdive, Interpol

Unearthed artists we like

The Sinking Teeth, POP CULT, AYLA, Slowly Slowly, Future Haunts, Electric Zebra, I Know Leopard, Fieu, Elba Lane, IV League , Samsaruh

Website

fragileanimalsmusic.com

Bio

There's something captivating about watching a young band hit their stride. It is, after all, perhaps what makes the music industry go around. The potential translates into success while their previous experience transforms into educated decisions that prop the individuals and the band’s confidence to uncover that winning formula.

For Sunshine Coast rock trio Fragile Animals, that time is now. Their 2017 debut EP Light That Fades was the initial promise that garnered momentum as time passed and it was met with a joyous welcome. Certain songs found open ears at triple j and the band snared airplay, eventually becoming Unearthed Feature Artist at the end of the EP’s cycle and winning a place on the line-up to their local Big Pineapple Festival.

Wasting no time, the band didn’t hesitate in jumping back into recording with local up-and-coming producer Elliot Heinrich (Ayla, High-Tropics) to record a follow-up EP, this time with a stronger focus of songs and how they will translate live. The result - the fulfillment of the promise made a year ago.

Once again, they sculpt bittersweet indie-rock around the whisper-like voice of Victoria Jenkins, inhaling their influences and exhaling carefully as the smart young band carving out their own sound they want to be. Each song is a banquet of catchy melodies – delivering a rich slice of pop amidst the powerful, driving rhythms of drummer Kyle Shipton and Daniel Parkinson's cavalcade of rich guitar tones.

The upliftingly airy new single ‘Landing’ is anything but a retread of paths once followed. Instead, it’s the graduation with flying colours every band looks to strike upon. It’s a luscious layering of slow burning choruses and intricate guitar melodies – part indie-pop, part shoegaze paragon.

Although in only early stages, Fragile Animals live prowess has gradually been honed over the last 12 months, not only crushing the stage at the aforementioned Big Pineapple Festival, but also within support slots with the likes of Polish Club, Bugs, Jebediah and whoever else crossed their path in the Sunshine Coast vicinity. 2018’s remaining months will be spent preparing for what will inevitably be a formative 2019 for the band. More music is ready and more touring is on the cards, but this time with one eye on Australia and the other on the world.

Featured Artist

2018

May

Fragile Animals

Indie
Rock

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Sunshine, QLD

Meet this week's Feature Artist, Fragile Animals.They'll be opening the stage this weekend as our Big Pineapple comp winners.

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Tell us about your music. How did you develop your sound?

We’re pretty much an Indie Rock band in need of some cheering up...haha! We’ve definitely got a lot of love for shoegaze and I think that’s coming through more and more. The three of us have pretty similar taste in music which gives us a common ground to start from. But, when we write songs we all pull in different directions which is great.

What’s your greatest source of inspiration for making music?

We’re just massive music fans. Hearing music that we love makes us want to write the best songs we can. Also...our day jobs suck.

What can punters expect from a Fragile Animals live show?

We’ve been told we’re more ‘intense’ live than people expect. I think that must be because we get really absorbed in what we’re doing. It means a lot to us to be a good live band.

What’s the best advice you’ve been given and who was it from?

We watched an interview with Nick Launay a little while ago and he was saying that people don’t achieve their dreams because they don’t recognise opportunities that come their way. I’m pretty sure he also said you should compliment people shoes...two solid bits of advice there.

What Australian track would you play to cheer up someone who was crying?

‘Sugar and Spice’ by Hatchie. This track is all sorts of nice. It’s impossible to be sad listening to it.

What Australian track would you play to someone to make them cry?

‘Step Up The Morphine’ by DMA’s. I mean the line ‘Sometimes I wonder why we bother at all’ pretty much sums up the vibe here.

You’re the DJ at a party. The dance floor is pumping. What Australian track do you put on next?

‘The Less I Know The Better’ by Tame Impala. That.Bass.Line.Is.Magic.

What was the last local gig you went to? How was it?

We were at Middle Kids last Friday night when they played at Woolly Mammoth in Brisbane. It was brilliant. We’ve seen them a bunch of times and they never disappoint. Future Haunts and Ruby Fields were supporting and they were incredible.

Tell us about the bands or people in the QLD music community that inspire you.

We get inspired when we see bands/artists/venues we adore doing well...and there’s been a lot of that lately! Seeing someone like Hatchie achieving such incredible and well-deserved success is inspiring. Same with bands like Jungle Giants and Geowulf. But for the most part, it’s little things that make an impression on us. We saw Waax play a little festival here on the coast last year, the crowd was really diverse and probably not what they were expecting. But they went out and absolutely killed it...that really taught us something.

What are your plans for 2018?

So far 2018 has been very kind to us! We’ve had the pleasure of supporting some really cool bands and we’ve been pinching ourselves ever since we were announced as the Triple J Unearthed Big Pineapple Competition Winner. On top of all of that we’ve just finished recording our second EP...which means we’ll have new music on it’s way very soon, and a stack more shows to fit in before the year is out!

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