BIOGRAPHY
Calling all tomorrow’s dreamers, today’s believers, and yesterday’s chancers – the call has gone out for lovers and fighters to stand united, and be part of this moment in time...Grafton Primary are releasing their debut album, ‘Eon’.
Forged in the divide between art and science, Grafton Primary have developed their razor-sharp edge in the quiet of the night but they’re ready, with the release of their album, to step into the light.
Their debut EP ‘Relativity’, with its devastating synth hooks and infectious lyrics, found the title cut becoming a regular fixture on triple j and independent radio nationwide, and helped the band secure a slot in the J’s ‘Next Crop’ promotion.
From punters in Melbourne storming the stage, to shows that brought scenesters, randoms and the invisible underground together, this lyrical electro-noir trio has consistently defied expectations, whether it be with their original tracks, or remixes for the likes of Faker that have scored them airplay on commercial networks.
They set pulses racing at most major Sydney festivals last summer – including Field Day, Big Day Out, Good Vibrations and Playground Weekender – and now Grafton Primary are ready to expand the theory of ‘Relativity’ with their debut album ‘Eon’.
But now it’s time for Grafton Primary to stake their claim for the ages with ‘Eon’. The bassline growls and swaggers over heavy beats on the opening ‘Records For The Righteous’, making it clear that this is an act with something to say, and the means to say it, with subversive lyrics set to kick start the [r]evolution.
‘Records for the Righteous
Needles on the track
Sound is independence
Play the power back’
More sonic punches follow: the heavily ironic ‘We Are The Music’ laces together intricate wordplay and an irresistible syncopated 808 bounce, while ‘Colour’ is a sensual tour de force.
‘SOS Hello’ is a wake-up anthem for the consumer generation, with towering synth riffs, and lyrics like a chilling future-echo.
‘How does it feel to know you’re on your own?
There’s nobody here.’
But it’s not all political invective and grim prognostications – Grafton Primary touch on sensitive emotions with the subtly rendered ‘Heart in Space’ and the album closer ‘Dimension of Tears’ which explores the idea of death, the afterlife and, ultimately, a sense of togetherness.
2008 has been epic for these three young men. In the next few months they will be creating more waves for the musical community from coast to coast.
‘I walk on the streets
with my heart wide open
and I know where the ground is.’
An ‘Eon’ is a huge division in time...Grafton Primary’s debut album is here and now.
