The Dirty Secrets

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JARRAH McCLEARY - Keys/Vox CHEDDER - Drums WAZ PAGE - Bass/Vox MIKE SANDERS - Guitars "Fook it! ... this band from the edge of the world is stonkin!, Lets go to Oz and make a record with them” said Nick Terry to Alan Brey sitting in a pub in London in late 2006. Who are Nick and Alan? Besides lovers of Guinness and East End dives, Nick recorded the Mercury Prize winning Klaxons, The Libertines, Ian Brown, Franz Ferdinand and many others. Alan is a Canadian producer based in Tokyo who has worked with the likes of Dakota Star and rising American band Lumiis. On a whim and a prayer Nick and Alan set off to meet the band and all together they begged and borrowed some dosh as well as some of the most sort after antique analog recording gear known to man and started tracking the record in Perth Western Australia in early 2007. In July 2007 the first fruits of the recording session “Five Feet Of Snow” was released to triple j and community radio Australia wide with instant high rotation. Industry interest was now heating up and they were offered showcases on two of the most prestigious new music seminars, CMJ New York and In The City Manchester. So in October 2007 the band set out on their first world tour. Lasting 22 days, performing live in Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York, Manchester and London, culminating in a solid show at the 100 Club where everyone from the Stones to the Sex Pistols cut their teeth. In December 2007 The Dirty Secrets returned to Australia to open for MUSE in front of a 12000 strong crowd who surged when the band came on and broke the punter barrier 4 songs in. This brought the whole show to a grinding halt. The Muse camp were so impressed with how the band handled the melee that they let the boys back on the stage once the barrier was repaired to finish off the set. About this time Triple J added their second single “My heart is on Fire” which again received high rotation across Australia. The Dirty Secrets then hit the summer festival circuit playing Gloucester Park, Southbound, and the Perth Big Day Out. March 2008 saw the self-titled debut album finally available in Australia via the bands own Vagabond Records thru MGM Distribution with a third track “Lighthouse” receiving high rotation on Triple J. The Dirty Secrets then hit the road hard with four tours to Sydney and Melbourne between mid March and late April selling out the coolest venues and club nights in each town. Not a band to stand still for a minute the Dirty secrets were back on the east Coast to play the come Together festival and tour Australia with Sparkadia in June and do it all again with Van She during July 2008. With a ton of triple j airplay and rave reviews from all the live shows The Dirty Secrets are making their presence felt throughout Australia. REVIEWS: “Local new wave rockers The Dirty secrets have produced the goods. Right from the opening of Five Feet of Snow, the upfront synth sounds and punchy guitar combine to create a sound reminiscent of the killers best work, but the quality of the songs here stand on their own merit, check it out” Album Review review The West Australian By Phil Jupp “The Dirty Secrets self titled debut is a bold release capable of staking the bands claim as Perth’s next big thing. Jarrah McCleary’s vocal techniques are crisp and deep throughout, displaying a mature texture, Meanwhile the instrumentation presented by the rest of the 4 piece is slick and catchy with Mike Sanders and Waz Page’s respective guitar and bass licks equally addictive.” Album Review review The Drum Media “Unwrapping their own take on New wave, synth infused rock, theirs is a grittier darker approach to a genre whose adherents tend to be attracted to the shinier aspects. In terms of sonic similarity think the cars, the Bravery and a faint hint of XTC. Their well placed set list gave the punters time to warm up and catch up earning the band more than a few converts to their ca