Anti Fade’s new power pop/garage rock/rock’n’roll sensations The Prize have premiered a video for their new single ‘Easy Way Out’, taken from the group’s forthcoming debut EP Wrong Side Of Town. The Prize will launch the single with shows in Melbourne and Sydney following a national run with The Chats. The launch dates are as follows:
Saturday October 1 – John Curtin Hotel, Melbourne
with The Blinds, Brick Head, The Glass Picture and DJ Flaming Boobies
Friday October 28 – Botany View Hotel, Sydney
The Prize’s singing drummer Nadine Muller says of the new single: “‘Easy Way Out’ was the first song we wrote as a band. After finally hearing it recorded, I think we all found a new appreciation for the song that solidified us. You don’t have to ‘read between the lines’ to figure out what it’s about!”
The Prize are Melbourne’s hottest new addition, a breath of fresh air and a shot in the arm for a city still bouncing back from a bitter start to the decade. Their first single ‘Wrong Side of Town’, released last month, was premiered on Triple J’s ‘Home and Hosed’ and received raves and airplay internationally.
Forming in early 2021 and figuring out a way to jam and write songs in between rules and restrictions, The Prize stumbled across a blend of power pop and rock and roll that’s equal parts brains and bravado. The joyous new five-piece bring three guitars and five voices that harmonise together to make some of the best power pop this city has heard in years. With lead vocals primarily shared between drummer Nadine Muller and guitarist Carey Paterson, the five-piece is rounded out with Joseph Imfeld on guitar, Austin Haire on guitar and Jack Kong on bass. After the dust settled from the city’s miserable hiatus, The Prize played their first show to a sold out Croxton Bandroom opening for Civic in November 2021
Their sound blends the hooks from The Nerves, twin rock ’n’ roll leads of Thin Lizzy and minor progressions of later era Flamin’ Groovies with the fullness and power of the Ramones and the pop punch of the Divinyls. Obvious influences shine through on their sensational cover of the obscure 1979 power pop classic, ‘Fighting My Way Back’; originally by British group, The Incredible Kidda Band.
The Prize will release their debut EP ‘Wrong Side of Town’, as a four-track 7” available from September 2nd via Anti Fade Records.
All shows coming up:
SAT SEP 10 – WITH THE CHATS @ ODEON THEATRE, HOBART
THU SEP 15 – WITH THE CHATS @ THE ENMORE THEATRE, SYDNEY
FRI SEP 16 – WITH THE CHATS @ THE FORUM THEATRE, MELBOURNE
SAT SEP 17 – WITH THE CHATS @ FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE
FRI SEP 23 – WITH THE CHATS @ HINDLY ST MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE
SAT OCT 1 – EP LAUNCH, JOHN CURTIN HOTEL, MELBOURNE
FRI OCT 28 – EP LAUNCH, BOTANY VIEW HOTEL, SYDNEY