Introducing Bleeding Knees Club
aaamusic | On 12, Nov 2011
If ever there was a Club to sign up to, it’s the one spearheaded by rip-roaring, party-hardy duo Jordan Malane and Alex Wall.
An irrepressible garage-pop ‘n’ surf-punk pair that burst out of Australia’s Gold Coast in early 2011, Bleeding Knees Club have won hearts and minds through a reckless live reputation and, on the recorded front, with a swag of super-catchy demos which quickly found champions beyond Australia’s borders. The debut UK single, Have Fun, was released on the Noir label this summer and quickly struck a chord with UK tastemakers, enjoying radio support from Zane Lowe and Huw Stephens on Radio One, Lauren Laverne on 6Music and Jon Kennedy on Xfm where the song was also added to the evening playlist.
The duo spent much of the summer in the UK where they shared stages with Black Lips, Cults, Toro y Moi, Blood Orange and Cerebral Ballzy. They also scored spots on The Great Escape in Brighton, and Liverpool Sound City while NME named them as one of the 50 Best New Bands of 2011.
Between UK commitments, Jordan and Alex then high-tailed it to New York City, to record their forthcoming debut album with Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion and Blood Orange) as producer. The upcoming record, Nothing To Do, encapsulates everything that’s making people fall in love with Bleeding Knees Club: it’s a raw ‘n’ urgent set of super-fun songs about girls, getting high, and sticking it to The Man. The album was mixed in the UK by Dan Grech-Marguerat (The Vaccines, Chew Lips, Kaiser Chiefs).
A national tour with The Vines in Australia last month, saw their line up bolstered to a trio with vocalist and songwriter Alex Wall stepping out from behind the drum kit to take on guitar and vocal duties, and new member Matthew Woods joining the band. They are now back in the US where they will perform a run of dates on the east and west coast, including several at CMJ, to promote the release of debut US EP, Virginity, which is led by the forthcoming UK single, Teenage Girls, the first track to be lifted from their forthcoming album.
Bleeding Knees Club’s debut album, Nothing To Do, will be released on IAMSOUND/Columbia in March 2012.
