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Album reviews for FTR:» Boy Racer - FTR
by Erin Lee Tuesday, November 25

When I first listened to this I couldn't figure out if they were serious or not and I'm still not sure, but whatever they're doing it's catchy, amusing and you can't help but boogie around to it!
Boy Racer is FTR's debut EP release. Fronted by a charismatic Swedish opera singer Carina Barbro Hagg, who can often be seen sporting attire from the18th century minus the overwear - corsets, garters, gowns and the barrister style wig to top it off!
The EP is a mix of Rock, Dance, Soul, Funk, Opera and hilarious, cheesy Disco music. I have to say it's so cheesy, it's good! They include Chemical Brothers, ABBA, The Beach Boys, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Spinal Tap and Kraftwerk as some of their influences.
The first influences that came to my mind were the Scissor Sisters and Daft Punk, however some of the beats are similar to that of The Chemical Brothers. The EP is five tracks in total, however the last two tracks are remixes of the first two (I thought maybe they should have got some more songs together before releasing an EP). The first track, light-hearted house tune Boy Racer is not the bogan anthem you'd expect but an ode to cycling and sex, that brings you back to 90s disco and has an irresistible hook and chorus. The promo clip features some special guest appearances by The Presets.
The second track Discover has already been picked up by Radio Basile in Italy and other stations in Florence and Milan. Perhaps Australian radio will pick up some of their own in the near future

Lime Spiders announce Xmas shows for Aust 08

The Lime Spiders will be playing a few shows over the Christmas period featuring the return of Tony "The Chief" Bambach on Bass and the debut of Tom Corben on drums...Tom is Geds Son!!! Shades of Dweezil Zappa, Jason Bonham and Zak Starr. Richard Lawson has left the band to concentrate on his work with FTR
Dates are
Thur Dec 18 Harp Hotel Wollongong w Pink Fits
Fri Dec 19 Manly Fishos w Happy Hate me nots
Sat Dec 20 Annandale Hotel w Happy Hate me nots

Blue Valentine Summer Festival Dates 08/09

Blue Valentine have a few dates over Summer 2008/2009 including a showcase at the Gulgong Folk Festival. Jess Grover has slotted right in and the band are set to rock Prince of Wales Hotel Gulgong Sat Nov 29/Sat Dec 27 and the Festival at the Historic Opera House Fri Jan 2.

Lime Spiders "Live/Esplanade" CD picked up in Euro and States

After their Barn Storming Australian Tour of late 2007 the Lime Spiders took a well earned break. Their live CD has healthy sales thanks to the lively team at Inertia and Figtree Words and Music has secured them distribution in Italy thru Alberto and the Nicotine label and Steelcage Records in the States. This effectively sees them being released everywhere from Russia to Japan and South America....WooHoo!!

FTR debut in Sydney/ Airplay for Boy Racer

FTR played their first shows in Sydney over the last month. They were invited to play at the overflow site next to ANZ Stadium on Sun Oct 17 at Sydney Olympic Park to over 10,000 cyclists as part of the Spring Cycle NSW. They officially launched Boy Racer at Sugarbowl on Sun November 23 at Waverley Bowlo
Boy Racer has been getting airplay as far away as L'Altraradio in Italy and on SBS Radio and FBI Radio in Sydney while an unreleased version of TREX Ride a White Swan has been getting picked up by FBI as well.

FTR in rehearsals in Sydney

FTR are in rehearsals at the moment pulling to gether their live set with Ben the DJ and Jos's loops. Details sketchy but Richard is pulling together a lot of it in the home studio in Gulgong and word is it is getting heavier and more freaked out but still alternating between the continuous live set and DJ set
Jos' sample of "the Stroke" by Billy Squire is getting a good mash up with Boy Racer vox

Blue Valentine on the road again

Blue Valentine will be playing a few shows in Gulgong and Mudgee over the next month or two. They are now joined by Jesse Grover on Banjo and the sound has gone more into Bluesgrass territory...check their myspace for details

Welcome Back

We had the news disabled for about a year while the myspace pages took up all our energy
But now it is back

The CDs of ftr arrived today...an EP called Boy Racer....should be available through our store page soon