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The Morning After Girls are an Australian-bred band whose music is part psychedelia, part shoegaze, and part indie pop, fusing elements of these disparate styles to create striking, grand-scale aural landscapes. The Morning After Girls was formed in 2003 by Sacha Lucashenko and Martin B. Sleeman, a pair of vocalists and guitarists who met at a concert in Melbourne and discovered they shared similar musical tastes. After recruiting a friend to play drums, Anton Jakovljevic, they began writing songs. The three decided that the Sydney music scene was more conducive to their ambitions, so Lucashenko, Sleeman, and Jakovljevic relocated, and the first lineup of the Morning After Girls was completed with the addition of Scott Von Ryper on bass and Aimee Nash on guitar, keyboards, and percussion. After earning enthusiastic press attention for their early gigs, the group recorded an EP in 2004 for the independent Rubber Records label, while two more for the British Best Before imprint followed in 2005. Material from the EPs was compiled into an album, released in Australia as Shadows Evolve and in the United States as The Morning After Girls. Plenty of touring followed, both in Australia and the United Kingdom, with the band sharing stages with the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Dandy Warhols, and the Warlocks, and the Morning After Girls made their American debut in 2006 with a slot at the South by Southwest Music Conference. In 2008, Lucashenko and Sleeman broke off from the rest of the group and relocated to New York City, but not before beginning work on their next album. Recorded primarily in Melbourne, 2009's Alone featured the Morning After Girls' new lineup, with Lucashenko and Sleeman joined by E.J. Hagen on bass, Alexander White on keyboards and percussion, and Anthony Johnson on drums and percussion; Alan Moulder produced the session with Lucashenko and Sleeman.
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The Morning After Girls are an Australian neo-psychedelia band. The group was originally formed in Melbourne, Victoria around 2003 by founding members Sacha Lucashenko (vocals and guitar) and Martin B. Sleeman (vocals and guitar), who temporarily relocated the group to New York City in 2008. Its American lineup includes Alexander White (keyboards, percussion, backing vocals), EJ Hagen (bass guitar), and Anthony Johnson (drums). They have since returned to Australia and are now based in Melbourne to complete their third album in 2012.
History
The group has released two EPs, the first on Rubber Records in 2003 and the second on Fly Music in early 2005, both of which are self-titled. On 20 September 2005, the band released its two EPs as one CD in North America entitled The Morning After Girls: Prelude EPs 1 & 2. This album was also released as Shadows Evolve on 17 November 2005 in Australia and 16 June 2005 in the UK. Mark Gardener of Ride contributed vocals to the track "Fall Before Waking".
The band has toured with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Dandy Warhols, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Keys, and The Warlocks. Festival appearances have included slots at the Reading Festival, Leeds Festival, T in the Park, and Oxegen Festival—2006, Homebake in 2003, 2004, and 2005, and Clean Air, Clear Stars in 2009.
After taking time to record a new album in Australia with engineer and producer Robbie Rowlands they headed to London for final mixing with producer Alan Moulder. The band released "The General Public" maxi single exclusively through iTunes worldwide (except Australia and New Zealand). The full-length album Alone followed on 7 July 2009 (digital only through iTunes in North America). Tee Pee Records released a limited edition white vinyl 7" including the songs "The General Public" and "Who Is They". Following this, the band toured the US in the summer of 2009 with The Warlocks.
Alone was released on CD and LP on Xemu Records (Dead Meadow, Spindrift) on 11 January 2011 in North America and 14 March in the U.K and Europe.
The band contributed the song "Death Processions" to Tony Hawk Ride, which was released in November 2009 for XBox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. In 2009, Alone appeared on 90210, and in 2010 "To Be Your Loss" appeared in The Vampire Diaries, both on the CW network.
