- Dappled Cities( Dappled Cities Fly )【 6 albums 66 lyrics 】
- Dappled Cities (formerly 'Dappled Cities Fly') are an indie rock band from Sydney, Australia.
History
The band first came together as teenagers in the northern suburbs of Sydney in 1997. Dave Rennick and original drummer Hugh Boyce were joined by Alex Moore on bass and Tim Derricourt on guitar. Keyboards were added occasionally by Mark Bradshaw, and after 2006 more regularly by Ned Cooke.
The band started out playing at all-ages shows and charity benefits before they reached legal age to play in the licensed venues in the Sydney CBD. The performed at the Hopetoun (now defunct), the Excelsior and The Bat and Ball. The band members moved to the inner suburbs of Sydney and after various name changes settled on Dappled Cities Fly.
The band made several tours of Australia and also toured New Zealand in 2004. In 2006 Dappled Cities Fly performed in London, England and at shows in the United States, including South by Southwest, where they played again in 2009 and 2010. From 2006-2009, the band did a number of tours of America and Canada, including performances at the Crocodile Club in Seattle, Mercury Lounge in New York and the Troubadour in Los Angeles.
A Smile
Dappled Cities Fly's early single and EP releases were critically well received and played Australia-wide on various radio stations.[citation needed] Their first album, A Smile, several years in the making, was released in late 2004 and was featured as album of the week on radio stations FBi and Triple J. and reviewed favourably in The Sydney Morning Herald.
Granddance
In 2006 their second album, Granddance, recorded at Sunset Sounds and Senora Studios in Los Angeles, was released. The album's cover artwork has the band's name as Dappled Cities, without the word 'Fly'; while this was done for artistic reasons at the time, by 2009 the band were calling themselves simply Dappled Cities. In 2007 the band toured with Sydney band Red Riders, and later recorded and released a cover version of 'November Rain' with them. In February 2008 Boyce left the band, and was replaced later that year by drummer Allan Kumpulainen.
Zounds
Dappled Cities' third album, Zounds, was released in Australia in 2009 and in the United States in early 2010. The album received many positive reviews.[citation needed] Pitchfork gave the band 7.8 and noted that 'Dappled Cities haven't quite acquired a big reputation outside their homeland yet, but it seems likely they will'. The band toured during this period in New York and London while also doing a number of tours around Australia to positive reviews.
Lake Air
The band recorded their fourth album, Lake Air, throughout September 2011 at Megaphon Studios in St Peters, following recording sessions in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The recording was done with the assistance of Jarrad Kritzstein and the album released in July 2012.
In 2013, the band collaborated with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra for 'The Future is Baroque', a Sydney Festival exclusive event pairing Dappled Cities' music with Baroque instrumentation. The band played as the supporting act at Death Cab for Cutie's 'Codes and Keys' tour at the Palace Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.
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The band returned from hibernation to play a sold-out show at Sydney's Newtown Social Club on the 5th of February, 2016. The show featured a number of new songs from the band's upcoming fifth album, ||||| (pronounced 'five'). In May that year they released a new single, 'That Sound'. In early 2017 the second single, 'Stone Men' was released along with an accompanying music video. ||||| itself was released on the 5th of May 2017, the date intentionally mirroring the album title. The title was chosen to reflect the fact that the band had made five albums, had five members and had not put out an album in five years.
||||| was properly launched with a show at the City Recital Hall in Sydney. At the show, it was announced that bassist Alex Moore would be leaving the band. He was later replaced by Mark Harding.
Members
Current members
Dave Rennick – guitar, vocals (1997-present)
Tim Derricourt – guitar, vocals (1997-present)
Ned Cooke – keyboards, sampler, backing vocals (2006-present)
Allan Kumpulainen – drums (2008-present)
Mark Harding - bass (2017-present)
Current touring members
Marc Harding - keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals (2017-present)
Past members
Hugh Boyce – drums (1997-2008)
Alex Moore – bass (1997-2017)
Mark Bradshaw – keyboards (2004-2006)
Discography
Studio albums
A Smile, released 18 October 2004, reissue released 11 November 2004
Granddance, released 11 November 2006
Zounds (#48 Australia), released 15 August 2009
Lake Air (#41 Australia), released 21 July 2012
||||| (Five), released 5 May 2017
Compilation albums
Many Roads, released 17 January 2014
EPs and singles
'Be Engine/Sputnik' (2002) - double A-side
'Chameleon Girl' (2003) - with 6 B-sides
'Dead Bodies Where Their Mouths Were' (2003) - live studio recording EP with handmade covers
'Peach' (2004) - 200 copies only with pencil coloured covers
'Wimbo Park' (2004) - New Zealand EP release with selected tracks from earlier releases
'Cream' (2004)
'Die in Your Eyes' (2005) - Very limited split EP with the Tucker B's
'A Crooked Smile' (2006) - EP of remixes by guest 'friends and countrymen' of songs from the album 'A Smile'
'Fire Fire Fire' (2006)
'Vision Bell' (2007)
'Work It Out' (2007)
'The Price' (2009)
'Run with the Wind' (2012)
'Born at the Right Time' (2013)
'Lake Air' (2013)
'Many Roads' (2015)
'That Sound' (2016)
'Stone Men' (2017) - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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Many Roads
2014
1.Father & Son (Provided)
2.Something That Matters (Provided)
3.Cramps (Provided)
4.Steven (Provided)
5.Our Warstore (Provided)
6.Madly Fadly (Provided)
7.Many Roads (Provided)8.Cave Country (Provided)
9.Easy Money (Provided)
10.The Sleeper (Provided)
11.A Walk On a Wire (Provided)
12.Save Your Money (Provided)
13.Waves
14.Battlewon -
Lake Air
2012
1.Run With the Wind
2.The Leopard
3.Real Love
4.Work In the Mould
5.Lake Air6.Born At the Right Time
7.Love Connection
8.Icecubes (Provided)
9.Waves
10.The Weekend -
Zounds
2009
1.Hold Your Back
2.Answer Is Zero
3.The Price
4.Wooden Ships
5.Slow For Me, My Island
6.The Night Is Young At Heart
7.Miniature Alas
8.Don't Stop There9.Kid
10.Middle People
11.Apart
12.Stepshadows
13.Fire Fire Fire (Live)
14.Beach Song (Live)
15.Grandance (Live)
16.Peach Song (Live) -
Granddance
2006
1.Holy Chord
2.Work It Out
3.Fire Fire Fire
4.Colour Coding
5.Beach Song
6.Vision Bell7.The Eve The Girl
8.Granddance
9.Watercourse
10.Battlewon
11.Within Hours -
A Smile
2004
1.Peach
2.Blame It On The Boys
3.League Of German Girls
4.Make You Happy
5.As I Lay Dying6.My Head's Queen Ant
7.Cream
8.Die In Your Eyes
9.Faces
10.States -
Miscellaneous
1.Battlewon (Granddance, 2006)
2.Waves (Lake Air, 2012)
3.Fire Fire Fire (Live Performance) [Bonus Track]4.The Night Is Young At Heart (Radio Edit)
5.The Price (Radio Edit)
【Correction of errors in the album information】