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We Grow Up
Genre: Indie, Pop
Region: Adelaide, SA
Members: Jonathan Mortimer, Anthony Golding, Walter Marsh
Sounds Like: Crowded House, The Shins, darren hanlon
Influences: Elliott Smith, the beatles, The Shins
Artist Website: www.wegrowupmusic.com

WE GROW UP are An Adelaide based “indie pop merry-go-round”, continuing the tradition of fine Australian songwriters like The Lucksmiths, The Go-Betweens and Darren Hanlon while carving a niche all of their own.

In 2008 the band, led by songwriters Jonathan Mortimer and Anthony Golding, built on the promise of their raw, Triple J Unearthed winning early recordings with ‘Night Kitchen’, an eclectic second album that mixed pristine melodies, rich instrumentation and darker lyrical themes with a broad scope that defied its humble home recording.

The album, released nationally through Half A Cow Records, met with glowing reviews nationwide, with publications as varied as the Sydney Morning Herald, Time Off Magazine and Adelaide’s Rip It Up and dB Magazines singing its praises. It also earned more airplay around the country from Triple J, community stations and commercial radio alike.

Their recently completed third album ‘Kids In Love’ - to be released in late 2010 - continues the bands knack for timeless songwriting and colourfully lush pop sounds while boasting an even greater level of finesse, reaffirming the pedigree that has seen them play alongside such acts as The New Pornographers, Missy Higgins, Dan Kelly, Institut Polaire, Cuthbert & The Nightwalkers and Sydney legends Sneeze.

Praise for Night Kitchen:

“Night Kitchen is so accomplished and well-crafted that it’s hard to believe it came from such a young group. God only knows what We Grow Up will be capable of in the future.” -Time Off Magazine

“The songsmithing on this record seems to me like a divine promise… a shit hot debut." - Rave Magazine

“‘Night Kitchen’ is an astonishingly accomplished piece of work, and one that suggests that the band are on equal footing with some of the best songwriters in the country right now” - DB Magazine

“They always have a casual confidence in their ability to win you over with storytelling lyrics and the kind of warmth you get from having friends around a microphone in your living room” - Sydney Morning Herald

“Filled with atmospheric passages, fragile liturgies and surprising chord progressions, We Grow Up’s accomplished sound and production on Night Kitchen is an impressively creative calling card akin to Crowded House at their Together Alone peak.”. - Rip It Up Magazine

“It is rare to see such adventure so well executed on a debut, particularly when a band so obviously defies any tendency to-wards fad or fashion, rather following their own distinct muse.” - Alternative Media Group

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Celia
rating:  5/5
Pretty damn timeless kind of tune you've made here. You guys' songs have popped up here and there and I always go 'who's that?'.
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Celia
rating:  5/5
such a pretty song.




Celia
rating:  5/5
Wow! That has got to be one of the best songs I've heard all year!!!! LOVE IT!! So much that I just bought the album off iTunes!!!




Celia
rating:  5/5
A disarmingly beautiful ode to forbidden lesbian love in a puritanical setting. Lovely work.
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