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About Us
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The Band
William Parton
Jeremy Martin
Andrew Partington |
ABOUT US
Bill Parton Trio
are
William Parton (Vocals & Piano),
Jeremy Martin (Bass) and
Andrew Partington (Drums).
The band hails from the city of Adelaide, South Australia.
While there is no clear box to define the trio’s unique
genre and sound, the lads classify their music as ‘Piano
Pop-Rock’. To paint a picture, try and imagine the
simplicity and catchiness of The Beatles, combined
with Coldplay-like chords and melodies, the
impressionism of Jeff Buckley and Radio Head,
along with a dash of the relaxed chilled-out mood and
atmosphere that Zero 7 are notorious for being able
to create.
The trio are very proud
to have released their self titled debut EP on Friday 2nd
August 2013. The EP follows the successful release of
singles ‘Going Away’ and ‘Falling For You Again’ which are
featured on the EP. ‘Going Away’ debuted at No.10 on
Amrap AirIt’s Great Southern Charts, qualified as a
semi finalist in the 2013 Unsigned Only Global
Songwriting Competition and spent six weeks in
the Westsidewill.com Unsigned Artist Top Ten.
‘Falling For You Again’ was featured on Home Brew Radio,
made the Three D Radio Top 20+1 and won best new
track in Sonya Feldhoff’s ‘new music’ competition on
891 ABC Adelaide. The video clips for both singles
have been nominated as finalists for the 2013
MusicOz Awards and between the two of them have
accumulated over 95,000 YouTube views! The EP itself
since being released has received incredibly generous
amounts of community radio and street press support, has
been playlisted nationally on ABC stations and
charted as high has No.8 (so far) on the Three D
Radio Top 20+1.
Following in the
footsteps of many other great established bands and artists,
the trio started
off by paying their dues performing on the local circuit
in order to hone their craft and make some cash. They boast a
current performance tally of over
1000 shows,
appearing at over
250 different
venues!
Besides the usual
gigs at Pubs, Clubs, Bars and Wineries, over the years Bill
Parton Trio have found themselves regularly engaged to
perform at
Private Functions
such as Conferences, Gala Dinners, Balls, Cocktail Nights,
Corporate Events, Birthday Parties, Product Launches,
Festivals and MANY (WAY TOO MANY)
Weddings!!!
The band’s extensive
festival record includes ‘Music In The Gardens’, ‘Sea &
Vines’, ‘Cellar
Door Sessions’,
‘Copper Cove Marina’, ‘NATUZZI’, ‘A Day On The Grass’,
‘Whitmore Square Arts Fair’, ‘Crush Festival’, ‘Hoot!’ and
many more! The band has also made an appearance at the 2010
EMERGENZA World Band Competition and also
qualified to the finals of the 2010 AACA National
University Band Campus Competition.
The EP was recorded at
Chapel Lane Studios (Adelaide) with the help of Producer
Darren Mullan
(The Angels, The
Beards, John Swan, Russell Morris), Recording Engineer
Adam Rhodes (Angus & Julia Stone, The Cat Empire, Paul
Kelly, Missy Higgins), Assistant Engineer Gabriel
Agostino (Lowrider, Sundance Kids, Hilltop Hoods) and
was mastered at Disk-Edits Pty Ltd (Adelaide) by Neville
Clark (Hilltop Hoods, Peter Combe, Levitators, Funkoars).
Overseeing the A&R side of things was Matt O’Connor
(Beautiful Girls, The Whitlams, Thirsty Merc).
Frontman William Parton
explains… “‘The EP
is the product of a heap of time, money, thought and effort.
It represents common themes, simple chord progressions,
catchy lyrics and tasteful melodies. We’re very proud of it
and can’t wait to share it with everyone!”
To celebrate the release
of the record,
Bill Parton Trio
hit the road to embark on a 10x show Australian national
tour with Melbourne band Artist Proof and Sydney
soloist Nathan Leigh Jones throughout August –
September 2013. The tour provided a platform for the
trio to put their dynamic, flawless and epic ‘stadium-esk’
live show on display in front of the nation. After both
‘wow-ing’ and gracing the audiences across the country with
their tunes, it comes as no surprise that tour was a huge
success.
Bill Parton Trio’s
debut EP is available for purchase online
via
iTunes + all other major online digital music
retailers as well as
selected stores. The record is an absolute must
listen for anyone who’s remotely a fan of:
Coldplay,
The Beatles,
Keane,
The Fray
and
Thirteen Senses.
“The find of the year” – Richard Margetson
(ABC)
“Bill Parton Trio offer haunting melodies, well
thought out lyrics and huge potential to be the next big
thing worldwide” – Emma Walker (Love Music Magazine)
“Undeniably charismatic…stadium-standard piano pop
rock” – Stephanie Liew (Inpress Magazine)
“Full of heart, full of meaning, drenched with
charisma and damn catchy.” – Renee Jones (themusic.com.au)
"It would be easy to liken Bill Parton Trio to Ben
Folds Five although the trio’s work is just as impressive.
Intelligently-crafted, piano-based pop is very much the
order of the day on what is a very mature release.”
– Robert Dunstan (Music SA)
“Incredibly catchy” – Ryan Winter (Radio
Adelaide)
"A decent body of work...a great voice and chemistry
with the band." – Mark Holland (EMI) |
