Renowned for their strong songwriting, crafty musicianship and rollicking live shows, peregrine have been kicking it for close to ten years, releasing two albums – 2003’s One Big Happy Heart Attack and 2008’s Stay Inside and Misbehave.
Playing a mix of upbeat rockabilly pop, country rock, blues and tear-jerking ballads, peregrine puts a distinctly Australian stamp on the classic roots of rock music.
A peregrine show transforms any bar into a sweaty, foot-stomping rock n’ roll theatre. Songwriter Brett Winterford as ringmaster up-front – gangly tall, a mess of hair, cowboy shirt and boots. Next to him guitarist Felix Akurangi: a skinny Maori boy dressed for the deep south, bowler hat and some old timepiece hanging from his pocket, his leg shaking uncontrollably as he rips into the strings. There’s scouser drummer Mat Smith in his sharpest suit and Costello-rimmed glasses, trying to be methodical when all else is chaos. Then there’s the menacing frame of bassist Mark “Hulk” Holbert, mocking his own muscle with a teddy bear smile.
With a Hammond Organ whirling behind, old valve amps just warm enough to break up and crack, the band delivers, according to a recent live review by Sydney street-press Drum Media, “a perfectly crafted set of tunes; earthy and organic in parts, almost wild rockabilly in others. The beauty of this band is their natural ability as musicians.”
Peregrine
Renowned for their strong songwriting, crafty musicianship and rollicking live shows, peregrine have been kicking it for close to ten years, releasing two albums – 2003’s One Big Happy Heart Attack and 2008’s Stay Inside and Misbehave.
Playing a mix of upbeat rockabilly pop, country rock, blues and tear-jerking ballads, peregrine puts a distinctly Australian stamp on the classic roots of rock music.
A peregrine show transforms any bar into a sweaty, foot-stomping rock n’ roll theatre. Songwriter Brett Winterford as ringmaster up-front – gangly tall, a mess of hair, cowboy shirt and boots. Next to him guitarist Felix Akurangi: a skinny Maori boy dressed for the deep south, bowler hat and some old timepiece hanging from his pocket, his leg shaking uncontrollably as he rips into the strings. There’s scouser drummer Mat Smith in his sharpest suit and Costello-rimmed glasses, trying to be methodical when all else is chaos. Then there’s the menacing frame of bassist Mark “Hulk” Holbert, mocking his own muscle with a teddy bear smile.
With a Hammond Organ whirling behind, old valve amps just warm enough to break up and crack, the band delivers, according to a recent live review by Sydney street-press Drum Media, “a perfectly crafted set of tunes; earthy and organic in parts, almost wild rockabilly in others. The beauty of this band is their natural ability as musicians.”
Further information:
http://www.myspace.com/playthings
http://www.peregrine-music.com/
radio:
http://my.sputnik.de/peregrine
http://www.myyou-fm.de/peregrine
video:
Take my Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cio54zKOSt4
Dear John Letter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdh-bUq1DiU&feature=related
Everything’s Under Control http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8DQKieBPNU&feature=related