The Tonights… always, of course - Old century, new century, fin de siecle – Everywhere - Silken weave, shock hail - Brute force, riffs for the mature gent – Crashing tins skip a beat in cat-ridden alley-ways – Malevolent six-strings slung in Red Roma dust – Hot fingers, skin, fingerprints howl like Banshees on freshly purchased bass-gut – Hepbur...
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The Tonights… always, of course - Old century, new century, fin de siecle – Everywhere - Silken weave, shock hail - Brute force, riffs for the mature gent – Crashing tins skip a beat in cat-ridden alley-ways – Malevolent six-strings slung in Red Roma dust – Hot fingers, skin, fingerprints howl like Banshees on freshly purchased bass-gut – Hepburn, Monroe, Hayworth, stardom – Fanfare for the Common Soul – Shirley Temple tip-toes light on laryngeal ice – Tap-Dogs meow in mesmeric accord - Misty Mountain bops - Ethereal riffmania swallowed whole with salt - Blind-corner car crashes - Betty Blue eats Batman alive, she’s crazy - Blood and Razors in the morning – Superconductors collide on Nowhere Street – Coins crunch sonic on a rancid railway track - Sputniks in Space, twinkle twinkle Supernova Star - 70s Vampire Babes, she has my neck and I love it – of course, always… The Tonights.
(Richard Kwong)
Formed out of a desire to have a water-tight creative unit unbounded by genre or fashion, The Tonights’ are built around the core trio of chief songwriter/pianist & bassist Eva Fritz, her guitar & bass playing brother Henry and her husband Christian Paul Sargeant, who fills the role of both drummer & producer. The bands' sound is augmented by Sicilian guitarist Simo Calandra and Col McIntyre on woodwind.
From hooky guitar riffs to atmospheric, piano-led mantras, The Tonights’ charm lies in their diverse yet distinctive sound which journeys from symphonic pop to minimalist balladry; neo-psychedelia to undiluted rock -occasionally within the life of a single song. Always providing the bridge between these sometimes disparate styles is vocalist Eva Fritz-whose warm, melodic voice is at once sultry but vulnerable; reflective but hopeful and can possess an almost hymnal quality suggesting higher powers....
The Tonights delivered themselves into the music world with a self-titled debut album that has received outstanding national and international reviews and airplay. The band take to Australia's highways in 2006 to support the album, (released nationally Nov 2005 through Sun & Air/MGM) and forthcoming 'Tiptoes' Remix EP (due late 2006).
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