The Passport Label

If you know anything at all about Australian music, of course, you already know who Adalita is. Taken from her widely acclaimed debut solo record, The Repairer is a stark, haunting track which showcases the stunning vocals of Magic Dirt's leading lady, along with her heartfelt songwriting and adept guitar work.

The Passport Label releases the brilliantly uplifting Gold Canary by Cloud Control on February 22 2010. With tribal chants travelling alongside steady percussion and then exploding with a cosmic breakdown, Gold Canary could very well be likened to David Byrne and Fela Kuti holding hands in space. The b-side, Vintage Books draws on inspiration from the great melody makers of our time, with inventive pop melodies and old-time girl/boy harmonies from an era when pop music was pure and, well, just made you smile.

The Holidays present Golden Sky - a sun-drenched tune that channels warm nights and cloudless skies. The song blends wild percussion, sing-a-long chant choruses, falsetto vocals and squawking guitars into an action-packed, yet equally sublime journey. B-side Heavy Feathers complements the lead track perfectly. A little more downbeat than the elation of Golden Sky, Heavy Feathers is a dreamy, hazy come-down evoking the relaxed atmosphere of The Caribbean.

MARCH 2008

The Panics are no strangers to UK shores; having worked on their debut album A House On A Street In A Town I'm From and their second album Sleeps Like A Curse in Manchester. The Panics have a very close connection with the city, having been “discovered” by co-founder of the Happy Mondays, Gaz Whelan and then Pete Carroll and signed them to the band's label, littleBIGMAN.

Psychedelic and beat influenced Australian four-piece The Silents are the next band to release a 7” on The Passport Label. 23 is a brooding song with dizzying harmonies bleeding into tripped-out garage-rock, dark corners are explored and uncovered, and past, present and future collide head-on. With swinging beats, barking guitars and weaving harmonies, The Silents channel their delusional thoughts into that age-old musical smoke signal, the Pop Song.