Mount Monda release their debut EP, A Dream in Slow Motion. Mount Monda has always lain in wait. Matt Walters can see it from his house, quietly looming though the Victorian mist. One morning two years ago, he started running up that hill and back down again. The metaphor isn’t lost on him. For six years, Walter turned his back on music. He left behind his major label and world tours without regret. But if you’re a...
On previous singles ‘A Dream in Slow Motion’ and ‘Summer Lungs’, Mount Monda demonstrated they’re no strangers to exploring deeply personal experiences within their beautifully crafted songs. New single, ‘Death in a Retirement Home’, heads a notch deeper again. Introspectively focussed, the song examines the grief that comes with losing a parent. In 2014, singer Matt Walters’ mother was diagnosed with a rare, neurodegenerative disease. “I was close with my mum. She was a...
Part Time Records reveal the latest issue of PTR Singles Club, the final split 7” single from Vol.2, featuring Ricky Albeck‘s new single ‘It’s Normal’. Listen below! Ricky’s locked himself in a bathroom stall, but he’s breaking down the door to share with the world his latest single ‘It’s Normal’. This energetic garage rock stomper serves up an instantly compelling mix of Ricky’s trademark folk / country outlaw stylings with classic, pub-rock swagger. Produced, engineered...
Rolling off the back of their debut single ‘Summer Lungs’, Mount Monda are pleased to announced they have signed to Part Time Records for the release of their debut EP. The rush of inspiration naturally caught others in its spell. A Dream in Slow Motion, the title track of Mount Monda’s debut EP, features lyrics co-written by US alt-country artist Kim Richey. Drummer Lachlan O’Kane (Angie McMahon) came in to record loops and samples, and replay and restructure rhythms tapped...
Part Time Records have unearthed two new discoveries from regional Australia who will feature on the next instalment of their 7” vinyl subscription service, PTR Singles Club – Mount Monda (VIC) and Manor (SA). A chance encounter at the foot of Mount Monda seemed a bit like a cosmic conspiracy. Producer and multi-instrumentalist Luke Postill worked on Matt Walters’ very first EP back when he was signed to the major label. Luke and Matt hadn’t seen each other since recording that EP. Then they...
Part Time Records and Remote Control have released EWAH & The Vision of Paradise’s second album The Warning Birds. Recorded towards the end of 2018 at Head Gap Studio in Melbourne with Finn Keane, who co-produced the album with bandleader and vocalist, Emma Waters (EWAH), The Warning Birds is an exploration of the meaning of paradise that. Across its twelve tracks, the new album manages to feel both grim and uplifting in equal measure; something of a treatise on a world...
Part Time Records / Remote Control Records announce their latest signing, EWAH & The Vision of Paradise, with a sneak peak of their upcoming sophomore album The Warning Birds. Hailing from Tasmania, EWAH & The Vision of Paradise’s moody sound has been described as “epic post punk with a scope as wide as the Australian skyline.” For this first release from Vol. 2 of PTR Singles Club, Part Time Records offers a sneak peak of EWAH & The Vision of Paradise’s sophomore album The...
On April 16th, 2021, in between shows on their recent Australian tour, Wolf & Cub travelled to a remote location in NSW with the idea to perform and record a selection of live tracks from their recently released fourth album, NIL. Creating a makeshift live setup in the carpark of the Watagan Forest Inn Motel – and with full support of the owners – the band treated a small audience of...
Wolf & Cub, on the first anniversary of the release for their acclaimed fourth album NIL, have announced the release of new single ‘Blue State – Live’, the first taste of the band’s forthcoming live EP and short film, Dusk at the Watagan Forest Motel – set for release on Friday 10 December via Part Time Records / Remote Control Records. On April 16th, 2021, in between shows on their most recent Australian tour, the band travelled to a...
On Friday 8th October, Part Time Records will release Mike Noga’s fourth album Open Fire. Open Fire was recorded in August 2019 at Sacred Heart Studios in Duluth, Minnesota with Alan Sparhawk (Low) in the producer’s seat. Open Fire is an apocalyptic, synth-heavy, rock and roll record and follows on from Noga’s critically acclaimed concept album, King. The title track ‘Open Fire’ is out now Mike Noga passed away on 26 August 2020....
Part Time Records reveal two new signings to PTR Singles Club – Georgia Mulligan (NSW) and Jac Marshall (SA) – who will both feature on the third and final instalment of Vol.1, with PTR Singles Club Vol.2 now in development. Georgia Mulligan had barely sung aloud in front of anyone until the age of 21. A background in visual arts and a long-term interest in film, literature and writing had always...
Part Time Records announce two emerging South Australian artists – Tilly Tjala Thomas and Plastix – as the latest signings to PTR Singles Club, a newly formed split 7” singles club developed as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns. Hailing from the Fleurieu Peninsula, emerging songwriter Tilly Tjala Thomas has been writing and performing her own songs around Adelaide since the age of 11. This year has seen Tilly complete her final year of high school, electing to undertake a creative mentorship with Memphis...
Wolf & Cub release new single and accompanying video ‘Close to the Edge’, the second taste of the bands’ forthcoming LP, NIL which is set for release on Friday 20 November via Part Time Records. Like previous single ‘Blue State’, ‘Close to the Edge’ is a searing piece of music which shows the band continue to lean toward a revelatory heaviness over previous psych-rock offerings. The screaming intro attacks the...
It was in the early stages of COVID-19 lockdown that Emma Coyle and Joel Byrne, co-owners of Part Time Records, created PTR Singles Club – a new extension of the label that focuses on delivering a selection of new musical discoveries straight to your doorstep. Today they announce the first iteration of the Singles Club with singles from Adelaide duos Tiles and Siberian Tiger. Dream pop duo Tiles first came...
Siberian Tiger – the South Australian duo of Bree Tranter (The Middle East) and Chris Panousakis (Timberwolf) – today release their debut EP First Dance via Part Time Records. What started as a cathartic ritual soon began to take shape in the quiet moments that punctuate the life of a touring musician – in the back of the tour bus, in airports and hotel lobbies, between long-distance calls, and in...
Wolf & Cub are back with new music ‘Blue State’ released via Part Time Records. As premiered by Double J’s Zan Rowe, ‘Blue State’ is a dark and abrasive-sounding beast that sees the band gravitate away from previous psych-rock offerings in favour of a masterful and revelatory heaviness. Where previous album Heavy Weight hinted at the band’s ability to traverse tougher terrain, ‘Blue State’ has its roots firmly planted in...
