Died Pretty "Everydaydream" 2000 + "My Generation Landslide" EP - 2002

Moody Australian rockers Died Pretty's 2000 album Everydaydream is very much in the band's classic tradition of dark, somber post-punk tunes leavened by a sly sense of humor and guitarist Brett Myers' neo-psychedelic sense of songcraft, but the album also finds Died Pretty continuing with heavier use of electronics, a direction begun with their previous outing, 1998's Using My Gills as a Roadmap……The group, led by co-writer and lead singer Ronald S. Peno, seems to have been listening to Portishead and Massive Attack albums, as these songs are among the darkest and prettiest the band has yet attempted. Died Pretty's reliance on electronics alongside Myers' hazy sheets-of-sound guitar makes the whole album sound like some sort of mixture of the Church, My Bloody Valentine, and any number of 4AD artists, with the expansive, falsetto-spiked "Misunderstood" a particular highlight. - AllMusic Review by Stewart Masontrax:
01 Misunderstood 02 Brighter Ideas 03 Special Way 04 Burning Mad 05 That Look Before 06 Here Comes The Night 07 Call Me Sir 08 Dream Alone 09 Watch Out Below 10 The Evening Shadows

"My Generation Landslide" EP - 2002At a time when Australian rock meant pub rock and every other band sounded like Cold Chisel, Died Pretty were something of an anomaly. Influenced more by the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and the Doors than they were by early Icehouse, Died Pretty spent most of the '80s and '90s struggling for recognition and finding it only in Europe. Diminutive singer Ron Peno channeled Iggy Pop and Jim Morrison in equal measure, whirling dangerously while on-stage. After his band the 31st broke up, he formed Died Pretty with keyboardist Frank Brunetti, guitarist Brett Myers, and a series of bass players and drummers including Radio Birdman's Rob Younger. Finally they settled on bass player Jonathan Lickliter and drummer Colin Barwick, both of whom had been members of Brisbane band the End along with Myers… - Artist Biography by Jody Macgregortrax:
01 My Generation Landslide 02 Angels Before 03 Pleased To Meet You