| Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! | |
| Landscape: | Yes |
| Origin: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Genre: | Rock, Indie |
| Years Active: | 2005–2014 |
| Label: | Dot Dash |
| Current Members: | Sam Stearne (drums) Josh Flavel (bass) Caitlin Duff (vocals) David Williams (vocals/guitar) Nathaniel Morse (guitar) |
| Past Members: | Grant Badcock (guitar) Andrew Walenczykiewicz (guitar) Art Zinoviev (synth) |
Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! was an indie rock group from Adelaide, South Australia. They describe their musical style as "monolithic tech-pop". They released the independent EPs You Seize the City, I'll Seize the Sky (2006) and Boy, Hush Yr Mouth, Grrl Bare Yr Teeth (2007), and full-length studio album Sea Priest (2010). In 2014, they announced that they had disbanded.[1]
The band met and formed during their time at Adelaide High School, where Williams, Stearne, Flavel and Zinoviev attended. After meeting and rehearsing cover songs for most of 2005, the group purchased the necessary equipment to perform live, and began playing regular shows in local Adelaide venues. In 2006, Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! completed the independent EP You Seize the City, I'll Seize the Sky, and were invited to play Adelaide's Big Day Out. In early 2007, the band approached Caitlin Duff to take over from David as lead vocalist.
After performing at the Big Day Out and Parklife festivals, the band were placed in high rotation on Triple J radio, receiving considerable airplay.[2] [3] The band won a spot on the 2008 Homebake line-up thanks to Triple J's Unearthed competition[4] and was featured in Rip It Up Magazine as an Adelaide act set to make a play for national attention in 2009.[5]
Throughout the summer of 2009, the band performed once again at the Big Day Out festival in Adelaide, as well as the Adelaide Laneway Festival, and Come Together Festival in Sydney. In July/August 2009, Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! released the iTunes-only EP Animal Spirit Guide, touring across the country with Hungry Kids of Hungary and Tom Ugly.
Throughout 2009, the band played shows supporting the likes of Sia, The Bumblebeez, and Bertie Blackman, and were shortlisted as one of the ten finalists for the Qantas Spirit of Youth award.[6] In September 2009, Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! announced the addition of a second guitarist, Nathaniel Morse, to complement their line up, embarking on a short Australian east coast tour with I Heart Hiroshima.
On 19 March 2010, Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! released their debut studioalbum Sea Priest through Dot Dash, alongside lead single "Little Cowboys, Bad Hombres". The song gained airplay with Australian youth radio stations Triple J and FBi.[7] They toured throughout May and June in support of the album, as well as playing opening support to Dappled Cities on their 'Winter Tour' with the John Steel Singers. Additional tours included St. Vincent, Band of Skulls and Kimbra.
In December 2012, the band released "Codebreaker".
They announced they had disbanded via Facebook in September 2014.
| Title | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| You Seize the City, I'll Seize the Sky |
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| Boy, Hush Yr Mouth, Grrl Bare Yr Teeth |
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| Title | Year | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "War Coward" | 2009 | Sea Priest | |
| "Animal Spirit Guide" | |||
| "Little Cowboys, Bad Hombres" | 2010 | ||
| "Codebreaker" | 2012 |
The Fowler's Live Music Awards took place from 2012 to 2014 to "recognise success and achievement over the past 12 months [and] celebrate the great diversity of original live music" in South Australia. Since 2015 they're known as the South Australian Music Awards.[8]
|-| 2012| Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!| Best Indie Artist | |-