Grafton Primary

Grafton Primary
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Genres	New wave, synthpop, electronica, electro-noir
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Independent
Members	Benjamin Garden Joshua Garden

Grafton Primary is an Australian electro-noir band from Sydney.^[1] The band consists of brothers Benjamin and Joshua Garden who attended primary school in Grafton, New South Wales.^[1] They select drummers and bass players for live shows.^[2] Grafton Primary has independently released an EP, Relativity (2007), and two albums, Eon (2008) and Neo (2013).^[3] The group has been picked up by Triple J^[4] and has toured widely.^[5]

Members

• Joshua Garden – Vocals
• Benjamin Garden – Keyboards, Synthesizer and programming

Discography

Studio Albums

• 2008: Eon AUS Hitseekers Albums: No. 5^[6]
• 2013: Neo

EPs

• 2007: Relativity
  • "Relativity (MC Squared)" (Tommy Trash / Elroy / Mark John's Navajo 12" mix) AUS Club: No. 14^[6]
• 2008: She Knows It
• 2008: Relativity: Reinvented
• 2008: I Can Cook: Remixed
• 2009: All Stars
  • "All Stars" (Tom Piper / Aston Shuffle / Cryptonites mix) AUS Club: No. 15^[6]
• 2010: The Eagle

Singles

• 2008: "She Knows It"
• 2008: "SOS Hello"
• 2010: "The Eagle"
• 2012: "When The Evolution Comes"
• 2013: "One More Life"

Music Videos

• 2007: Relativity
• 2012: When The Evolution Comes

Relativity EP Track list

1. Relativity [4:39]
2. Change [5:20]
3. Stuck In My Head [5:16]
4. I Can Cook [4:01]
5. In An Hourglass [4:29]
6. Relativity (Tommy Trash Remix) [7:12]

Total Time: 23:40

Eon Album Track list

1. Records For The Righteous [4:40]
2. We Are The Music [3:50]
3. Colour [3:36]
4. All Stars [4:24]
5. All There Is [2:52]
6. S.O.S Hello [4:08]
7. Telling Lies [4:46]
8. Left Of Nowhere (instrumental) [4:15]
9. Hold Her [4:41]
10. She Knows It [3:26]
11. Heart In Space [3:30]
12. The Garden [4:30]
13. Dimension Of Tears [3:58]

Total Time: 52:37

References

1. "Electro noir storytellers" by Kylie Northover, The Age (5 September 2008)
2. Grafton Primary – Eon at FasterLouder
3. "Grafton brings back the '80s" by Polly Coufos, Perth Now (15 October 2008
4. "Relativity in Motion", Perth Now (1 April 2008)
5. "Grafton Primary" by George Palathingal, The Sydney Morning Herald (22 May 2009)
6. ARIA Report charting:
   • "Relativity (MC Squared)": "The ARIA Report: ARIA Club Tracks" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 16 July 2007. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
   • Eon: "The ARIA Report: ARIA Hitseekers Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 29 September 2008. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
   • "All Stars" (Tom Piper / Aston Shuffle / Cryptonites mix): "The ARIA Report: ARIA Club Tracks" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 29 September 2008. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

External links

• Myspace page
• Tsunami Magazine Grafton Primary
• BMA Magazine Grafton Primary - An Eon of Neon