The Plastics (South African band)
| The Plastics | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Genres | Indie Rock, Retro, Psychedelic |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Website |
theplasticsband |
| Members |
Karl Rohloff Sasha Righini Emile van Dango Pascal Righini |
The Plastics is an indie retro rock band. The words that describe their music, experiences and work ethic are: innovative, Earl Grey, guerrilla, disco something, retro rock, and melodic.
History
The Plastics began on 2008 as an evolution of the punk band, Hoax. It's now its own thing completely. They released their first EP and music video in 2008 at Obz Cafe. The same year, on May 9, they had their first official show at Mercury Live. They opened for the band Bed on Bricks. It didn't take too much 'till they released their second EP named "Kiss The Plastics" in 2009. Both EPs were distributed among Cape Town's indie elites. Later on 2009, there was a blur of music video releases for the tracks "Dirty Dancing" and "Tiny Islands".
In 2010 they enlisted the help of eccentric music producer Gordon Raphael to work on their debut album Shark. Raphael's background includes famous bands such as The Strokes. The album Shark was recorded at Sound and Motion Studios in Cape Town and it was finally released on July 31, 2010 at Mayhem Launch at The Assembly. The singles "Caves" and "Jukebox" were released to radio stations around South Africa and enjoyed extensive campus and commercial radio airplay. The former reached No. 1 on the TUKSfm SA Top 10 and the latter snug at No. 1 for four weeks running Jon Savage's Rock Chart on 5fm.
The Album Shark was chosen by both GQ and Cosmopolitan as one of the Top 20 Albums out of local and international releases. In 2011, the single "Those Three Words" was chosen as the soundtrack to one of Apple's iPod commercials.
In 2012 the band opened for the band Two Door Cinema Club at an unusual location in Cape Town, this was an abandoned old cement factory in the middle of one of the city's largest township, 3000 were bussed to the show. Later on that year they headed into Dreamsspace Studio to record their sophomore album titled "Pyramid", which was produced by Shai Caleb Hirschon. During this time they released a music video for "Stereo Kids" and this one reached No. 1 on the MK Top 10 Music Video Chart.
In 2013, The Plastics were also privileged to be chosen as one of the twelve winners of MK MVP in 2012 for the music video "Best Pretenders".
They were nominated for two MK Awards (Best Group and Best Indie). The ceremony took place on March 24, 2013.
Discography
EPs
- The Plastics (2008)
- Kiss The Plastics (2009)
Albums
- Shark (2010)
- Pyramid (2012)
- In Threes (2015)
Singles
- Caves
Music video directed by The Morcos Brothers, who were Academy Award Nominees. This single was chosen as one to the top eleven finalists for the Los Angeles Music Video Festival
- Caroline
Released on August 2011 and reached No. 4 on the MK Top 10 Music Video Chart.
- Those Three Words
- Jukebox
- Stereo Kids
- Best Pretenders
It peaked at No. 8 on the 5FM Top 40 in December 2012.
- Occasional Lies
Music videos
- Dirty Dancing
- Tiny Islands
- Stereo Kids
- Best Pretenders
Innovative band
The word innovative describes the band because they're always trying to come up with new things along their shows. They've launched an EP at an invite-only mother of all house parties. For their double music video launch at Mercury Live Lounge they had bags of beach sand brought in to create an island feel inside the club. At Rocking the Daisies in 2009 they headlined, they celebrated this big event for them by having guys dressed up as robots cavorting onstage with them.