Harlequin League

Harlequin League is a Perth-based rock band formed in 2007.

Biography

Harlequin League was the winner of the 2007 The Next Big Thing competition (previously won by John Butler and Snowman).

Harlequin League first came together in March 2007 and in its first twelve months it performed at the Perth leg of the 2008 Big Day Out, embarked on a handful of East Coast tours and supported The Freestylers (UK), The Whip (UK), The Cops, Regurgitator, Expatriate, The Panda Band, Dardanelles, The Paper Scissors, Bluejuice and The Checks. In November 2007 it released its debut single, "Hole in the Heart".

The band was nominated for two WAMi awards in 2008, winning in the category of 'Favourite Newcomer'. Its song "Bones" was a Triple J's Ausmusic Month featured track. The band has also performed on Triple J’s ‘Live At The Wireless’ with Birds of Tokyo and Abbe May.

In August 2008 the band released its debut EP, We Used To Be Gods, Now We're So Plain, which was produced by Melbourne producer Woody Annison (Children Collide, Red Riders, Rocket Science, Dardanelles). Since its release the band has toured the eastern states of Australia, supporting End of Fashion and Grafton Primary. The first track lifted from the EP, "Again and Again", received airplay on national youth broadcaster Triple J.