This Is a Love Song EP

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This Is a Love Song EP
LittleBirdy-ThisIsALoveSong.jpg
EP by Little Birdy
Released 1 March 2004
Genre Indie rock
Length15:04
Label Eleven / EMI
Little Birdy chronology
Little Birdy
(2003)
This Is a Love Song EP
(2004)
BigBigLove
(2004)

This Is a Love Song EP is the second EP by Australian indie rock band Little Birdy, and the follow-up to the Little Birdy EP. It was released on 1 March 2004 and debuted at No. 22 on the Australian Singles Chart on 8 March 2004. [1] "This Is a Love Song" polled at No. 40 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. [2]

Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock. As grunge and punk revival bands in the US and Britpop bands in the UK broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and underground perspective. In the 2000s, as a result of changes in the music industry and the growing importance of the Internet, some indie rock acts began to enjoy commercial success, leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term.

Little Birdy Australian indie rock band

Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue. They gained public attention when their single "Relapse" gained popularity on alternative radio stations such as Triple J, leading them to be signed by the record label Eleven: A Music Company. To date, they have released three studio albums, two EPs, and ten singles.

<i>Little Birdy</i> (EP) extended play by Little Birdy

Little Birdy is the debut EP by Australian indie rock band Little Birdy. The EP was co-produced by Little Birdy with Andy Lawson, Joel Quartermain, and Rodney Aravena from Perth's Debaser Studios. It was released after their 2003 Kiss My WAMi win for "Best New Band" and "Best Female Vocalist", and just in time to coincide with East Coast appearances at Livid.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Katy Steele, [3] except as shown.

Katy Steele Australian singer

Katy Elizabeth Steele is an Australian singer, guitarist and songwriter of the four-piece rock band, Little Birdy.

No.TitleLength
1."This Is a Love Song"2:31
2."Alright" (Katy Steele, Simon Leach)3:20
3."Bad for You"3:42
4."Sing Me a Lullaby"2:16
5."Now the Rain Is Falling"3:11

Charts

YearChartPeak Position
2004 ARIA Australian Singles Chart 22 [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Steffen Hung. "Little Birdy - Little Birdy (EP)". Australian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  2. "Hottest 100 - 2004". Triple J. 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2004.
  3. "'This is a Love Song' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 11 April 2015. Note: User may have to click on 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:', e.g. This is a Love Song; or at 'Performer:' Little Birdy.