Apes Artist Bio

This young four piece – all in their early twenties – originally from Ballarat, Australia once hung their hat on the rack name tagged The Boo Hoo Hoos. They moved to Melbourne, changed their name and in their short time together have blasted their bluesy garage swagger across stages in Melbourne and the East Coast of Australia.
Led by vocalist and guitarist Benjamin Dowd the APES sound is indebted to the indie punk bombast of the Hives as much as it is to the moody atmospherics of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, but along the way it manages to combine an ear for scrappy melody and strong hooks.

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Hot on the tail of their debut single ‘Seven’ late last year, Melbourne four-piece APES came to the attention of Triple J, and more recently some serious UK love from Radio BBC1. A mix of searing garage-rock and stamp-your-feet-shout-out-loud choruses are set to put APES firmly on the map both home and abroad. Led by vocalist and guitarist Benjamin Dowd the APES sound is one that owes as much to the indie punk bombast of the Hives as it does the moody atmospherics of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and to the halcyon years of Australia’s illustrious rock’n’roll and garage/punk past. Combining an ear for scrappy, rough and ready melodies with strong hooks (and those can’t forget ’em choruses) APES stamp the sound as their own. Having played shows around the country with likes of The Datsuns, Dune Rats and Yacht Club DJs, APES high energy driven live show landed them spots on 2013’s Big Day Out and Groovin The Moo Festivals. The band’s debut EP, produced by Malcolm Besley (Northeast Party House, Millions, Snakadaktal), is set for release this June 2013. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.