Founded: 2005
Location: Australia
City Riots were an indie rock band from Adelaide, which formed in 2005 and active until about 2014. Their lead vocalist and front man was Ricky Kradolfer. They played in Australia, United States and the United Kingdom, touring with Smashing Pumpkins, Cobra Starship, Midnight Juggernauts and others
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Makes you crave those Summer days...
The upcoming Adelaide trio will be hitting the road in April and May
As it is, Sea Of Bright Lights provides a really impressive and ambitious opening statement from a band that looks like they have one very bright future ahead.
"[When] you’re a young band, it’s very hard to say no to them – ‘Cool, let’s go play that festival’ and ‘Let’s go support that band’ – but perhaps what we lacked was a real long-term plan; a long-term goal in terms of”
City Riots band knocked back the opportunity
"All in all, Sea Of Bright Lights is a competent and very promising effort from City Riots."
Sea Of Bright Lights has really proven what these four Adelaide boys are capable of; they’ve fine-tuned their sound and the result is a hook-laden, melodious album that’s pretty damn impressive.
Sea Of Bright Lights extends the band’s earlier EP work and matures their sound, making this a solid debut from the almost-veterans of the shoegaze scene.
City Riots drop the names of some great local talent to support their Sea Of Bright Lights Tour