All Mankind line up West Midlands gig

Monday 25th April 2011, 1:08PM BST.

Well on their way to joining the growing ranks of successful Australian musical exports, All Mankind have spent the last three years creating a global ripple which is fast turning into a whopping great big wave, and it’s about to hit British shores.

2009’s Puzzles EP, produced by ARIA-winning producer David Nicholas (Elton John, Sting) and Peter Mayes (PNAU, Empire of the Sun), sprang up on radio stations internationally, from Indie 103.1FM Los Angeles to WRXP New York to MotorFM Germany, picking up XFM’s musical director, Mike Walsh as a fan in the UK.

Follow up EP, “Open Your Eyes“, was bestowed with the holy grail of music in the form of synchs in the U.S. on the Emmy Award winning ABC TV show, “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” (for “Open Your Eyes”) while MTV’s “The Hills” has regularly featured “Hollywood Tonight”. The band has also come to the attention of EA Games, so expect to be pushing buttons to their music shortly.

“Break The Spell” is the first single, released on SO Records, to be taken from the Sydney quartet’s keenly anticipated debut LP, “Simple Desire”.

Produced by Mike Crossley (Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight, The Kooks, Foals) at The Motor Museum studios in Liverpool, there’s an epic shimmer to the track that recalls the UK –originated, world-conquering success of Keane and Coldplay. Soaring vocals play over chugging guitars and melodic keyboards that send this song straight into the arena anthem stratosphere.

The band’s UK dates include the O2 Academy, at Birmingham, on May 15.