News October 12, 2016

Middle Kids announced as winners of FBi Radio’s Northern Lights Competition

PRESS RELEASE:

After much anticipation, FBi Radio are thrilled to announce Middle Kids as the winner of this years Northern Lights competition!

Chosen from an impressive list of finalists, Middle Kids will join the official lineup of the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival in Reykjavik this November 2-6, 2016. They will perform alongside PJ Harvey, Warpaint, Santigold, The Internet, Of Monsters and Men and many more local Icelandic and international acts.While in Iceland, they’ll have the opportunity to network with international industry professionals and spend a day recording in Sigur Rós’s Sundlaugin Studio. Back in Australia, they’ll have three days recording, mixing and mastering at Sydney’s Studios 301.

The Sydney three-piece (Hannah Joy, Tim Fitz and Harry Day) released their debut single “Edge of Town” less than six months ago. This glorious piece of indie rock has earned them national radio airplay, a place at BIGSOUND 2016, and now, the international trip of a lifetime.While they have only recently joined forces, this talented trio are no strangers to the stage. Prior to Middle Kids, Hannah Joy was gaining attention as a solo singer-songwriter with support slots for Broods, Mansionair and Soak. Multi-instrumentalist Tim Fitz has been releasing his own music since 2011, sharing stages with artists like Matt Corby, Flume and Oh Mercy.In fact, Tim Fitz was a finalist in FBi’s inaugural Northern Lights competition back in 2011. He was in good company, too: Flume was also among the six finalists that year!

FBi’s music director Stephen Goodhew called the band with the good news yesterday. It took a little while to sink in… Listen to their excited reaction here!

This year’s Northern Lights competition attracted 600 entries from all around Australia. Middle Kids were chosen from a shortlist of eight finalists, including Anatole, Baro, BUOY, Christopher Port, Georgia Mulligan, MEZKO and Oh Pep!

Middle Kids join the growing and impressive list of the Northern Lights competition winners, including: LUCIANBLOMKAMP, The Walking Who, Rainbow Chan, and Oliver Tank.
In recent achievements, Rainbow Chan has just released her debut album ’Spacings’, which received FBi’s album of the week and much critical claim. LUCIANBLOMKAMP has recently joined forces with John from Seekae for a new collaborative project called Brutalist.