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Clairaudience Releases ‘The Clueless Hitchhiker’ on Vinyl and CD

We’re thrilled to announce that The Clueless Hitchhiker, the new album from Clairaudience, is now available on vinyl and CD — and will be streaming everywhere from Monday 27 April. It’s been a long road to this record. Clairaudience was formed in Sydney’s inner west in 2006 by Daniel and Caroline Jumpertz, who ran it as the house band of their Feral Media label, a partnership that’s always been as much about life as music. After winning Green Card residency in the lottery, Daniel and Caroline relocated to New York City in 2010, building a new chapter of the band that played the Northside Festival, Make Music New York, and iconic venues like The Bitter End in Greenwich Village and Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn. Their 2015 mini-album/cassette Sun Damage (described by Atwood Magazine as “a psychedelic dream full of jangling guitars and a Phil Spector-like Wall of Sound”) and the 2016 self-titled full-length (featuring the Spotify favourite Being Bad) were both recorded with producer Abe Seiferth at Transmitter Park Studios in Greenpoint.

Exclusively pressed in Australia to Heavyweight Red and Yellow handpour, with Impressed’s signature Obi strip – individually numbered 1/50. $59.99 Link to shop

After returning to Australia and settling in Melbourne, Daniel and Caroline recruited a new lineup between the 2020–21 lockdowns: Daniel’s brother Mick Jumpertz on bass, and Daniel’s lifelong musical partner Chris Smales on guitar, a friendship spanning over 50 years. Rehearsals began in a North Melbourne basement, and what emerged is the most personal and fully realised Clairaudience record yet. The album was tracked at the iconic Melbourne studio Head Gap with Rohan Sforcina, mastered by William Bowden, and the vinyls pressed at Program Records.

The Clueless Hitchhiker is a meditation on modern dislocation — the atomisation of society into tribes, the paradox of connection and loneliness, and the quiet struggle to stay present in a world that keeps moving without you. The album’s title and cover image, the hitchhiker drifting through life without agency or destination, runs through all ten songs, from We Move Amongst The Tribes to the album’s closer What We’ve Become. The band’s sound weaves together influences from The Velvet Underground, Television, Sunnyboys and The Go-Betweens into something distinctly and defiantly their own: resolute, visceral, melodic, and shot through with unexpected light.

Exclusively pressed in Australia at Program records. Heavyweight black vinyl. Includes lyric sheet / poster insert + digital download code. $35. Feral Media Bandcamp

Lovely gatefold card case, artwork by Daniel Jumpertz. 24-page booklet with full liner notes, lyrics and single artworks. Includes bonus Pavement cover “Give It A Day” + digital download code. Feral Media Bandcamp

New music from Clairaudience

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Melbourne-based Clairaudience returns with “We Move Amongst The Tribes”, the second single from their upcoming album The Clueless Hitchhiker.

“We Move Amongst The Tribes” explores contemporary alienation and identity politics with fuzz-drenched solos that recall Mick Ronson-era David Bowie, while incorporating the taut energy that has become the band’s signature.

The song examines how modern society has fractured into distinct social categories, with individuals moving between tribes yet remaining fundamentally disconnected. “We Move Amongst The Tribes” creates a sonic landscape as complex as the societal divisions it portrays.

Clairaudience’s current lineup represents both stability and evolution. At its core are married couple Daniel (vocals/rhythm guitar) and Caroline Jumpertz (drums), who formed the band in Sydney in 2006 before relocating to New York City in 2010, where they played venues from The Bitter End to Brooklyn’s Northside Festival. Their 2016 self-titled album yielded Spotify hit “Being Bad” (108,000+ streams).

After returning to Melbourne, they recruited Daniel’s brother Mick (bass) in his first band experience, and lead guitarist Chris Smales, Daniel’s friend for more than 50 years. This family-and-friendship dynamic adds emotional authenticity to their exploration of connection amid fragmentation.

Like their journey across continents, “We Move Amongst The Tribes” demonstrates Clairaudience’s ability to transform diverse influences – from indie, glam and new wave – into something distinctly their own while addressing the universal search for meaning in an increasingly disconnected world.

Listen here on your favourite platform.

For media and radio peeps: Download the single here.

Influencer vinyl in stock

After some COVID-related manufacturing delays, we’ve finally received the vinyl copies of Funeral Tango’s debut album Influencer. It sounds great in every format, but extra special in the gatefold vinyl edition. Cover artwork was created by band drummer Brad Stafford. Grab a copy now from the Feral Media shop on Bandcamp. Just $30 plus postage. Also available in store at Repressed Records on King Street, Newtown and Radio Free Alice in Darlinghurst (both Sydney) and at Funeral Tango gigs. Follow the band on Facebook or Instagram for news on upcoming gigs.

Funeral Tango release new single ‘Jeebus’

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New single released today on Spotify, Apple and other digital platforms. We love it. But then, we would wouldn’t we? Here’s the single artwork, created by Funeral Tango drummer Brad Stafford.

And if you’re in Sydney, head to the Vic on the Park to hear the whole sweet racket live tomorrow night! See the flyer below. Funeral Tango hit the stage at 10 p.m. And they’ll have CDs of the forthcoming album Influencer for sale! Remember CDs??? They go in your glove box and then stay there and you forget about them and then put them on when you get bored of the radio and then remember why you never play that CD and then put it back in the glove box and so the whole cosmic dance continues…

And here’s another date for the diary: Thursday 25 February. Funeral Tango play Petersham Bowling Club. Mayhem ensues.

Feral Media presents: Covers Vol. 1

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We are super stoked to present Covers Vol. 1, the first in a series of curated EP’s featuring label pals performing cover versions of songs that resonate with them as an artist.

Vol. 1 includes contributions from some amazing local artists who each present an interesting take on their chosen piece.

Angelic songstress Lucy Roleff kicks things off with collaborator Pascal Babare for a delicately stripped back version of Saint Etienne’s saccharine dance pop number, ‘Method of Modern Love’. Followed by electronic artist Aphir, who ramps up the melancholy of recent Dirty Projectors song, ‘Keep Your Name’ with sparse production and a haunting new melody.
Ahead of his new album Aussie hip-hop wunderkind, Bilby puts his unique emo-rap spin on Snoop Dogg’s sleek R&B hit ‘Sexual Eruption’, while Canberra’s Sebastian Field pushes Bjork’s ‘Unravel’ into new ambient territory with his golden- throated, spectral harmonies.
Closing out the EP is the chameleonic Reuben Ingall with a typically sombre, low-key take on 90’s alt-rock band Failure.

Covers Vol. 1 is not only a great collection of songs but also provides a great insight into some exciting and unique talent currently operating in the Australian underground.

Download the EP here or stream via the spotify here

Setec returns with Atrial Flutters (or Raise Yr Hand If Yr Afraid)

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Setec (aka Joshua Gibbs) returns with his stunning sophomore effort, Atrial Flutters (or Raise Yr Hand If Yr Afraid). Continuing to explore his unique artistic vision, Atrial Flutters is Setec’s most assured statement to date, sonically rich and expertly considered.

Josh describes the album as “something that truly feels like an extension of myself; good and bad, neuroses and joy, anxiety and depression. Going into it I knew exactly the textural palette I would be working with: lots of loose, wavy strings and rumbling basses. Samples less intricately placed and more hammered into order. The feeling of taking water off the heat just before it boils”.

Following the slow-burn success of his debut, Brittle as Bones, the new album represents an exciting evolution in his artistic journey, turning nervous energy into a dazzling emotional statement.

Atrial Flutters is available digitally and limited edition vinyl via the Feral bandcamp store here, or via most major digital platforms. Immerse yourself…

Inner Circle / Outer Circle deluxe vinyl edition

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The debut vinyl album from Feral Media’s The Artificial Limb is now available in the Feral Media Bandcamp store.
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From Artificial Limb’s Marc Eiden: “I’m thrilled to announce that the Inner Circle EP & Outer Circle EP are finally together as 1 very limited edition Vinyl Record. Out through Feral Media. Only 30 copies in existence.”
Cover art has been created by Melbourne artists Sean Hogan & Jessie Stanley.

Download Strain Of Origin V1

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Head to the Feral Media Bandcamp store to download the latest installment in our annual remix compilation series.

Featuring contributions from Lovely Head, Rebel Yell, Bilby, Tangents, Aphir, Pendant, Reuben Ingall, Hence Therefore and Arthur Wimble.

This is another fine instalment in this exciting and creative project.

Cracked Actor join FM for Upstructures EP

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We have been big fans of Canberra 4-piece Cracked Actor since the release of their incredible debut album Iconoclast (via hellosQuare recordings) in early 2015.

After touring in support of the album the band returned in early 2016 with the Duo EP, a stripped-down collection from members Sebastian Field and Matt Lustri.

Now to round out the year the band joins the Feral family for a new EP, Upstructures. Revolving around the title track – taken from Iconoclast – the EP features previously unheard material, plus remixes from Feral cohorts Broken Chip and 0point1.

All the elements which made us fall in love with their music are still intact; the razor sharp song writing, lush arrangements, and glistening vocal melodies.

We are extremely excited to help the band bring this latest offering into the world. Listen via the player below, or head over to the Feral store to download here

The Clairaudience album – ten years and 10,000 miles in the making

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clairaudiencealbumart-1-2 Just released is the debut full-length album for Clairaudience. Based in Brooklyn but hailing from Australia, Europe and Rhode Island, this four-piece (Caroline Jumpertz, Danny Jumpertz, Franzi Szymkowiak and Heidi Patalano), has been recording and gigging in NYC for over three years. Recorded with engineer Abe Seiferth (Yeasayer, Eleanor Friedberger) between 2014 and 2016 at Transmitter Park Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the album is a follow up to 2015’s acclaimed cassette/download EP Sun Damage.

Clairaudience formed in Sydney in 2006. Caroline and Danny emigrated to the USA in 2010 launching a new lineup with the additions of New York based multi-instrumentalists Heidi (guitar, bass, vocals) and Franzi (Moog, guitar, bass, vocals). Fellow Australian Kerrii Cavanagh stepped in on bass guitar, appearing on the Sun Damage EP, but relocating back to Oz soon after, leaving the band as a 4 piece.

The release was delayed due to the unexpected collapse of Feral Media’s distributor Fuse Music and is the first instalment in our relationship with UK-based music company State 51. The album is available on CD and download via our Bandcamp store, and is streaming on Spotify, Napster, Apple Music, Soundcloud and many other corners of the internet.