{"id":74,"date":"2013-01-17T21:59:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T10:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebentlegs.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2013-01-17T21:59:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T10:59:39","slug":"who-are-the-bent-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thebentlegs.com\/index.php\/who-are-the-bent-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are ‘The Bent Legs’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formed during the naughties<\/em> when the world was becoming increasingly inward looking and fearful The Bent Legs came together to capture some of the mood and love of the time. Tunes banged out after midnight in the inner North. The drummer with a bung knee who would turn pale occasionally when the songs stopped. We kept playing late into the night, holding on, not knowing that all our lives were about to change.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>The Bent Legs are Craig Lawton, Jay O’Neill, Rob Martin and Niall Kennedy.<\/a><\/p>\n

A few years ago we started jamming in Brunswick. The tracks here<\/a> were laid down in Northcote and then they were almost lost amongst house moves, child-raising, breakups, operations and an almost deportation.<\/p>\n

Then late last year Vital Mastering in New York<\/a> took a stab at restoring and remixing the original takes. The resultant mixes were sent to Studios 301<\/a> in Sydney to be mastered by Steve Smart whose credits include Washington, You Am I, The Jezabels, Crowded House, The Living End, Midnight Oil, The Cruel Sea and Regurgitator<\/p>\n

And now you have a chance to listen The Bent Legs self-titled 5-track EP.<\/a><\/p>\n

During the next few weeks I’ll be updating the site with some funny stories about the recording sessions, the lyrics and some of the back-stories. Subscribe to this blog – ie. join the fan club – by entering your email address in the box in the right sidebar or alternatively follow on Facebook<\/a> or Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Followers, subscribers etc. will get access to a FREE<\/strong> acoustic live track during the next month so get on to it.<\/p>\n

There are many options for getting hold of the tracks so check out the Buy<\/a> page. And after you’ve listened to the songs, write some reviews because it helps us out and we also get to know what worked well.<\/p>\n

Chonk on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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