''Heavy Harm'' is the third EP by Australian rock band

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. The album was recorded at

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, Australia. It was produced by Australian musician and

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frontman

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in Sydney, and was mixed by Dempsey and Rick Will. The album was released by Peace & Riot in Australia on 13 August 2010, and was officially launched at a sold-out headline show at Sydney's Spectrum on 28 August. A special

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package was made available for

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customers online, including a signed copy of the EP and a limited edition poster. Album artwork was created by Melbourne design studio We Are Synapse. All tracks were written by Thomas Rawle.

Singles

The first single, title-track "Heavy Harm", was added to national rotation on

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radio in June 2010, and in July, an animated music video for the song by Melbourne design studio We Are Synapse was released , and added to rotation on

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and

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. Second single "Wrecking Ball" was added to Triple J national rotation in December 2010 and was named "Single of the Week" by

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Australia, on 22 December 2010. In late January 2011 an official music video for "Wrecking Ball", directed by Guy Verge Wallace and depicting life-size

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, was released .

Track listing

Personnel

*Thomas Rawle - guitar, vocals, keyboards, songwriting *Angus Gardiner - bass, vocals, keyboards, violoncello *Tom Myers - drums, vocals

Additional personnel

- producer (all tracks), mixer (tracks 4 & 6) *Rick Will - mixer (tracks 1, 2, 3 & 5) *Reyne House - engineer *Michelle Barry - engineer *Anthony Laing - engineer *Simon Struthers - mastering *Dave May (for We Are Synapse) - art direction and design

References

External links

Papa Vs Pretty official website
{{Authority control Alternative rock EPs Papa vs Pretty albums 2010 EPs Indie pop EPs EPs by Australian artists