''Post Paradise'' is the debut album by Australian band

The Holidays The Holidays are an Australian indie pop/soul band. Formed in Sydney in 2006, the band consists of Simon Jones, Will Magnus, Alex Kortt and Andrew Kerridge. Their debut album ''Post Paradise'' was nominated for an Australian Music Prize. Biogr ...

. In Australia, it was released on 24 September 2010, and in Japan in January 2011 on the Rallye Label. Among other accolades, The Holidays won the

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's Red Bull Award for Best Debut Album, as well as being shortlisted for the actual

. Recorded at home and self-produced, with additional recording and production at BJB Studios, Post Paradise was mixed at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne by Tony Espie and mastered by David Walker at Stepford Audio Melbourne. Recording began in September 2009, and was completed sporadically throughout most of 2010, finishing in June 2010. The first single from the album "

Moonlight Hours ''Moonlight Hours'' is the first single taken from Australian indie band The Holidays' debut album. It was released digitally in late 2009. Recorded at home and self-produced, with additional recording and production at BJB Studios with the hel ...

" was released in December 2009, followed by " Golden Sky" in May 2010 and Broken Bones upon the release of the album. A music video was made for all three tracks, and they all received solid airplay on Australian community radio stations and

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. The album has received positive reviews since its release, including "Album of the Week" in ''

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'', ''Beat Magazine'', ''The Brag'', and received 5 stars in ''BMA Mag'', 4.5 stars in ''

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'' as well as positive reviews in ''

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''. ''Post Paradise'' won Album of the Year in the EG Awards 2010, and was the

Feature Album for the week commencing 26 December 2010. It also won Best Debut Album in the

's Red Bull Award. The Holidays completed a national album tour following the release of ''Post Paradise'', in late September/early October 2010 in Australia. Fourth single "6am" was added to radio nationwide in early January 2011, whilst track "2 Days" was picked up by

in early 2011.

Track listing

iTunes/Japanese release bonus tracks

External links

Official website

MySpace

Liberation Music

References

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