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. The Open Season toured nationally numerous times. In 2005, only days after releasing their demos online, the band signed with label Pee Records and released an EP, ''Chase''. The EP debuted at no 1 on the SA Real Music Charts (AWESAM) and sold out of its first pressing within a few weeks. Tracks from ''Chase'' and ''Before We Start'' have received airplay on Nova FM and Australian national youth radio station

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. With an explosive and impressive live show, the band gained much respect from local and interstate punters, critics and artists alike. Local dB magazine said in regards to a live show they played "Pleasant surprise number one: Adelaide's own The Open Season. Despite the fact that I love their debut CD-EP 'The Chase', I'd only managed to check the guys out live once before, and a horrible mix at Fowler's left me disappointed with their live show. Tonight, however, with a crisp mix blasting out of the Uni Bar front of house, The Open Season proved themselves impressively tight and entertainingly energetic. This band is ace; if you like a bit of emo and you aren't into local music yet, buy 'Chase' and get down to an Open Season show. Now. " BLUNT magazine noted "The Open Season really seem to know what they're doing, and what they're doing is leading a substantial change." In an interview with dB magazine, The Open Season talked of how the band formed "I was surprised at their youth, given their accomplished and solid sound. I'd assumed they'd have been older, or at least had some sort of serious Adelaide band credentials. "Well, nothing really that established,' McGrath shrugs when I ask whether they'd been in previous groups. "We're only, like, 21, but with Damo lattery the bass player, we had been in a pop-punk band called Too Many Malcolms. Then we started a band called Open Season, but that fell through and we just recycled the name. And Travis right, drumsand Jeremy ryst, guitarhad been in a few things, but I don't know if they'd actually played shows. We just started out a three-piece - I'd met Trav probably a year before we started jamming properly - and we tried to get a few songs together and then decided we should get a second guitar player, so Jez came in." The band released a second EP, ''Before We Start'' on 13 June 2007 on Pee Records. With the release of ''Before We Start,'' the band gained some international presence. DIE SHELLSUIT, DIE! Magazine, UK noted "The "sound" to The Open Season is a big honking major label style slickness....."Blinded By Tradition" could break the UK Top 40 if it had the right backing. It's that certain amount of mass appeal mixed with an underground edge to it that could make it a winner". The Open Season played their last official show on Friday 29 February 2008 at Fowlers Live in

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Discography

Albums/EPs

* ''Chase'' — Pee Records (PCD007) (2005) * ''Before We Start'' — Pee Records (PCD018) (13 June 2007)

Demos

* ''Demo'' — Pee Records (2004)

References

External links

Myspace SitePee RecordsThe Open Season on Mp3.com.auThe Open Season
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