The REELS: New-Wave ElectroRock SynthPop from Australia - songs, video clips, albums

The REELS
- Melancholy New-Wave Electro-Rock SynthPop

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Formed in Dubbo in 1976, disbanded 1991, reformed 2007. Initially the Reels apparently styled themselves in reaction to 'dark/heavy' fashion and made upbeat music with a ska-pop emphasis while adorned in bright moddish clothes. However, they became best known for their most melancholic and hauntingly bleak music. The mournful tale of alienation, Quasimodo's Dream (1981) was voted as a "Top 10 Australian song of all time" by the Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) in 2001. It has a cinematic gothic-styled story video - see it in the youtube playlist below. The album of the same name was listed in a 2010 book as one of the top 40 Australian albums of all time. The Reels had top 10 success with covers of This Guy's in Love With You and their slowed down icey synth-based version of Bad Moon Rising; featured in the soundtrack for the horror movie Howling III. In 1988 vocalist David Mason appeared as a transgender prisoner in the acclaimed Australian dystopian suspense film Ghosts... of the Civil Dead, in which he co-starred with Nick Cave (a co-author of the movie script).

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VIDEOS / SONGS

This Youtube playlist features numerous videos &/or songs. To view & move about the full list click on the word 'playlist' at the top left of the video screen.