Unabashedly joyful and joyfully unapologetic on their self-titled album, The Stanleys deliver a concentrated dose of Australian Power Pop Delight! With the help of guest performers / producers Ken Stringfellow (REM, Big Star) and Michael Carpenter (king of Aussie Power Pop), Perth pop proponents Mark Di Renzo and Jamie Horsburgh, together with Oslo’s Tomas Dahl (Turbonegro, the Yum Yums), have created a debut LP crammed with catchy melodies, lush harmonies and crunching guitars that is as undeniable as it is arresting.
Born in 2010, making their live debut in Los Angeles in July 2011, The Stanleys have notched up hundreds of gigs around the globe including locales in the USA, Canada, UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithunania, Japan, China and Australia. They’ve played international festivals such as Summerfest, CMJ, the Orange County Fair, International Pop Overthrow (USA), NXNE (Canada), Positivus and Summer Sound Festivals (Latvia), crazy college frat parties, Chinese Hutongs and plenty of sweaty clubs around the world.
Written in Perth, recorded with Stringfellow in Paris and Andy Lawson in Perth (Tired Lion, Eskimo Joe), The Stanleys is an Aussie-flavoured Hilux full of non-stop upbeat melody, shout-along harmonies, crunchy guitars and bouncy beats. Outback sunshine captured on 2” tape, The Stanleys is guaranteed to supercharge your spirits!
Released in October 2017 via Spain’s Rock Indiana, USA’s Pop Detective and Australia’s Off the Hip Records, their masterful debut has received much critical acclaim across the globe being named in dozens of music journalist and radio DJs’ Top Albums of 2017.
Their 2019 Hoverboard Jousting Roller Derby inspired “Everybody Dance” music video has been loved in the world of YouTube and Spotify. Catch the Stanleys at 96fm’s Kickstart Summer concert before they jet back to the US and Europe for more dates in 2020.
Debut LP Ranked #92 in John M Borack’s book “Shake Some Action 2.0 – 200 GREATEST POWER POP ALBUMS 1970-2017” (Released Nov 18).
If there’s a better pure power pop album that’s been released in 2017, I’d like to hear it. In the meantime, I’d like to hear The Stanleys four or five more times. Album of the Year!
– Goldmine Magazine (US)
“Seriously: quit reading this right now and go buy it! Hands down, this is one of the three or four best power pop albums I’ve heard …You’ll be in heaven listening to The Stanleys”
– Faster and Louder (Norway)