British India emerged
from the fertile underbelly of Melbourne's independent music scene to take Australia
by storm in July 2007 with their acclaimed debut album Guillotine. As their songs
'Black & White Radio', 'Tie Up My hands', 'Run The Red Light' and 'Russian
Roulette' became arm-raising, air-punching anthems at venues and festivals across
the country, British India developed a hard-earned reputation for their explosive
live shows. They took out the 2007 AIR Award for Best New Independent Artist.
Exactly
one year later in July 2008 British India released their second album Thieves.
Thieves debut at No 5 in the ARIA Top 10 and demonstrated the band's growth, in
both popularity and as songwriters 'Thieves' featured the foot-stomping singles
'I Said I'm Sorry,' 'This Dance Is Loaded,' 'You Will Die And I Will Take Over'
and 'God Is Dead (Meet The Kids)', this earned the boys their first ARIA Award
nomination.
Well known for their explosive live shows, British
India are one of Australia's hardest working bands, having played over 300 gigs
in the past two years alone. They've smashed their way through several sell-out
tours and festivals like Big Day Out, Falls, Pyramid Rock, Southbound, Homebake
and Splendour In The Grass to name a few.
British India have
earned their place as the indie darlings of Australia's underground music scene
in more ways than one. Having resisted the temptation of the major record labels
the boys remain unsigned and more independent than ever before.
Their
3rd album 'Avalanche' released on May 2010 scored the boys their 2nd Top 10 debut
in 18 months, featuring one of the band's most popular tracks to date 'Vanilla'.
Jam packed with brilliant pop melodies, high-octane rock & roll, and the lyrical
genius of singer Declan Melia; Avalanche takes the garage pop which has characterized
British India's initial success to new heights.
'Vanilla'
released exclusively to triple j became the station's most popular download in
November and gave the boys their 3rd entry in triple J Hottest 100..' Avalanche
shows just how far British India have come and their rise will continue in 2011.

'Avalanche' is available now.