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The Getaway Plan return with their first album in
four years – the fan-funded Dark Horses.
F or The Getaway Plan to be releasing
music in 2015 is quite a feat. First off,
they actually broke up in 2009,
reconvening the original line-up in 2011 to
release Requiem. Four years on, they’ve again
reinvented themselves with a new line-up, and a
whole new way of existing – far from relying on
record company budgets and negotiating the
notorious vagaries of the industry, they’ve
become their own cottage industry. Dark Horses
was financed by fans, and they’ve done all the
work around the release – the artwork, the
website, merchandise design, everything but
the kitchen sink – pretty much by themselves.
Sitting down over coffee in inner Melbourne
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one bright winter afternoon, lead singer Matt
Wright and guitarist Clint Ellis admit they have
been “stressed out of their minds” with all
the work required, above and beyond making
music, to get an album released – but they’re
comfortable enough doing it. “All the fans
want is a Getaway Plan album: that’s an easy
transaction for us, we make the best record that
we can,” says Ellis.
Wright agrees, saying that while the band
did have offers from record companies, they
ultimately decided to go their own way with
Dark Horses. “We knew there would come a
point where we wouldn’t see eye-to-eye with
these people, because they were in corporate
land, “ he says. “It once seemed like magic,
what labels did: you take away the curtain and
ok, there is a bit of work to do … but ultimately,
you don’t need a record label.“
Dark Horses is only the band’s third full-
All the fans want is a Getaway
Plan album: that's an easy
transaction for us
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