An Empty Flight

An Empty Flight - band

An Empty Flight
Formed by four high school mates as they started university, An Empty Flight was an alternative rock band from Sydney, Australia.
Josh Pyke, Dougal Phillips, Daniel Whaite and Angus Cameron brought a myriad of different influences to the rehearsal room - everything from the glam hair metal of the 80s through to the grunge revolution of the 90s - as they worked on sculpting their own sound.
After a number of years playing under the moniker Phloem (a band name that no one could spell or pronounce), and enjoying the support of a loyal undergraduate fan base from the Manning Bar band comp (Sydney University), An Empty Flight was born in 2001.
An Empty Flight promised to be more focused, more professional and less 90s.
Art vs Commerce EP
An Empty Flight released their debut EP “Art vs Commerce” in May 2002 featuring the singles Equations of the Fallout and The Winter Song. Art vs Commerce was produced by ARIA award winning producer Paul McKercher (Augie March, You Am I, Motorace) and received critical acclaim and high rotation on Triple J during 2002. The film clip for Equations of the Fallout was produced by James Littlemore (PNAU, Motorace) and was played on rage and Channel V as well as various pub jukeboxes on Sydney’s northern beaches.
Live shows
An Empty Flight supported some impressive names in rock (usually before those bands were really famous). Undoubtedly the career highlight for this fledging four piece was opening for the Foo Fighters at the UNSW Roundhouse in 1998. All the band members had tickets to the show already (being massive fans) and were only told on the day of the concert that the opening slot was theirs. Being able to list the Foo Fighters on the band bio likely opened some doors for the group.
An Empty Flight also opened for Blink-182 and The Living End at Coyotes in Caringbah in 1997 - a ridiculously good line up for a 250-person venue. The boys were schooled on perfecting a punk show on no sleep and copious quantities of vodka, and gained some fans along the way. Other highlights included supporting Grinspoon, Frenzal Rhomb, Peabody, Front End Loader and Flyspeak.
Night Hour and Josh Pyke
Despite supporting these big names and receiving radio support, An Empty Flight struggled to maintain consistency in building its fan base. Eventually the hard slog of the road took its toll and one of the founding members Dougal decided to leave to pursue other interests. At the same time, while working on new An Empty Flight material (released as an internet-only EP called Hype Kills Music Kills Hype), Josh successfully applied for a grant from the Australia Council to remix a number of his own demo recordings to be released as an EP Current Works Volume 1, under the name of Night Hour. The lead track, 'Kids Don't Sell Their Hopes So Fast' received wide-ranging radio airplay on Triple J and various community radio stations. An Empty Flight was put on indefinite hiatus to allow Josh to focus on this new direction. Rumours of a reunion tour in early 2017 have yet to be confirmed.
http://www.last.fm/music/An+Empty+FLight
http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/an-introduction-to-josh-pyke/773926
http://www.jplay.com.au/JSite/ViewArtist.aspx?ArtistID=3474

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