Skipping Girl Vinegar

In amongst the madness and fervor that has been the last four years, Melbournian five-piece Skipping Girl Vinegar have become one of Australia’s most talked about bands. Comprising of brother/sister duo Mark and Sare Lang and their respective childhood friends Chris Helm, Amanthi Lynch & Kelly Lane, their debut single One Chance was the Australian iTunes ’single of the week’, added to high-rotation on Triple J and championed by major alternative and ABC radio nationwide. The accompanying animated clip for ‘One Chance’ also received critical acclaim with Rage featuring it as their first ever ‘indie clip of the week’ and JTV featuring it as their “new clip of the week” before it then charted in their Top 20. They were highlighted in Triple J’s Oz Music month as a ‘next crop’ artist.
Following the success of One Chance and with the release of their debut album pending, Skipping Girl Vinegar were offered some serious six figure major label & indie offers to release the album in Australia. They made the decision to maintain their independent route at home and release via their own label Secret Fox & license the album in Australia to Melbourne label Popboomerang and MGM distribution. Released in Australia Sep 13th 2008, SGV’s debut album “Sift The Noise” is testament to the band’s obsession with melody, pop-hook, and the search to stretch their song craft. A dark, warm, organic record that reflects the environments and journey of the band it was received ecstatically by public and media alike.
Reviews across Australia were rapturous. Rip It Up Magazine in Adelaide and Rave Magazine in Brisbane both made the title track their respective ‘single of the week’ and press in Sydney, Melbourne and all other capitals were no less receptive. Drum Media called it “a classic pop sense that doesn’t get bogged in its own vision of itself” but Rip It Up Magazine were straight to the point: “In an age of downloads and ringtones, Skipping Girl Vinegar stand out from the pack”. JMAG and the Music Australia Guide (MAG) both gave the album 4.5 stars. The title track was added to high rotation on JJJ and ABC local radio nationwide in February 2009. The accompanying animated clip for ‘Sift the Noise’ also received critical acclaim with Rage featuring it as SGV's second ‘indie clip of the week’.
And so it has continued. SGV has played many of Australia's premier festivals including a packed tent at Splendour In The Grass 2010, The Falls Festival, Sunset Sounds, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Pyramid Rock, Newtown Festival, Northbridge Festival, Apollo Bay Music Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival. SGV have also supported the likes of The Lemonheads (USA), Something for Kate, Shout Out Louds (Sweden), Little Birdy, Missy Higgins, Angus & Julia Stone, Kate Miller-Heidke, Weddings Parties Anything (reunion tour) and many more.
Surfacing from the studio in January 2010 with a new single ‘One Long Week’, Skipping Girl Vinegar completed a Feb-March east coast tour and Victorian theatre run in its support. To celebrate Splendour in the Grass and an east coast tour Skipping Girl Vinegar released new single Wasted in July 2010. The track was added to Triple J rotation in the first week of its release & SGV were a featured artist in Triple J’s September magazine.
“Skipping Girl Vinegar have grown some hefty balls here, a thumping no nonsense party tune that gets a mighty sound from some very pared back instrumentation. They just pound the kick drum, fiddle about with some guitar distortion and sing along en masse for a whopping good result” – Wasted Single Review – Sept 2010 - Beat Magazine
Skipping Girl Vinegar is currently touring new single Wasted nationally and working on their anticipated second album due for release in May 2011.



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