NEW SHOW! – Firstly we’d like to say that E37 are proud to announce the first “Alcatraz” rock night at the new rock club in St Kilda, The GH. Formerly (The Greyhound)
Thursday October the 13th will see the beginning of what we believe to quickly become one of Melbourne’s flagship rock nights. Joining us for the evening will be the one and lonely “I Am Duck Eye”.
This show hasn’t been officially announced, but keep you eyes out as the promo hits the wall next week. This venue is seriously of f the chain folks, well worth a look.

CREEPSHOW 2011. – This night last year was more exciting than trying to catch a giant porcupine in a balloon factory. This year it will be bigger again, and we’ve given the porcupine lines of K (and if you can guess what we will be wearing, I’ll come to your place and hand feed you grapes – Casey).
The DVD – is getting close to completion. If you were at the amazing gig we shot on the 28th May at the Evelyn, then don’t you worry. You’re in it.

HAVE IT ALL FILM CLIP. – For those of you that missed out, the film clip for ‘Have It All’ is the next project in the tube once we put the DVD to bed. We’re looking at a Mid Nov launch.
Thanks so much for everyone’s help with all of the above… fun times ahead…

E37 Crew.

Its also the first time Engine have played in Adelaide so its sure to be and epic night.

So get you tix now.

The final shots are up in the gallery!

The new website is up and running. We will be tweaking it over the next week or so. Hope you like it!

Like something out of a movie, the journey of Engine Three Seven so far is a moving tale. A group of small-town boys move to the big city and, unperturbed by the bright lights and plentiful distractions, they quickly become one of Australia’s most promising up and coming bands…

A couple of years ago when I first met Engine Three Seven and saw them live, I was mesmerized by their captivating presence and technical performance, absolutely befuddled at how many musical hooks and melodies they managed to lace into every song. And all of this from four of the friendliest, most down to earth lads one could ever wish to know. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen Engine Three Seven perform, but gig after gig, as impossible as it seems, they seem to keep getting better. This performance was no exception. In fact, I have never witnessed a performance quite like it.

Stepping into the busy venue, the space seemed energised. It became evident quite quickly that this night was different, that there was a closeness between everyone present and an underlying shared emotion. Engine Three Seven lost a very dear friend only the day before, who many of us knew, a beautiful young woman by the name of Emma. Everybody at The Evelyn seemed to know of this, and to understand that the shared emotion was loss, with an overwhelming sense of love and appreciation for one another – the night was dedicated to her.

Engine Three Seven kicked off their set with Easy Graceful Descent, with their emotion shown through the intensity of their performance and connection with the crowd. It was difficult not to be pulled in by the band’s presence. Next up was Automatic Everything and the audience bounced along while rocking out with them – most also singing at the top of their lungs. Then onto their new EP’s namesake, Atmosphere and Battle Line Breath, which drew out emotional responses from many in the audience with the slower melodies and crescendo laden choruses.

They followed with Erasure and Adults Only, and the intensity seemed to build even more when they began their crowd pleaser Cops – frontman Casey Dean spoke candidly between songs about their loss, friends called out from the crowd saying that Emma was there, she was watching, and the emotion broke through, cutting Casey off and left what was obvious unsaid. The band prepared to play Have It All as Casey invited singer Ezekiel Ox (Over-Reactor, Mammal, Full Scale) to join him on stage. The two belted out the song in unison, Ox doing it justice with a signature high-energy performance. An avalanche of power as they both bounced off each other, metaphorically grabbing the audience by the scruff of the neck.

They ended with the brilliant Hysterical Hysteria. Casey spoke before the song began, unable to complete what he’d started to say… “This is a song about a girl I met in Byron and…” he said, not finishing the sentence. He didn’t need to.

It was one hell of a night with one audience member mentioning that it was his first time seeing Engine Three Seven live, that it was the most amazing live show he’d ever seen, and that they should be the biggest band in Australia. Agreed.
(For Emma)


Review by Lesha Pavlis

ENGINE THREE SEVEN Atmosphere

Boasting sinuous riffery, virtuoso bass-playing, a drummer with more chops than a Hong Kong kung fu flick, and the big, raspy throated prowess of Casey Dean, these ex-Byron boys deliver  A-grade heavy rock which melds all the prog flourishes that fans of ‘Vool, Dead Letter Circus and Cog flip over into their own quirky beast. Melodic, powerful and fresh, E37 are the new shit. Get in now!

FIVE STARS

ENGINE THREE SEVEN

Atmosphere (EP) (Independent)

Engine Three Seven are a real enigma. Forming in Byron Bay in 2004, and re-planting themselves in Melbourne in 2008 , they seam to have drawn influence  from each of these very disparate locales on each of the two EPs that they’ve so far released. The first self-titled EP was written before the relocation and reflects the softer, more sumptuous surrounds of that sun-drenched northern NSW coastal town. The sound is more folky, more acoustic, more ambient while still rocking out when it needs to.

This new EP Atmosphere – written and recorded since the relocation to the comparatively dark, hard and bleak atmosphere of hard rock loving Melbourne – is, unsurprising, harder and darker in tone, with the acoustic guitars having almost disappeared. Double kick drumming is more prominent. The guitars bite harder. It’s more ‘prog’. The influence of the surroundings of the artist may be more of a subconcious thing in most cases, but here it is undeniable.

However, that’s not to say there’s not plenty of the EP’s title taking up residence within the grooves of Atmosphere. There is, in fact, shitloads of atmosphere. That’s one of the long list of elements that make Engine Three Seven so damn good; the ambience amid the hard alternative rock. They possess a sound that’s indefinable, as they’re like nothing else going on right now. And one gets the very strong feeling that this is exactly the way they like it – likewise for their growing hoards of fans.

The true scope, however, of Engine Three Seven’s sound probably won’t be fully realised or appreciated until they release a full album. As is so often the case, a six-track EP simply isn’t enough. At the Moment, we will have to satiate ourselves with seeing them live and loud (where they go extremely hard) and hanging out for their debut long-player. Which hopefully won’t be too far away.

ROD WHITFIELD