Batrider are a difficult beast to pin down: just when you think you’ve got a song pegged, it lurches violently in another direction. Just when you’re used to Sarah Chadwick’s abrasive yet melodic vocals dominating a track, her voice is subsumed under a dark wave of guitar noise. Some critics have de...
Having first survived the relocation process from New Zealand to Melbourne and then got through a serious line-up change, Batrider have confirmed the release of their debut Australian album and a national tour. Tara is available on Saturday 4 August, and will come with an acoustic album – Pink Guita...
With each song Batrider go to the edge and hang there, the fury of the band’s sound holding them above the precipice that permanently lurks in the lyrics of vocalist Sarah Chadwick. The key to defying this emotional gravity is the various phrases that the singer pulls from the narrative, fastening o...
When Batrider finally launched their debut Australian EP, ‘They Said You’re Hideous’, at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club earlier this year, it was clear the band had grown tired of the disc’s well-worn material. After all, the EP was released in New Zealand over two years ago, and by the time Batr...
Having recorded an album in their native NZ, Batrider made an immediate impact on the Melbourne scene, assaulting unsuspecting locals with their unforgiving live shows and confrontational artwork. They Said Your Hideous culls six tracks from their previous album and marks Batrider’s first Australian...
A hangover can’t slow Sarah Chadwick down. Sitting in a North Fitzroy café, fittingly on Anzac Day, the singer and rhythm guitarist for New Zealand expatriates Batrider pushes a 3pm breakfast to one side and coaxes more tea from the pot. Chadwick and her bandmates – guitarist Julia McFarlane, drummer Tara Wilcox and bassist Toby Morris – were out drinking with friends till 6am following the successful Melbourne launc...
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