Heavy Harm is the third EP

Extended play

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 by Australian rock band Papa Vs Pretty

Papa VS Pretty

Papa Vs Pretty is an ARIA-nominated Australian rock band from Sydney, New South Wales. Originally the solo act of then 15-year old Thomas Rawle in 2006, Papa Vs Pretty became its current three-piece band in 2008 with the addition of Rawle’s friends Angus Gardiner and Tom Myers Papa Vs Pretty is...

. The album was recorded at Albert Studios in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia. It was produced by Australian musician and Something For Kate

Something for Kate

Something for Kate are a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman and bassist Stephanie Ashworth...

 frontman Paul Dempsey

Paul Dempsey

Paul Dempsey is the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of Australian rock group Something for Kate. Paul was a founding member of the band, and in August 2009 released his first solo album, Everything Is True whilst continuing his work with Something for Kate...

 in Sydney, and was mixed by Dempsey and Rick Will. The album was released by EMI

EMI

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's subsidiary label Peace & Riot in Australia on 13 August 2010, and was officially launched at a sold-out headline show at Sydney's Spectrum on 28 August. The first single, title-track "Heavy Harm", was added to national rotation on Triple J

Triple J

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 radio in June 2010, and in July, an animated music video for the song by Melbourne design studio We Are Synapse was released online, and added to rotation on Rage

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 and Channel V

Channel V Australia

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. Second single "Wrecking Ball" was added to Triple J national rotation in December 2010 and was named "Single of the Week" by iTunes Store

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 Australia, on 22 December 2010. In late January 2011 an official music video for "Wrecking Ball", directed by Guy Verge Wallace and depicting life-size clay animation

Clay animation

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, was released online.

A special pre-order

Pre-order

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 package was made available for JB Hi-Fi

JB Hi-Fi

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 customers online, including a signed copy of the EP and a limited edition poster. Album artwork was created by Melbourne design studio We Are Synapse. All tracks were written by Thomas Rawle.

Track listing

Personnel

• Thomas Rawle - guitar, vocals, keyboards, songwriting
• Angus Gardiner - bass, vocals, keyboards, violoncello
• Tom Myers - drums, vocals

Additional personnel

• Paul Dempsey
  Paul Dempsey
  Paul Dempsey is the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of Australian rock group Something for Kate. Paul was a founding member of the band, and in August 2009 released his first solo album, Everything Is True whilst continuing his work with Something for Kate...
  
  - producer (all tracks), mixer (tracks 4 & 6)
• Rick Will - mixer (tracks 1, 2, 3 & 5)
• Reyne House - engineer
• Michelle Barry - engineer
• Anthony Laing - engineer
• Simon Struthers - mastering
• Dave May (for We Are Synapse) - art direction and design

External links

• Papa Vs Pretty official website