The Smoke are an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band formed in 2008 in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

Australia

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. They found acclaim with their debut album Blood Orange (2009), which was well-received by music critics. The band is composed of singer Dane Robertson, guitarist Luke Cartwright, drummer Ryan Ferguson and multi-instrumentalists Leigh and Daniel Mullens.

Blood Orange was recorded and produced by the band in their living room. The song Defeat Retreat was released in December 2008, and was quickly added to the playlist of Australian youth broadcaster Triple J.  It was named Single Of The Week in Rave and Beat magazines. Second single Sweet Spanish was named Single Of The Week by Inpress

Inpress

Inpress is a free weekly tabloid-sized music magazine that is released in Melbourne, Geelong and Mornington Peninsula areas of Victoria, Australia...

 Magazine's Clem Bastow and iTunes

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 Australia.

Following the release of the album, the band signed with The Harbour Agency and toured Australia's East coast. The Smoke are noted for their wild live show, with one reviewer describing Robertson's stage moves as a "Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....

-Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

-Zombie

Zombie

Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...

 hybrid."

The Smoke has been named as a main stage act at the Pyramid Rock Festival

Pyramid Rock Festival

The Pyramid Rock Festival is a New Year's Eve camp-out rock music festival at Pyramid Rock, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.Beginning in 2004, it runs over two nights with two stages - the Main Stage, and the Pharaoh's Annex...

in December 2009.

The band parted ways with Luke Cartwright early in 2010 and now go by the name of Black Fox.
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