Connecting a pool of influences that span both continents and generations, Radio Free Alice combines angular post-punk guitar riffs with earworm choruses to evoke a time when guitar bands dominated the airwaves. Immediate and arresting rock arrangements from the quartet meld with frontman Noah Learmonth’s distinctive voice, calling in comparisons to Ian Curtis and Robert Smith. With a rhapsodic swagger and an angular, guitar-driven sound, the Melbourne group emerged with an art school musical palette, painted from a suburban Australian canvas. This allure quickly took hold across European clubs and venues, and now sees Radio Free Alice on the cusp of breaking into America.
At the vanguard of a new wave of high-energy guitar rock and fast emerging as one of Australia’s most exciting young bands, Melbourne four-piece Radio Free Alice released their first two EPs, Radio Free Alice and Polyester.
With an operatic swagger and an angular, guitar-driven sound, the Melbourne group emerged with an art school musical palette, painted from a suburban Australian canvas. Immediate and arresting rock arrangements from the quartet meld with frontman Noah Learmonth’s distinctive yearning throaty vocal, harking to the stylings of Ian Curtis and Robert Smith. Guitars with clean tones and clever notes, melodic bass lines, urgent drum beats, and the occasional sax translate the band’s DIY recordings to an energetic, charismatic live show from the young quartet.
Following 2023 singles “Paris Is Gone” and “Look What You’ve Done,” which have received support from triple j, FBi, and 3RRR, the band have opened for The Killers, Royel Otis, Sorry, Django Django, High School, The Snuts and a sold out four-week residency at inner Melbourne’s Nighthawk. The band’s captivating live show saw them emerge from Brisbane’s BIGSOUND showcase and SXSW Sydney as one of the breakout artists for 2024, and backed up by NME, who included them in their NME 100 list for 2025.
