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The Belligerents

brisbane based Indie band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 17, 2022
Entity authorityQ109238009
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The Belligerents are a five-piece indie band from Brisbane. They came to prominence winning a spot to play at Parklife in Brisbane in September 2012.

The band released their debut album, the 11-track Science Fiction in 2017, recorded in a farmhouse on Stradbroke Island. They released a single "Emily" four years later.

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