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Nat Vazer

Nat Vazer[1] is an Australian singer-songwriter from Melbourne. Her debut album (LP), Is This Offensive and Loud?, was released in 2020 on Hotel Motel Records and was nominated for the 2020 Australian Music Prize.[2][3] Vazer was nominated Best Breakthrough Act at the 2020 Music Victoria Awards.[4]

Nat Vazer
Vazer in 2023
Background information
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active2018–present
Labels
  • Hotel Motel
  • Perpetual Doom
  • Bendigo Records
Websitewww.natvazer.com

Early life

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Nat Vazer was born in Melbourne, Australia in the State of Victoria, Australia. She is the daughter of Vietnamese and Malaysian immigrants. Vazer attended Wantirna College in Melbourne where she graduated as Dux and studied classical music at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. She wrote her debut album in 2018 while travelling around the outskirts of Toronto.[5][6]

Music career

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Vazer has been described by the magazine WithGuitars as "a warm, charismatic, and contemplative singer songwriter with a penchant for writing charmingly rebellious tunes about the ironies of everyday life".[7] Known to defy stereotypes, Vazer's music joins precise guitar melodies with "grungy yet blissful" vocals in "a mix of edgy, light and bubbly".[8]

"Keep Away from Parks" was Vazer's first single, released in January 2018 and written in reaction to an incident in which a police officer told her not go out at night nor without a man.[9] Her next single, the dream pop song "You're Winning Me Over", with a jangly guitar riff, is about reforming a relationship, and it was released in June.[9][10] This was followed in September by "Struggletown", a song addressing destructive modern behavior in a 9-to-5 environment, yet with an easygoing melody and more of a jazz or doo-wop feel (compared to her normal indie pop/pop rock genre).[11][12] Reviewing "Struggletown", James Alvarez of Get Some magazine praised Vazer's "haunting voice and an uncanny ear for Beach Boys melodies".[13]

Vazer's debut extended play, We Used to Have Real Conversations, was released 21 September 2018, containing the three preceding singles and also the songs "Privilege", "Restless", and "Summer Holiday".[14] "Privilege", about coming to awareness of white privilege, was itself released as a single in November and is inspired by the series Dear White People and the diaries of Kurt Cobain.[14] As of 2019, Vazer is signed to the Melbourne record label Hotel Motel.[15]

On 29 May 2020, Vazer released her debut LP Is This Offensive and Loud?, on Hotel Motel Records. The album was named in several best-albums-the-year lists including NME Australia and The Music and was nominated for the Australian Music Prize 2020. A limited edition cassette of the LP was also released on 30 October 2020 on Perpetual Doom Records based in Brooklyn, New York.

Discography

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Albums

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Title Details
Is This Offensive and Loud?
  • Released: May 2020[16]
  • Format: CD, LP, Cassette, digital download, streaming
  • Label: Nat Vazer, Hotel Motel Records (HOM0031LP), Perpetual Doom (PD006)
Strange Adrenaline
  • Released: October 2023[17]
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
  • Label: Nat Vazer, Bendigo Records (BR0001)

EPs

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List of EPs, with selected details
Title Details
We Used to Have Real Conversations
  • Released: October 2018
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming
  • Label: Inertia, Hotel Motel Records, Nat Vazer

Awards and nominations

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AIR Awards

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The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2024 Strange Adrenaline Best Independent Pop Album or EP Nominated [18]
This Much Talent for Nat Vazer Strange Adrenaline Independent Publicity Team of the Year Nominated

Music Victoria Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2020 herself Best Breakthrough Act Nominated [19][20]

Australian Music Prize

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Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2020 Is This Offensive and Loud? Australian Music Prize Nominated [21]
2023 Strange Adrenaline Australian Music Prize Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Edward R. 'Body Corporate' Launch with Natalie Vazer & No Local". thegasometerhotel.com.au. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Australian Music Prize".
  3. ^ "Australian Music Prize 2020: Tame Impala and DMA'S among first round of nominees | NME Australia". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. ^ Imbruglia, Laura (10 November 2020). "Music Victoria Awards Artist Line up + Channel 31 Partnership announced! | Music Victoria". Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Melbourne indie artist Nat Vazer wants the hard questions and "absolute truth"". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Features". www.air.org.au. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Nat Vazer will win you over with her new single, and debut EP announcement". withguitars.com. MiniEmpire. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  8. ^ Louise, Shae (4 October 2018). "Top five artists to check out at Birregurra Festival & Art Show". fortemag.com.au. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  9. ^ a b "The Matinee '18 June 29th". therevue.ca. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Nat Vazer Shares 'You're Winning Me Over'. "Strong, Confident, Sarcastic"". comeherefloyd.com. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  11. ^ Likoski, Steve (30 August 2018). "'Struggletown' by Nat Vazer". Eat This Music. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  12. ^ Yung, Ben (3 September 2018). "The Matinee '18 September 3rd". therevue.ca. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  13. ^ Alvarez, James (25 September 2018). "Nat Vazer's "Struggletown" is Nice & Warm, Beach Rock Goodness". getsomemagazine.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  14. ^ a b "New Nat Vazer Single "Privilege" + Touring with Lime Cordiale!". thepartae.com. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  15. ^ Heyman, Martin (30 January 2019). "Farmer & The Owl festival introduces Record Room". The Music Network. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  16. ^ Lockett, Mac (27 May 2020). "Nat Vazer - Is This Offensive And Loud?". Sungenre. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  17. ^ Radbourne, Lucas (5 October 2023). "Nat Vazer's Strange Adrenaline is so exceptional that you'll instantly wanna share it". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  18. ^ "2024 AIR Awards Nominees: Genesis Owusu, Cub Sport, RVG, Teen Jesus & More". The Music. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  19. ^ Imbruglia, Laura (8 October 2020). "Industry Awards Winners And Hall Of Fame Inductees Revealed + 2020 Music Victoria Awards Nominees Announced With Public Voting Now Open! | Music Victoria". Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  20. ^ "Sampa The Great Walks Off With a Stack of Music Victoria Awards". noise11. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  21. ^ "The Australian Music Prize 2019". The Soundmerch Australian Music Prize. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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