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Set the controls for the heart of the swamp and slam your brain into neutral because Shadow Prophet has arrived. They burst on to the underground music scene in Orange with blistering performances at the 2006 Battle of the Bands and a legendary set at the Vic Hotel, which bent then finally snapped the minds of the capacity crowd. Shadow Prophet is the bastard child of Ben Crosby (guitars and vocals), Mick Swift (bass), Harry Mills (guitars and vocals) and Alex Jaspers (pizza and drums). They met at Harry’s pyschadelicatessen and cover a range of musical influences that reference the past without reviving it according to Ben. Ben goes on in his typically concise and articulate manner to state that to go forwards you have to go backwards and it’s simple but not easily digestible. These paradoxes are second nature to Shadow Prophet who list among their influences Margaret Thatcher and Bruce Lee (who makes special guest appearances at gigs in the ashtray). All gimmicks aside Shadow