Bombs Away is an Australian DJ vocal and producer duo consisting of Matthew and Thomas Coleman. They are best known for their top 40 2012 single "

Party Bass "Party Bass" is a song recorded by Australian DJ vocal and producer duo Bombs Away featuring The Twin. The song was released digitally in November 2012 and remixes followed. The song peaked at number 25 on the Australian ARIA Charts and was cer ...

Career

Matthew and Thomas Coleman were born on the Gold Coast, Australia, before relocating to

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early in their adult lives. They released their debut single " Big Booty Bitches" in 2010. The song reached number 3 on the Beatport Electro Top 100. and has been viewed more than 3 million times on YouTube, The song was certified gold in 2013. Their follow-up single "Swagger" was released in early 2011 and received national airplay on the Nova Network and the

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. Bombs Away's third single "

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" was released in September 2011 and was certified platinum in 2012. In March 2012, they released a collaboration with DJ Kronic, titled "Looking for Some Girls", which reached number 7 on the ARIA Club Chart. Bombs Away's fifth single, "Get Stoopid", a collaboration with Seany B (the performer of the TV Rock single " Flaunt It"), was released in late 2012, and reached number 1 on the ARIA Club Chart and was ranked number 27 in the Top 50 Club Tracks of 2012 on the ARIA Charts. The majority of the film clip for "Get Stoopid" was filmed on the streets of Surfers Paradise, and featured cameo appearances from The Twins and DJ Kronic. "

" was released in 2012 and peaked at number 25 on the ARIA Charts and was certified platinum. At the

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, the song was nominated for ARIA Award for Song of the Year. "

Drunk Arcade "Drunk Arcade" (subtitled Back Back Forward Punch) is a song recorded by Australian DJ vocal and producer duo Bombs Away featuring The Twin. The song was released digitally on 10 May 2013. Upon release the record label said "If you grew up playi ...

" debuted at number 15 on the ARIA Dance Singles Chart. The duo's original release "Assassinate", released in July 2013, reached number 4 on the Beatport Electro Release chart on 1 August. In June 2018 Bombs Away released their debut studio album, ''Fragments'', which included the singles "Like You", "Let You Down", "Before We Had a Label" and "Drive Me Home". In July 2021, group member Matthew "Sketch" Coleman, announced his departure from the duo, announcing that he was departing from centre stage within the Australian music industry as a touring artist. However Sketch announced he is not entirely leaving the music industry, but instead further focusing on ventures in event management, the most known being the Schoolies end of year festivals on the Gold Coast.

Discography

Albums

Extended Play

Singles

Notes

References

External links

Official Bombs Away website
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