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Goodnight Owl
Genre: Pop, Electronic
Region: Melbourne, VIC
Members: Eddie Alexander
Sounds Like: Angus and Julia Stone, Postal Service, Whitley
Influences: Death cab for cutie, Cut copy, Bon Iver

Unearthed Artists We Like: Hazel Brown , The Moxie , Isaac de Heer , Seekae , Sleep Decade


EP LAUNCH SEPTEMBER 4TH- EMPRESS HOTEL “Goodnight Owl write great literate pop songs in the modern way. Eddie and Joe’s arrangements are full of gorgeous synthetic detail and laptop bravado and are executed with a curious mix of confidence and fragility. They are a good band. ” -Nick Huggins (Producer of Whitley’s ‘The Submarine’, Seagull’s ‘Goodbye Weather’)

Goodnight Owl can lead the way in two directions, an embrace of the dawn, or an adventure into the dark. Make it what you will, Central Australian born Eddie Alexander has developed his song writing to take the listener on a journey lyrically and musically.

After attending university in 2007, he deferred in 2008 to create and develop what has become the basis for Goodnight Owl. Living away from friends and family in Melbourne, song writing became a way of controlling and channeling emotions such as anxiety, depression, homesickness, love and loss. These themes are apparent in each of the songs, but are undertones of the bright and melodic story told, one looking upon or reflecting on their past surroundings.

The development of Goodnight Owl’s sound was significantly inspired by the electronic work of Joe Walker. Eddie and Joe became best of friends in Alice Springs at the age of six, and re-connected at university. It became a weekly event for Eddie and Joe to cook dinner, develop the electronics for each song, with constant tea parties providing motivation for hard work and concentration. The songs began to form in an innovative way that combined elements of folk, pop, and electronic music, with soft obscurities that maintains the listeners attention unselfishly.

Goodnight Owl’s debut EP was recorded in November of 2008 with producer Nick Huggins, using a studio, a church, and a bedroom in the inner city suburbs of Melbourne. It’s now available through myspace.com/goodnightowl and i tunes, and is set to warm the winter in the woods.

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She Kept A Secret
rating:  4/5
Wow. Gorgeous, literate electro-pop soundscapes/stories. Its not saccharine at all, as the niche can get. Introspective, even dancey, in that sort of...
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Maps & Compasses
rating:  5/5
what the josh pyke!?!?




Maps & Compasses
rating:  5/5
i love this song. i love it when you have an instant connection with a song.




She Kept A Secret
rating:  4/5
this is the beautiful thing about the juke box. It's good to find stuff you want to take home. I think this is a grower and has a bit of Postal Servi...
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