Artist info
Genre
Electronic, Indie, Pop
Sounds like
James Blake, Nick Murphy fka Chet Faker, D.D.Dumbo, Foals, Jarryd James, Ben Howard, Jack Garratt
band members
Brayden Sibbald
Influences
Foals, Bon Iver, Ben Howard, Vampire Weekend, Alt J
Bio
Inspired by the lush natural surrounds of his regional hometown, Sibbald crafts tracks using a mix of beats, synths, loops, samples, guitars and his rare Buckley-esque vocals.
His textured, expansive and emotion-rich sound has been compared to the likes of James Blake, Nick Murphy, Foals, Jarryd James and D.D.Dumbo.
Picking up the guitar in high school, Sibbald started out writing acoustic folk music, performing solo and with his band Needing Cherie. His talents were quickly noticed, taking out two songwriting gongs at the WAM Song of The Year awards in the folk category, and being booked to play Groovin the Moo and Fairbridge Festival. Sibbald also unanimously won a local competition to play the main stage at Southbound festival alongside acts like Peking Duk and Tash Sultana.
Fast forward a few years and Sibbald has matured and developed sonically, utilising synths, beats and other electronic instruments to create a dark contemporary sound. The title track from Float racked up more that 250K streams on Spotify in just two months, as well as a feature on Richard Kingsmill's show. His follow up single 'Compass' was signed to Danny Harley's (The Kite String Tangle) label Exist Recordings.
2020 has been a wild ride, but it started well for Brayden with a supporting slot for Aus indie heavy-weights The Temper Trap, and played alongside Lime Cordiale and North East Party House.
Unearthed in 2020

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Review
Wow, Brayden! You've stepped right into your element with that production and you sound better than ever. Your voice dips into this crystal glow and it's just divine to hear. The energy reminds me of artists like Chet Faker and Matt Corby and it's super catchy too.
Wow, Brayden! You've stepped right into your element with that production and you sound better than ever. Your voice dips into this crystal glow and it's just divine to hear. The energy reminds me of artists like Chet Faker and Matt Corby and it's super catchy too.
Review
listening to 'Changing Faces' is like being a musical voodoo doll, feeling every emotional gut-punch, gorgeous vocal and vulnerable lyric that Brayden expertly assembled.
listening to 'Changing Faces' is like being a musical voodoo doll, feeling every emotional gut-punch, gorgeous vocal and vulnerable lyric that Brayden expertly assembled.
Review
brayden is poised and emboldened all in one on this new song. it strikes exactly when it should and that's a mighty good quality, to know when to pull the trigger.
brayden is poised and emboldened all in one on this new song. it strikes exactly when it should and that's a mighty good quality, to know when to pull the trigger.