Artist:Brayden Sibbald

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 ...