Artist info
Genre
Indie, Pop
Sounds like
Holly Throsby, Camera Obscura, Feist
band members
Melissa Tickle, Patrick Elliott, Kirsty Tickle and Miro Mackie.
Influences
Beach House, the beatles, Sufjan Stevens
Website
Bio
Brisbane atmospheric indie-pop band Little Scout are back in the studio writing and recording their second album. The band rounded off an incredible 18 months by supporting First Aid Kit (SWE) and Belle and Sebastian (UK) in Brisbane. Consistently in demand, the four-piece played alongside the likes of The New Pornographers (CAN), Camera Obscura (UK), Big Scary, Sally Seltmann andClare Bowditch, while recording their debut album with Sydney wunderkindJonathan Boulet in his garage in Sydney. Produced by Scott Bromiley of The John Steel Singers, Little Scout released Take Your Light in August of 2011 and generated critical acclaim from local media. First single We Are Walking Out received play on community radio stations and national youth broadcaster triple j, and prompted an east-coast tour with Sydney band Parades. Prior to the release of Little Scout’s debut album, the band independently released two EPs, The Dead Loss EP (2008) and Different in the Distance (2009). The band was named as one of triple j’s ‘Next Crop’ artists in late-2008, and made the state finals of MTV’s Kickstart competition in the same year. In 2009 Little Scout toured the east coast with Belles Will Ring and Philadelphia Grand Jury, and shortly after they jumped on board a regional Queensland tour with Josh Pyke. The band has also played alongside Jens Lekman (SWE), Holly Throsby, The Middle East, The John Steel Singers and Cloud Control.
Little Scout has emerged as fresh purveyors of fine pop music with a touch of fragility. With the help of a triangle, casio beat and a tamborine, the band took to the bright lights of the stage in May 2008.
Can you tell us how you developed your sound?
We started out really simple, with all of our songs coming from acoustic guitar to piano. The sound has expanded as we introduced more people and more of a solid rhythm section.
So Little Scout, cute name, how'd it come about?
Pat came up with it on a whim, and the words sound nice together. We like to think it reflects our sound – brave and happy, but also reflecting that feeling of being lost in the woods without a compass.
You only got together a few months ago, what were you doing before this?
We spent a lot of time singing joke songs and playing Sufjan Stevens covers in Mel's lounge room and having a career crisis upon finishing uni. We also all spent a lot of time playing the wrong instruments in other bands, usually instruments we weren't very good at that left us frazzled and confused at practice. One of our members had a brief stint as a piano accordian player, although the lack of tartan ultimately led to their downfall.
Two of you are sisters, what's that like?
Highly convenient, and generally pretty glorious. The Tickle sisters tease their band brothers a lot.
What's coming up in the future?
Hmm... lots and lots of shows, more bad dancing, and hopefully a tour very shortly. We have a million new songs racing around our heads so we would love to record another EP and tour it early 2008.
Australian music is?
Full of surprises, and freaking amazingly dynamic and fun. The amount of sweet bands there are in Australia is infinite.
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I really like a lot of things about this song. It starts modestly, but the Melissa's voice hooks you in. It kinda builds, then drifts away, then builds again. But never crashes in which you kind of expect. Unpredictable is a good word for this song.
I really like a lot of things about this song. It starts modestly, but the Melissa's voice hooks you in. It kinda builds, then drifts away, then builds again. But never crashes in which you kind of expect. Unpredictable is a good word for this song.
