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Artist:Shining Bird

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  • Indie
Illawarra, NSW

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    Shining Bird first came together in 2012 as a studio project to release their debut EP Shade of the Sea. The following year they filled out to a live band and signed to Spunk Records to release their debut album 'Leisure Coast'. Recorded in their home of Austinmer on the NSW south coast, the released received widespread acclaim for its unique brand of Australian pop. It earned Album of the Week on ABC Radio National and received strong reviews from publications such as Rolling Stone and The Sydney Morning Herald. To follow it up the band entered the studio with Tim Whitten (The Go-Betweens, Hoodoo Gurus) behind the mixing console. At the same time, Shining Bird keyboardist Russell Webster who had engineered and produced the debut album remained on production duties. Once again the album was widely acclaimed upon its release in 2016, winning FBi Radio SMAC Awards for both Album of the Year and Song of the Year (x 2 for "Rivermouth" & "Helluva Lot"). Following the release of the ...

    Members

    Dane - Vocals & Guitars
    Russ - Keyboards
    Al - Guitars
    Strat – Bass
    Quirke - Drums
    Katesy - Percussion
    Slats - Sax

    Sounds Like

    The Triffids, The Go-Betweens, The Church

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