The Audreys
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| The Audreys | |
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| Origin |  Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Blues & Roots |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Label(s) | ABC Roots/Warner Music Australia - Australia True North Records - US/Canada |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Taasha Coates Tristan Goodall Michael Green Lyndon Gray Toby Lang |
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The Audreys are an Australian five-piece blues/roots band who formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 2004.
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[edit] Biography
The pre-cursor to The Audreys started in Melbourne as a duo consisting of lead singer Taasha Coates and guitarist Tristan Goodall.[1] After dropping out of university in Adelaide, the two moved to Melbourne where they played original pop songs and slowed-down versions of 1980s songs.[1] An impromptu jam session with a bluegrass band inspired them to change direction from pop music to the folk and blues music they preferred, and the two moved back to Adelaide, where they formed The Audreys.[1]
The band's debut album Between Last Night And Us was released in February 2006, and featured the singles "Oh Honey", "You & Steve McQueen", "Banjo & Violin" and "Don't Change". Between Last Night And Us won the 2006 ARIA award for best Blues & Roots Album,[2] and its songs were used as the soundtrack for the 2007 ABC TV series, Rain Shadow.[3] Their second album, When the Flood Comes, was released in April 2008.[4]
The band have appeared at Australian festivals such as A Day on the Green, Woodford Folk Festival, Red Hill Harvest Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, The Great Escape, The East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, Southbound, Mossvale Music Festival, Great Southern Blues & Rockabilly Festival, The Falls Festival and the Adelaide leg of the Big Day Out in 2007.[5] They have also toured overseas, including shows in Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Russia.[6] In a homage to the bands' roots and in response to the positive reception of their cover of INXS's "Don't Change", the original duo of Goodall and Coates play a different cover song on each night of The Audreys' tour.[7]
[edit] Members
The band members are:
- Taasha Coates - vocals, melodica, harmonica, ukelele
- Tristan Goodall - resophonic, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo
- Michael Green - violin, lap steel, vocals
- Lyndon Gray - double bass, vocals
- Toby Lang - drums, vocals
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Between Last Night And Us (2006)
- When the Flood Comes (2008) AUS#20
[edit] EPs
- You & Steve McQueen (2005)
[edit] Singles
- "Oh Honey"
- "You & Steve McQueen"
- "Banjo & Violin"
- "Don't Change"
- "Paradise City"
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Zuel, Bernard. "The Audreys", The Age, 2 November 2006. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ^ "ARIA award winners", The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October 2006. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ^ News. The Audreys (28 September 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ New album, tour for The Audreys. Oz Music Scene (13 March 2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ About us. The Audreys. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ^ Ashley, Sarah. "Live music: The Audreys", The Deep End, ABC Radio National, 28 July 2006. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ^ Browne, Sally. "Wind in their sails", The Courier-Mail, 26 May 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
