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Fergus Brown
Genre: Pop, Indie
Region: Sydney, NSW
Members: Fergus Brown - vox & guitars, Holly Austin - keys, Assorted Lonelies.
Sounds Like: Magnetic Fields, Cloud Control, Jens Lekman
Influences: randy newman, Dappled Cities, leonard cohen
Artist Website: www.myspace.com/fergusbrown

‘John, She Was Never Only Dancing’ is the first single from Fergus Brown’s upcoming debut album 'Burgers Frown'.

Sydney songwriter Fergus’s melodic guitar-pop is reminiscent of The Shins, Bon Iver and Ben Kweller, but he is equally aligned with the lyrical peculiarities of artists such as Randy Newman, Jonathan Richman, and The Magnetic Fields.

His debut record 'Burgers Frown' is a collection of sometimes quirky, sometimes tender, love songs. Musicians on the record include Producer Tony Dupé (Holly Throsby), Producer Paul Mac (silverchair), Tim Derricourt (Dappled Cities) and Jack Ladder.

Fergus’ song ‘Last Winter’ featured prominently on Emmy award-winning US TV series ‘The Starter Wife’ and he has already performed with Martha Wainwright, Jens Lekman, New Buffalo, Cloud Control, An Horse and Jack Ladder.

Fergus is a former winner of the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA), and the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, an emerging artists award scheme overseen by the Lennon Foundation in New York City.

Fergus will be touring the Australian east coast in May/June 2009, and Europe & the US east coast in July/August 2009.

‘Burgers Frown’ will be online and in stores on 15 May 2009.


“Fergus lies dormant like a pop volcano…bloody awesome.”
Vijay Khurana, Triple J

"Fucking excellent!"
Rose Quartz Blog

"Really wonderful stuff..."
Richard Kingsmill, Triple J

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Played on triple j Hot Kisses, Cold Tiles
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Played on triple j John, She Was Never Only Dancing
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Played on triple j Nerds in Love
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Hot Kisses, Cold Tiles
rating:  4/5
Digging this. All done with just four looping chords!
triplej



Hot Kisses, Cold Tiles
rating:  5/5
I was a big fan of Nerds In Love - so I'm happy to hear Fergus delivering another catchy pop tune. How does he manage to sound so angsty and so up-be...
triplej



Nerds in Love
rating:  5/5
Another piece of pop genius from this Sydneysider. Fergus Brown lies dormant like a pop volcano; one gets the feeling that very soon he’ll be as well...
triplej



Hot Kisses, Cold Tiles
rating:  4/5
A fast poppy energetic tune reminiscent of Elvis Costello's early work . It is quite simple yet very infectious with a quirky edge to it. The use...
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