Little Birdy

Australian alt-rock device Small Birdy shaped in Perth in 2002. Vocalist/guitarist Katy Steele (sister from the Sleepy Jackson’s Luke Steele) produced the group after exiting her prior combo, the Plastik Picture, recruiting her brother’s longtime friend Simon Leach to try out drums. Following addition of bassist Scott O’Donoghue, Leach transferred to electric guitar, and by adding drummer Matt Chequer, the lineup was set up. Borrowing their name from an record trim by pop pranksters Ween, Small Birdy documented their first demonstration session, credit scoring airplay on regional radio and putting your signature on a management cope with Phil Stevens. After starting for serves including Placebo, Morcheeba, as well as the Superjesus, Small Birdy caught the eye of the important Aussie radio shop Triple J, which added their “Relapse” to its play list. A bidding battle soon followed, as well as the quartet eventually agreed upon to Virgin/EMI to begin with focus on their debut EP, a self-titled work issued in past due 2003. THAT IS a Love Tune EP implemented in March 2004, with year’s end, Small Birdy resurfaced making use of their much-anticipated full-length work BigBigLove, notching the Triple J smash “Gorgeous if you ask me.” In 2005, the group also opened up for R.E.M. on the Australian tour. Small Birdy’s sophomore LP, Hollywood, implemented in middle-2006, scoring a high 20 strike with “Seriously, SERIOUSLY.”