Husky
Cousins Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss grew up in Australia and developed a love of music, writing songs and listening to records together throughout their teenage years. In 2008, the two started a band, enlisting Melbourne scenesters Evan Tweedie on bass and vocals and Luke Vollins on drums, augmenting Preiss' keyboard and vocal duties and Gawenda's vocals and guitars. Taking the name Husky, the band was born. The group drew on Preiss and Gawenda's shared love of literate classic rock staples when developing its sound, melding artful songwriting inspired by the likes of Leonard Cohen and the Doors with Gawenda's poetic lyrics. The bandmembers worked tirelessly on songwriting and live performance, eventually setting up a makeshift home studio to record the basic tracks for their debut album. After working for months on the basic tracks, Husky handed over their raw materials to producer Noah Georgeson (famed for his work with artists like the Strokes and Joanna Newsom) to handle the final mixing process. The end result was their hauntingly folky debut album, Forever So, released in late 2011 on Liberation Music.
In 2011 the group also won the Pushover talent competition hosted by Australian radio institution Triple J. This opened many doors for Husky, and the band quickly gained new fans as well as landing support slots for established artists such as Gotye, Devendra Banhart, and Noah and the Whale. Husky began negotiating a deal with U.S. indie mainstay Sub Pop, which planned a global re-release of Forever So for 2012. Husky was the first Australian band to be signed to Sub Pop. Their 2014 follow-up album, Rucker's Hill, was also released through Liberation Music down under and Sub Pop in the U.S. In June 2017 Husky dropped their third LP, Punchbuzz. The band set out on an Australian tour in support, though several dates had to be postponed when Gawenda was diagnosed with glandular fever.
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Stardust Blues
Alternative & Indie - Released by Fake Moustache on 7 Aug 2020
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Devil on the Dresser
Alternative & Indie - Released by Fake Moustache on 28 Apr 2023
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First Prize for Heartbreak
Alternative & Indie - Released by Fake Moustache on 1 Sep 2023
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You Ain't Breakin' My Heart
House - Released by Fool's Paradise on 19 Jan 2024
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Higher
Dutchican Soul, Husky, Elly J Devon
House - Released by Nomade Records on 24 Jun 2022
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Uptown (Club Mix)
Dance - Released by Bobbin Head Music on 30 Sep 2022
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Go Don't Stop
Electronic - Released by Bobbin Head Music on 2 Oct 2020
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Cut Myself Loose
Alternative & Indie - Released by Independent on 13 Mar 2020
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Wristwatch (Montre-Bracelet) (French Version)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Fake Moustache on 19 Mar 2021
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Light A Cigarette
Alternative & Indie - Released by Independent on 19 Jun 2020
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Make Up My Mind
Dance - Released by The Future Is Snackbox on 24 Feb 2023
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Punchbuzz
Alternative & Indie - Released by Liberation Records on 2 Jun 2017
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Brand New Love
Husky, Martina Budde, Andre Espeut
House - Released by Groove Culture on 26 Jan 2023
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Ready for Your Love
Dance - Released by Bobbin Head Music on 21 Apr 2017
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