Angus and Julia Stone

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Angus and Julia Stone
Background information
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Genre(s)	Folk blues acoustic Singer-Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Trumpet
Label(s)	EMI in Australia, Indepentiente in the UK
Website	Official site
Members
Angus Stone Julia Stone Mitchell Connelly

Angus & Julia Stone are a brother sister duo from Newport on Sydney's northern Beaches, Australia.

Their first EP - Chocolates and Cigarettes - was released in 2006 in Australia with record label EMI and in the UK with independent label Independiente, home to other bands Travis and Gomez.

Angus and Julia’s decision to collaborate was taken at the beginning 2006. Prior to that both had performed as solo artists, principally at open mic nights, but with each using the other as a backing partner. In terms of composing the material, they write on their own, then work together on structure and harmonies.

Both Angus and Julia have distinctive vocal styles, perhaps best described by The Sydney Morning Herald’s Bernard Zuel; “Her voice has a fractured feel like Jollie Holland; his has a smoke-on-the-beach drawl”. And a UK journalist Johnny Sharp said “Most impressive though are the songs - simple but blindingly effective acoustic compositions, warm boy-girl harmonies and delicate, less-is-more arrangements. Resistance is surely futile."

This homespun ethic extends to their videos and artwork too. Mitch Connelly the bands drummer also acts as the band’s official photographer and his brother IOSHVA looks after their website and artwork. The band also directs their own videos along with their friends at Nippard Productions.

In 2006 Angus and Julia played many festivals across Australia, including The Great Escape and Splendour in the Grass. They later toured the UK to promote the release of their EP.

Whilst in the UK in the latter part of the year, they were invited into Chris Potter’s studio (The Verve/Richard Ashcroft) to record. In the meantime Fran Healy from UK band Travis who is a label mate, heard their debut EP and also invited them to his house to record. The resulting EP, Heart Full of Wine, was released in February 2007.

Angus and Julia Stone, started 2007 by performing at the Sydney Big Day Out, on the 26th of January, performing to a large crowd.

Angus and Julia stone have had reasonable sucess in sales on the Australian iTunes Store, with Chocolates and Cigrarettes-EP and Heart full of Wine-EP, both remaining within the top sales on the store for numerous weeks.

[edit] Discography

Chocolates and Cigarettes


Released	26 August, 2006
Label	EMI Australia
Track listing	1. Private Lawns 2. Mango Tree 3. All Of Me 4. Paper Aeroplane 5. Babylon 6. Chocolates & Cigarettes

Heart Full of Wine


Released	3rd February, 2007
Label	EMI Australia
Track listing	1. What You Wanted 2. Fooled Myself 3. Heart Full of Wine 4. I'm Yours 5. Sadder Than You 6. Wooden Chair