Boy & Bear Celebrate 10 Years of ARIA Award-winning Album ‘Moonfire’
Today, August 5th marks the 10th anniversary of Boy & Bear’s stunning first record, ‘Moonfire’. Recorded in Nashville with producer Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, The Strokes), the album showcases the band’s brilliant combination of indie folk and choral harmonies, and sparked immediate comparisons with global superstars Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons.
The album was incredibly received: at the 2011 ARIA Awards the band won five awards, including the coveted Album Of The Year, as well as Breakthrough Artist awards for both Album & Single. On release, ‘Moonfire’ debuted at #2 on the ARIA Album Charts, and lead single ‘Feeding Line’ very quickly rose to being a most-played track on triple j. The album is also certified double-platinum.
“A band's debut record is always a pretty big moment and it’s fair to say that the making of Moonfire was one of the more influential experiences of our career so far”, singer Dave Hoskins said of the record. “Jet-setting to Nashville, big name producer, beautiful studio and a hell of a lot of green, naive, enthusiasm to catapult us through the sessions! It was a mighty experience and we will forever be grateful for what this record did for us“.
The anniversary arrives right as the band are in the process of recording new material – the first since 2019’s ‘Suck on Light’.
“We’re in the thick of it right now with new music but it’s all feeling really good. A few more drum machines, lots of colour and rich layered arrangements”, Dave said about the new material.
“Much like the second record we will be approaching this one very locally, tinkering and adjusting songs over months in our little studio in Marrickville. Right now, that feels really right."
Celebrating Moonfire's 10th Anniversary
