Sydney songwriter Fergus Brown’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.
Fergus’ debut record 'Burgers Frown', released in 2009, 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), Jack Ladder and Holly Austin.
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, Sarah Blasko, New Buffalo, Cloud Control, Dappled Cities, Lior, 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 completed a promo tour of London & New York in Jul/Aug 09, and will be touring Australia with Josh Pyke in Oct/Nov 09.
‘Burgers Frown’ is available online and in (Australian) stores now!
“Very satisfying pop music… smart music, with some heart.”
- Bernard Zuel, The Sydney Morning Herald
"Couldn't be any cooler.. an endearing blend of wit and sincerity."
- Drum Media
"Really wonderful stuff.."
- Richard Kingsmill, Triple J
"'Burgers Frown' has gotta be one of the best Australian albums of 2009."
-Sounds They Left Behind Blog
“Wonderfully quirky and catchy pop.”
- Cool Hunting
“Fergus lies dormant like a pop volcano…bloody awesome.”
- Vijay Khurana, Triple J
heyyy, im the other two quarters of "cain and oliver" good show the other night. i listened to ur album.....there's no gangster rap anywhere. but other from that its a reallyreally good album.
Hey fergus was loving seeing you on Friday at MUM my housemate is now playing your CD constantly hehe I will send you my Ep when it's all nice and recorded (hopefully over the summer) I'm really inspired to see your doing so well! and still teaching history hehe
I saw you play in New York City this past July (by accident, I was there to see the band before you), and you played one of the best shows I've ever seen! I love your songs! Your album is so great! I can't wait to see you play live again! :)
Hello! I'm sorry for taking forever to get back to you, I very rarely use Myspace these days. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the review :) I do love your album a lot and can't wait to see you in action again. I'll probably be coming along to see you with Josh Pyke next month - have been meaning to check another show out since I first saw you supporting Jens Lekman last year but I keep missing them! And I liked your little Vietnamese in there too haha, very cute. See you soon!
Mr brown! how are you? How was the tour? I went into So music on king st yesterday and stumbled across your scrumdidliumpshish burger record. it made me smile :)
You are welcome! It really is a fantastic bit of music. I actually just wrote a review of it that should be in Drum Media in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out! Are you planning any shows around here in the near future? I hope so, I haven't seen you since Jens Lekman! <3
Do you think a UK tour will be on the horizon? Keep up the good work. Ive just ordered the album, cant wait to get it in the post. Will be making all my friends here listen to it =]
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