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Try as you might to classify them, JMQ are not your traditional Australian pop band. Combining a mix of pop, rock, blues and soul their debut album ‘Lies In Translations’ (MGM) features 3 individual award winning songs, with melodies and lyrics that have firmly stuck themselves inside the heads of people all across Australia. It is this pop sensibility and radio appeal that has seen them perform live on Channel 7’s Morning Show and be album of the week on ABC Radio, however, with their debut single ‘Ride It All The Way’ getting steady rotation on Triple J and Perisher Blue’s winter advertising campaign (2008), they have been able to extend themselves beyond the pop world and define themselves as a new Australian jam-band that cannot be pigeonholed or ignored.

Growing up in Hobart, Tasmania, Millar (22) achieved great success on the local scene, winning Best Up & Coming Tasmanian Act, and Tasmanian Artist of the Year at back to back Amplified Awards. He supported artists such as Delta Goodrem, Tim Freeman and Mental As Anything all before the age of 18, and moved to Sydney in March 2006 where he formed ‘The Question’ after meeting drummer Michael Avenaim (Casey Donovan, Porcelain, Amy Pearson) and keys player Beau Golden (Renee Cassar, Phrase, Jade McRae) at a Kings Cross jam night.

Joined by fellow Tasmanian, bass player Ben Dilger, JMQ have since toured Australia for over 2 years, performing at festivals such as the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival and Falls Festival, and supporting artists such as Jordin Sparks and Brian McFadden, picking up national songwriting and performance awards including the National Coca-Cola Live & Local Competition, National Youth Week RockIt Songwriting Competition and top 5 MusicOz nominations along the way.

Their debut album ‘Lies In Translations’ was independently released in September, 2008, to critical acclaim, and the JMQ team have continue to see copies fly off the shelf as they steal fans from any musical background, rigorously touring and solidifying their reputation as one of Australia’s most interesting up and coming musical offerings.

In the true spirit of their influences such as Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer and Steely Dan, JMQ are recording their first live record at the Basement (Sydney) on September 12th, and plan to head into the studio in early 2010 to begin recording their follow up LP.

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