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Artist
The Ellis Collective
12+ albums
canberra indieaustralianindie folkalternativecanberra
about
If ‘Bloke Folk’ were a genre, The Ellis Collective would be it. Traditional acoustic sensibilities for the modern urban soul - simple and gritty tales of an Aussie male, hiding a broken heart behind big talk, a stubbie and smoke... At first listen, your musical compass might point in the vague direction of John Schumann, Paul Kelly or Tim Rogers, but if you simply followed the trail of breakfast beers, black coffee, cigarettes, broken teeth and busted dreams, confessionals, apologies, simple tunes and soft harmonies -that's the true north of The Ellis Collective's music. “heartbreaking intensity... a melancholy that offered glimpse of beautiful despair” Adam Galan (Fasterlouder) The Ellis Collective met by absolute accident through the fateful collision of fortuitous podcasts, impromtu blackboard performances and coincidentally buying beer next to each other at The Phoenix one Monday night. Fate rather than accident perhaps, as you couldn't have organised a better bunch of musicians had you tried... Their musical pedigree speaks for itself - a formidible group of troubadours whose other musical endeavours have included The Spooky Men’s Chorale, The Fred Smith Band, The Cashews, One Night Jam, Dahahoo, Dubba Rukki, The Von Trolley Quartet, Mr Fibby, The Secret Lunch, The Andi & George Band and Fire On The Hill. In early 2008 - a short 6 months after their first gig, The Ellis Collective found their way into festival programming, but they have remained as comforta
