An Australian folk-pop songwriter who turned a ukulele riff into a worldwide hit.
If you only know 'Riptide,' try 'Georgia' or 'Missing Piece.' They're cut from the same cloth, just a bit quieter.
He wrote 'Riptide' in his bedroom, and that little ukulele tune ended up everywhere, on radio, in commercials, soundtracking a million beach trips. It's the kind of song that feels like it was always there, and it gave him a platform to build a whole catalog of straightforward, melodic folk-pop. Tracks like 'Georgia' and 'From Afar' stick to the same blueprint: clean guitar, earnest lyrics, and melodies that don't need much dressing up.
He put out his first EP in 2013, then 'Dream Your Life Away' the next year with 'Riptide' on it. Since then, he's kept releasing albums every few years, 'Nation of Two' in 2018, 'In Our Own Sweet Time' in 2021, without changing the formula much.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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