Hockey Dad, Australia’s favourite surf rockers from Windang New South Wales, have delivered an album of sun-drenched earworms with third LP Brain Candy.
“[Our last album, 2018’s] Blend Inn dealt with problems in a less mature way through fighting and complaining,” says guitarist and lead vocalist Zach Stephenson. “I think getting older, I have come to see these situations as learning experiences—using these songs to understand my surroundings and lessons I’ve been given.”
Brain Candy was produced by John Goodmanson, who’s previously worked with Death Cab For Cutie and Sleater-Kinney.
Over the weekend the LP hit #2 on the ARIA chart. The record tailed behind mega hitmaker Taylor Swift with her surprise album Folklore.
Tracks like album opener ‘In This State’, ‘Itch’ and ‘I Missed Out’ had already received praise from this here publication, Rolling Stone Australia, Consequence of Sound, NME, and CLASH.
Stream the record below, then check out why the staff here at Tone Deaf love it so much.
Check out Hockey Dad’s album ‘Brain Candy’:
“It was only four years ago theWhen Hockey Dad first burst onto the scene in 2014, few could have expected that the Windang duo would one day be hitting #2 on the ARIA charts thanks to a powerful release that is Brain Candy.
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“Filled with their exuberant alt-rock compositions that are slowly turning them into household names, Brain Candy might have been pushed back a bit thanks to the events of 2020, but it might be one of the few releases that will help make your year all the more enjoyable.”
– Tyler Jenke
“With Brain Candy serving as their third album, Hockey Dad have once again proved themselves to be leaders of Australia’s alternative rock genre. Packed full of more powerful choruses than a Broadway musical, and featuring more bangers than an over-catered barbecue, Hockey Dad have proved they’re no longer and up-and-coming Aussie rock group, but leaders of the genre.”
– Brittany Jenke
