Tinpan Orange

Tinpan Orange
May, 2016
May, 2016
Background information
OriginMelbourne, Australia
GenresIndie folk
Years active2005–present
LabelsVitamin Records
Websitehttp://www.tinpanorange.com/

Tinpan Orange are an Indie folk band from Melbourne, Australia. They formed in 2005 after they were discovered busking on the streets of Darwin, Australia. The band is a trio of musicians, made up of Emily Lubitz as the lead singer and guitarist, with her brother Jesse Lubitz as guitarist and Alex Burkoy as a violinist. The band's style is heavily stylised folk music, combined with romanticism.

Their debut album, Aroona Palace, features Harry Angus and Ollie McGill of The Cat Empire.[1] Their second album, Death, Love & Buildings features Renee Geyer.[2]

In 2012, lead vocalist Emily Lubitz provided the vocals for Dumb Ways to Die, a public service announcement campaign by Metro Trains Melbourne that quickly became a viral Internet hit, with over 250 million YouTube views.[3] They gained public attention with the release of the single "Barcelona", which received major radio airtime in Australia on Triple J. Their most recent track "Love is a Dog", reached #16 on the AIR Charts, while receiving positive reviews in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.[4]

They have been nominated and won music awards in their native Australia, including the Triple J Unearthed award in 2013. To date they have released five albums, including Aroona Palace (2005), Death, Love & Buildings (2007), The Bottom of the Lake (2009), Over the Sun (2012) and Love is a Dog (2016).

  1. ^ Tinpan Orange CD relaunch, AU: PBSFM, archived from the original on 19 September 2009, retrieved 12 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Death, love & buildings", TinPan orange, AU: Vitamin, archived from the original on 11 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Metro's tongue-in-cheek transport safety animated video goes viral on social media". The Age. 19 November 2012.
  4. ^ Cunniffe, Jessie (6 May 2016). "Tinpan Orange, Love is a Dog Review". The Sydney Morning Herald.