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Hamish (band)

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Hamish
OriginMelbourne, Australia
Years active2001 - 2003

Hamish is an Australian band made up of singer Hamish Cowan (Cordrazine) and producer Bryan St James. Their single "Life Song" reached the top 100 on Australia's ARIA singles chart.

They released their debut album, Homesick, in 2002 to mixed reviews. Writing in the Sunday Herald Sun Graeme Hammond called it "a record of exquisite harmony and balance".[1] Emma Chalmers of the Courier Mail gave it 3 stars calling it "a quite delicate album that beautifully combines emotional melody with techno beats".[2] The Herald Sun's Peter Holmes gave it 7/10 writing "At times the wispy electronic arrangements sit perfectly, yet elsewhere they lack the required drama."[3] Annika Priest of Perth's Sunday Times called it "Slightly morbid, often wishy-washy".[4]

Members

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  • Hamish Cowan (vocals)
  • Bryan St James (keyboards)

Discography

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List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Homesick
  • Released: October 2002
  • Format: CD, 2×CD
  • Label: Rubber Records, BMG (74321959732)

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
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"Forever and Never" 2002 Homesick
"Life Song"[7] 96
"4 Your Love"[8] 2003

References

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  1. ^ Hammond, Graeme (19 January 2003), "POP. Homesick Hamish (Rubber/BMG).", Sunday Herald Sun
  2. ^ Chalmers, Emma (8 November 2002), "Hamish Homesick BMG Records", Courier-Mail
  3. ^ Holmes, Peter (6 October 2002), "Metro - New releases", Sun Herald
  4. ^ Priest, Annika (29 September 2002), "Homesick Hamish, BMG", Sunday Times (Perth)
  5. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 123.
  6. ^ "ARIA Report. Issue 654" (PDF), ARIA, 9 September 2002, archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2008
  7. ^ Ellul, Megan (29 September 2002), "SINGLES - MUSIC POP REVIEWS.", The West Australian
  8. ^ McCabe, Kathy (17 August 2003), "cd reviews", Sunday Telegraph