Headland (Australian band)
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| Origin | Northern New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Ambient, experimental, soundtrack, surf music |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | Headland Records, Agitated Records |
| Associated acts | Marlon Williams Band, The Go-Betweens, The Drones, Wolf & Cub, The Cruel Sea, Australian Art Orchestra |
| Members | Murray Paterson Gus Agars Sam Anning Pat Bourke Amanda Brown Brock Fitzgerald Ken Gormly Dan Luscombe Skritch Joel Silbersher Scott Tinkler |
Headland is an Australian musical collective focussing on sound-scaping for film, often centred on surf culture and regional coastal landscapes. It is directed by Murray Paterson. Collaborative in nature, the collective both perform and record by responding intuitively to projected film. It began as a film retrieval project in which 8mm film shot by amateur moviemakers involved with the Northern NSW surf culture in the 1970s was collected and archived. The resulting score LP, sound/track (HL01), was released in Australia in 2013 followed by a 2014 release in the UK and Europe. Subsequent Headland releases are the LPs True Flowers from This Painted World (HL03, 2017) and What Rough Beast (AGIT54, 2019) which was released in the UK through Agitated Records. A vinyl EP, Cosy (HL02), was released in 2014.
The collective of musicians is directed by multi-instrumentalist Paterson. Members include Gus Agars, (Marlon Williams Band), Sam Anning, Pat Bourke (Dallas Crane), Amanda Brown (The Go-Betweens), Brock Fitzgerald (Wolf & Cub), Ken Gormly (The Cruel Sea), Dan Luscombe (The Drones), Skritch (Gota Cola), Joel Silbersher (GOD, Hoss, Tendrils), and Scott Tinkler (Australian Art Orchestra).
Since 2018 Headland has worked closely with filmmaker Ishka Folkwell producing bespoke soundtracks for a range of short and feature-length films. The films are primarily poetic travel-pieces featuring surfer Torren Martyn. Releases include: A Sense of Space (HL04, 2018) Nordurland (HL05, 2019) On Top of the World (HL06, 2020) Lost Track New Zealand (HL07, 2021) Bonney Upwelling (HL08, 2021) Lost Track Atlantic: Episode 1 (HL09, 2021) Lost Track Atlantic Episodes 2, 3 & 4 (HL011, 2021) Distant Shore (HL12, 2022) Slow Lane (HL13, 2023) Calypte (HL16, 2023) Reflection (HL17, 2024).
In 2021 Headland collaborated with Maanyung,[1] an Aboriginal man with strong connections to Gumbaynggir and Yaegl nations. On Nguura Maanyung sings hauntingly in the language of his heritage.
The group has strong working relationship with the Surf Film Archive[2] and has performed live scores to several presentations by Jolyon Hoff of restored archival surf film.[3] In 2022 and 2023 Headland produced full-length feature-film soundtracks for LightSoundArtFilm: Watandar, My Countryman|Watandar tells the story of Afghan refugee and photographer Muzafar Ali; You Should Have Been Here Yesterday is an homage to Australia’s early surf-culture using a collage of lovingly restored footage from The Surf Film Archive.
Accolades
- sound/track favourably reviewed by Stewart Lee in The Sunday Times SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2014
- sound/track reached the top ten in various outlets in England in 2014, including Manchester.[4]
- Record Collector gave sound/track 4 stars in the April 2014 issue.
- MOJO Magazine gave True Flowers from This Painted World 4 Stars in the September 2017 issue.
- The Sydney Morning Herald made sound/track album of the week and awarded it 4 Stars.
- MOJO Magazine gave the What Rough Beast album 4 Stars.
Discography
Albums
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| True Flowers from this Painted World |
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| A Sense of Space |
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| Nordurland |
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| What Rough Beast |
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| Lost Track: New Zealand |
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| Lost Track Atlantic Episode 1 |
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| Lost Track Atlantic Episodes 2, 3 & 4 |
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| Distant Shore |
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| Slow Lane |
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| Watandar |
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| Something to do with love, but I don’t know what |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details |
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| Cosy EP |
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| On Top of the World |
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| Bonney Upwelling |
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| Bullfinch |
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| Calypte |
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| Reflection |
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References
- ↑ "Connecting Song, Ancestors and Country, Meet Maanyung". triple j. 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
- ↑ "The Mission". The Surf Film Archive. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
- ↑ "Surf Film Archive". Noosa Festival of Surfing 2026. 14 February 2023. Archived from the original on 4 August 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ↑ Bannerman, Mark (10 July 2014). "Seventies Super 8 footage spawns critically acclaimed soundtrack". ABC News.
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