Atomic Treehouse

The band was formed by Amy and George Sheppard, siblings who both act as the bands lead singer. Back in 2009, Amy had been confronted with a school music assignment whose deadline seemed to rise from out of nowhere and the only person around to help her out with it was her brother, who was already musically gifted, luckily enough. The duo recorded a track together with George singing lead and playing the piano and Amy singing backup vocals, perhaps understandably, they had a massive amount of chemistry and decided to start writing and performing live together as a duo.

By 2012, they had formed a full six piece band, adding a third songwriter in the form of Jay Bovino on rhythm guitar, their younger sister Emma Sheppard on bass guitar, Michael Butler on lead guitar and Jared Tredly on the drums. The Sheppard parents also got involved too, their dad taking up management of the band and their mother tour managing them, they also set up their own record label in the form of Empire Of Song, with whom they still release their records in their native Australia. By August they had released their self-titled debut E.P, and with that one release they generated enough buzz to play festivals in places as far-flung as London and the United States.

It was also a hit back home, hitting number 18 on the ARIA singles chart and “Let Me Down Easy”, its first track, was nominated for the band’s first ARIA award for best independent release of the year in 2013, where they both performed and presented an award at the ceremony. If the band were any hotter at that point in time they would have been on fire, as they were still getting glowing critical notices and making waves all over the world, playing New York’s CMJ Music Marathon with only their debut E.P and its singles to their name. The band wisely decided to strike while the iron was hot, and in February of the following year, they released their breakthrough hit “Geronimo”.

If the band hadn’t been made yet for whatever reason, “Geronimo” made them for sure. It spent three weeks at number one in the Australian singles chart, and was a top five hit in Austria, Poland, Germany, New Zealand and Italy. With that song, the band managed to score a record contract with Decca for the UK release of their debut album and ever since the release of “Bomb’s Away”, the band have made themselves right at home at the top of the Australian music scene. They’re set to support the might Meghan Trainor at the time of writing and if anyone looks set for world domination, it’s absolutely them. They’re one to watch, and they come highly recommended.