The Audreys

THE AUDREYS

The Audreys are an alternative country band from Adelaide, Australia, formed in 2004 by Taasha Coates and Tristan Goodall. They have so far released four full-length albums, three of which received an ARIA Award in the Best Blues and Roots Album category, the fourth a nomination. They are stalwarts of the Australian touring scene and have played a smattering of club and festival shows in North America and Europe.

The Audreys released their first album Between Last Night & Us in 2006. The album, produced by prominent Melbourne musician Shane O'Mara, spawned two unlikely radio favourites in tracks Oh Honey and You & Steve McQueen. This, coupled with extensive touring, pushed the album to gold status in their home country.

In 2008 they released their second album When The Flood Comes to continued critical acclaim. The album debuted in the Top 20 on the Australian Charts and placed in Rolling Stone Magazine's top 50 albums of that year. The song Small Things from the album was featured in an episode of popular US teen-soap One Tree Hill. The band continued to tour extensively both in Australia and overseas.

The duo's third album was released in 2010. Sometimes the Stars, furthering the pair's collaboration with producer Shane O'Mara, was their most ambitious yet. Recording for the first time without a band but with a who's who of the Australian music industry as special guests, Taasha and Tristan reached further then ever beyond the folk and alt-country traditions of their earlier albums. An animated video for the albums title track continues to win awards and garner interest for the band all over the world.

In 2012 they repackaged all three albums in a box-set called Collected in order to celebrate each album winning an ARIA award (Australia's Grammys) and to give them more time to work on their new record. They also began to tour for the first time as a duo around this time, and the pair quickly became renown for their graceful and impassioned performances, ramshackle impromptu cover versions and for their playful banter and disarming charm.

Their fourth studio album ’Til My Tears Roll Away was recorded in late 2013, again in collaboration with producer Shane O’Mara. Released in early 2014 in Australia to rave reviews, critical acclaim and a top 40 chart debut, the album was described by Rolling Stone Magazine in a 4-star write-up as “a record of abandon and grace.” Throughout 2014 and 2015 they toured extensively throughout Australia both as a duo and with a full band, and appeared at SXSW and Americana Music Festival in Nashville.

In 2016 The Audreys took a break while Taasha released her first solo album, Taasha Coates and Her Melancholy Sweethearts, produced by fellow singer-songwriter and multi-ARIA winner Shane Nicholson. That year she also participated in the Brumley Project for the House of Songs in Austin, Texas, completing the unfinished works of gospel songwriter Albert Brumley. She performed with the project at the Americana Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee and attended again in 2017 as an official solo artist.

The Audreys continued to tour as a duo until Covid happened and they entered the era of the big nothing. Then in 2021 Tristan retired from touring due to ill health, and Taasha put together a new band consisting of Tom Kneebone on guitar, Felicity Freeman on bass and Beej Barker on drums. Tristan sadly passed away in 2022.

The Audreys release their first single in a decade on November 15th, 2024, Secondhand Boots. It is a melancholy ode to bad decisions and dusty footwear that marks the beginning of a new era for the band. Second single Beatles V Stones is due out January 2025, with the full album Ruin & Repair and a national tour coming soon.