The Crayon Fields are a Melbourne based three-piece band that have been playing shows up and down Australia’s East Coast since late 2002. Their sound has been loosely described as psychedelic splendour and fragmented indie-pop. Under the influence of bands such as Galaxy 500, Velvet Underground, Beach Boys, The Swirlies, The Zombies, The Turtles, The Clean and The Moody Blues they have refined their own unique sound. Shifting seamlessly from sparse pop to elaborate psychedelic washes, they produce a wide variety of textures and layers that come unexpected from their deceptively small three-piece line up.

After their early home-recorded efforts started to build their reputation around Melbourne’s local radio stations and venues, The Crayon Fields found themselves playing with their favourite local and interstate bands. These included 99, Ground Components, Riff Random, The Morning After Girls, Faker, Bluebottle Kiss, New Buffalo and Red Sun Band. Following a string of well-received live shows in Melbourne, the trio were sent to Sydney to play shows with renowned indie-popsters Dappled Cities Fly and New Zealand’s Betchadupa.
The band then completed their first EP comprised of songs lifted from the bands extensive home recording sessions. The EP received heaps of radio play on RRR, JJJ, PBS, FBI and 2SER amongst others and was launched to a full house at Melbourne’s Pony. The band then followed this up with a string of highly anticipated local and interstate shows, including a packed headliner at Melbourne’s notorious Ding Dong lounge.

The Crayon Field’s have now completed their 2nd release entitled ‘The Good Life’. ‘The Good Life’ is a 6 track EP that was recorded to tape in a large hall in the leafy outer suburbs of Melbourne. This setting, coupled with the imaginative recording technique of engineer Simon Knight proved to be ideal for the band to capture and refine their lush, distinctive sound. The band then lovingly prepared artwork for the release and took the recording to be professionally mastered by Franc Tetaz at Moose.

The Good Life’ was released in August through Cavalier/Shock with two packed launches in Melbourne and Sydney. It’s title track has been played constantly on RRR, PBS, JJJ, 2SER, 4ZZZZ, FBI and SYN FM and a video for the song has found its way onto ABC’s Rage. Countless articles and enthusiastic reviews of the bands performances and recordings have appeared in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane Street Press as well as Melbourne’s The Age Newspaper.