Brendan Maclean

Brendan Maclean is an Australian singer-songwriter and actor.

Brendan Maclean
Brendan Maclean at the Sydney premiere of The Great Gatsby in 2013
Brendan Maclean at the Sydney premiere of The Great Gatsby in 2013
Background information
OriginAustralia
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, actor, presenter
Instrument(s)Piano, keyboards, vocals, guitar, ukulele
Years active2010–present
LabelsIndependent
Websitebrendanmaclean.bandcamp.com

Music

Brendan Maclean's debut EP, White Canvas, was uploaded to iTunes March 2010. In January 2014 he released a second EP, Population, produced by Paul Mac. The lead single Stupid was featured by BuzzFeed[1] and was heard as the Weather on Welcome to Night Vale, in episode 47, "Company Picnic." Soon after its release Maclean was signed to the Universal Music Publishing Group.[2]

In May 2015 Brendan released his third EP on Bandcamp, Thought I'd Cry for You Forever. It features an original spoken-word piece from the author Neil Gaiman. In 2015 Maclean was nominated for an ARIA Award for his work with Marcia Hines on the Velvet Original Cast Soundtrack.[3]

Maclean's first album funbang1 was released on 24 July 2016. It debuted at #2 on the Australian Independent Album Charts[4] and peaked at #14 on iTunes.[5] Three singles from the record were co-written with former Cobra Starship member Alex Suarez.

Their next record And The Boyfriends was released March, 2019 and entered Australian iTunes charts at #2[6] while reaching #9 on the Australian Independent Records charts.[7]

House of Air

On 30 January 2017, Maclean uploaded the sexually explicit video for his single "House of Air" to YouTube. The video was later removed from YouTube for breaching its terms of service, but remains on Vimeo where it was made an Official Staff Pick.[8] House of Air won a Berlin Music Video Award, gained entry to the Raindance Film Festival 2017 and SXSW as a part of the 2018 Midnight Shorts.[9][10] Huffington Post and New York included House of Air in their Best Music Videos of 2017, the latter including a warning, "This video should not be viewed in any public setting."[11]

Acting

Maclean appears as Ewing Klipspringer in the Baz Luhrmann adaptation of The Great Gatsby (2013).

In 2018 Brendan starred as Eli in the ABC Television comedy, 'Fucking Adelaide’ alongside Pamela Rabe, Kate Box and Tilda Cobham-Hervey[12]

In 2022, Maclean played the title roles in the Australian premiere production of Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical.[13] He received widely positive reviews for his performance,[14][15][16] with The Sydney Morning Herald calling his depiction of Edward Hyde, “a revelation.” [17] The production won Best Musical Direction in the Sydney Theatre Awards 2022.

Radio

From 2007 to 2013, Maclean was a regular music presenter for Australian national youth station Triple J.

Discography

Singles
  • Stupid (2013)
  • Tectonic (2015)
  • House Of Air (2016)
  • Hibernia (2018)
  • Easy Love (2020)

EPs
  • White Canvas (2010)
  • Population (2014)
  • Thought I'd Cry for You Forever (2015)
  • solo [funbang1 B-Sides] (2017)

Albums
  • funbang1 (2016)[18]
  • And The Boyfriends (2019)

Notable Recordings

References
  1. "This Is Your New Favorite Break-Up Song". BuzzFeed.
  2. Brendan signs to UMPG
  3. "Aria Awards - Nominees". www.ariaawards.com.au.
  4. "/".
  5. "ITunesCharts.net: 'funbang1' by Brendan Maclean (Australian Albums iTunes Chart)".
  6. "ITunesCharts.net: 'And the Boyfriends' by Brendan Maclean (Australian Albums iTunes Chart)".
  7. "This Week in the Charts – April 12 - Australian Independent Record Labels Association".
  8. Gardner, Chris YouTube Pulls Controversial Music Video With Graphic Gay Sex After It Racked Up 700,000 Views The Hollywood Reporter
  9. "SXSW Film Festival Announces Isle of Dogs as Closing Night Film and 2018 Midnighters, Shorts, VR, Inaugural Independent Episodics and More". 7 February 2018.
  10. "Aussie Brendan Maclean Scores Award For Year's Filthiest Music Vid". 19 May 2017.
  11. Lockett, Dee The 10 Best Music Videos of 2017 Vulture
  12. Closer Productions Begins F*CKING ADELAIDE for ABC The Adelaide Review
  13. "Rehearsals Underway for Jekyll And Hyde The Musical". aussietheatre.com. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  14. "Four Stars from Time Out". 4 August 2022.
  15. Mark Morellini (5 August 2022). "Jekyll and Hyde the Musical – REVIEW". CityHub.
  16. "Australian Arts Review". 11 August 2022.
  17. "Sydney Morning Herald names Brendan Maclean a revelation". 3 August 2022.
  18. "CHART WATCH #375". auspOp. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  19. "Amanda Palmer and Brendan Maclean Cover Bat for Lashes' "Laura": Listen". Pitchfork. 22 June 2016.
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