Boy & Bear - Moonfire (2011)

When your first EP wins you accolades like rolling stone's artist to watch of 2011 and Australia's prestigious Triple J unearthed artist of the year, not to mention wooing fans the world over - including the likes of Laura Marling and Marcus Mumford, no less - there's only one thing you can do for your debut album: confound expectations. Cheifly falling somewhere between Mumford's earnest folkiness, leader cheetah's after the Goldrush retro-romanticism and band of horses' radiant country-pop harmonies, 'moon fire' also puts feelers out in the direction of '60s psych (check the hints of manic organ on 'golden jubilee') and even Krauty excursions.

Moonfire is the debut studio album by the Australian indie rock band Boy & Bear. It was released on 5 August 2011 in the band's home country, with later release dates elsewhere. Recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, with producer Joe Chiccarelli, the record garnered comparisons to other indie folk bands such as Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons.