Hockey Dad:
Hailing from the mid-coastal NSW town of Windang, Hockey Dad are two friends conquering the world, one song at a time. Growing up in the same street as each other, guitarist Zach Stephenson and drummer Billy Fleming were two surfer kids growing up in a beach community and by 13, were jamming with Stephenson's dad's old gear in the garage; five years later, they were touring as Hockey Dad.
Their first EP, titled Dreamin’, was released in 2013 via the Wollongong record label Farmer & The Owl, and then spent the next three years honing their craft and tapping into the American market, where online publications such as Pitchfork, Consequence Of Sound, NPR and Paste Magazine had been taking notice. In 2016, they released their debut album ‘Boronia’, which was produced by Tom Iansek of Big Scary and #1 Dads fame, and is named after the street they grew up on. Farmer & The Owl handled the release in Australia and Kanine Records took the record and released it all throughout the USA.
Recorded live at the Yours And Owls Xmas Party in Wollongong on the 18th of December 2015.
Recorded by Harvey O’Sullivan & Hugh Fasher.
Mixed by Harvey O’Sullivan.
Airing details: Originally via Zed Digital, 7-8pm, Sunday 4th of December 2016.
Show production and engineering: Branko Cosic.
