Clouds - Hieronymus (Live in Sydney) | Moshcam

Clouds performing Hieronymus live at Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 20 August 2011

CLOUDS, Australian indie, power pop outfit, originally formed December 1989 when Jodi Phillis met Trish Young at a BBQ in Annandale, Sydney Australia.

Clouds secured a recording contract with Red Eye Records in 1990 and began recording the Clouds EP in May which was released in October, including the iconic Cloud Factory. The following April the Loot EP, featuring "Soul Eater" was released. In June recording for the Penny Century album began and was released in October 1991, reaching number 14 on the national mainstream charts in Australia. Two singles were released from the album: "Hieronymous" and "Anthem."

The band's next release was the single "Say It" from the upcoming Octopus eight track 'mini' album that was recorded from March to May and released in October 1992.

In June 1993 recording began on the next album, Thunderhead, with the first single, "Bower of Bliss," released in August and the album in October. The second single, "Alchemy's Dead," was released in December.

In 1994 Clouds took a six-month tour to Europe and the United States, securing an American record deal with Elektra Records. Whilst in London the EP Beetroot was recorded and released in Australia in October. Following the signing with Elektra Records Thunderhead was released in the United States in March 1995 along with an EP (3 Songs) and a promotional "Bower of Bliss" single. This was followed in May with two more promotional releases; "Say It" and a four track called Bang Bang! which took three tracks from Octopus and "Boy Of Air" from Beetroot. However shortly after these releases Clouds were dumped by Elektra when the label dropped their entire overseas roster of bands.

Despite this setback, recording of new songs continued and two EPs were released Aquamarine and Panel Van, August and November 1995, respectively.

In May 1996, Red Eye Records released a remastered Penny Century which include a limited edition bonus CD of early songs called Pre-Raphaelite. This helped the album to become Gold (35,000 copies sold).

In 1996, the band released their third album Futura.

Although Phillis and Young were widely praised for their ability to harmonize their vocals, Clouds suffered from a lack of promotion and support within the industry and eventually disbanded in 1997. Although Phillis was living in a small town in Tasmania and Young was living in London, the two occasionally reunited over the years to perform a few shows. Phillis went on to form The Dearhunters and Roger Loves Betty, and also records and performs as a solo artist.

In late 2005, Phillis and Young resurfaced under the name The Girls From The Clouds, launching a 5-track EP titled Lalalala. In April 2007, however, the duo announced they had disbanded again.

On 14 June 2011, it was announced that the Clouds would reunite to tour with Jesus Jones and The Wonder Stuff in August 2011.

[ronzo]

saw em last night, very good aussie rock band and totally underrated

[dbadagna]

This is one of my favorite bands and I am so happy to hear they have gotten back together.

[gergatronic]

These cool cats just picked up their instruments and breezed it after all these years, just like riding a bike. Her voice is crisp as ever

[Foxswoop]

They were such a good band, live and recorded. Them and the Falling Joys (and maybe the Hummingbirds) should have been a lot bigger than they were.

[johnx]

Loved Clouds and I share a birthday with Jodi (not year though)

[softwarey]

Went to work out the chords for this today...
Step 1: What a fkn mess!
Step 2: What a fkn beautiful mess.
Step 3: What a fkn brilliant, beautiful mess.