ARIA ALBUM OF THE YEAR BOY & BEAR: MOONFIRE

摘要

Aussie band Boy & Bear makes good and comes out with the big gong at the ARIAs. AT delves into the record with producer Joe Chiccarelli and guitarist Killian Gavin. When you walk into an awards show joking that you should have brought bagels along as a symbolic gesture, you're probably not too worried about the outcome. So when Boy & Bear walked away with five wins from seven nominations for their debut album Moonfire, it was a welcome surprise, for the band, Australia, and even a producer tucked up in bed all the way over in LA. Not only did the band take out, bear with me here, Album of the Year (the big one), Best Group, Breakthrough Artist -- Album, Best Adult Alternative Album, and Breakthrough Artist -- Single (for Feeding Line), but producer, Joe Chiccarelli was also nominated for a Best Producer gong. Both the Best Engineer and Best Producer awards stayed on shore with Franc Tetaz for his work with Gotye. Which is probably for the best anyway, reckons Chiccarelli, "I was so flattered when that all came down. I didn't expect any of that. Though not being an Australian citizen I don't know how that works! Really, if you're not a citizen and not part of the community, it's kind of awkward to give it to a foreigner."