Josh Pyke
Josh Pyke (born 18 December 1977 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian sin… Read Full Bio ↴Josh Pyke (born 18 December 1977 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian singer-songwriting musician. His albums include Memories & Dust (2007), Chimney's Afire (2008), Only Sparrows (2011).
It didn't take long before Josh's unique voice and song writing style, influenced by the likes of Elliott Smith, Evan Dando, and Sparklehorse, began to find favour amongst music tastemakers, critics and Triple J listeners. The first taste, the assured 'Kids Don't Sell Their Hopes So Fast', found high rotation on Triple J and soon 'Silver' and the gently sweeping 'Doldrums' followed to similar praise and airplay. These tracks are now available on the CD 'Recordings 2003-2005' through The Million records.
Josh signed to Ivy League Records in 2005 and shortly afterwards travelled to New York for some further writing, performing and demoing and upon return set about recording what was his debut release under his own name, a mini album entitled "Feeding The Wolves".
"Feeding the Wolves" signified a great deal more than a change in name: It revealed a huge step in the development of Josh as an artist and songwriter. The subject matter was as broad as titles like "Beg Your Pardon", "Private Education", "Middle Of The Hill" and "Goldmines" suggest, however it's Josh's lyrics that draw this collection of songs together into a complete package. He cleverly dissects human emotion and feelings and shows them for what they are: complex, abstract, fascinating.
There is hope in the opening track 'Beg Your Pardon' and in 'Fill You In' there is emptiness and longing. The first single, 'Middle Of The Hill', is a near-stream of consciousness of a suburban childhood - family affection coloured by those sometimes darker, sometimes trivial details that for some reason stay with you. 'Goldmines' a vision of a land, or maybe a talent, stripped of its riches - but here and there a flash of colour survives. A relationship that seems to be an ongoing test is at 'Private Education's' centre. The title track finishes it, with Josh quick to point out the Wolves are not those wanting a piece of you for whatever reason - but those uncontrollable, irrational, emotions inside yourself that you have to keep in check.
With production by the much-lauded Wayne Connolly (You Am I, Underground Lovers, Youth Group, just about any Australian act of note...), "Feeding The Wolves" had the artist now rightly known as Josh Pyke letting his talent flow without constraint. The words seem to tumble out of him: honest, evocative, and emotional all at once. The playing - again mostly all Josh - is one moment sweetly melodic, then turning urgent and insistent as needs be. This range of feelings, packaged so they bounce around inside your head like good songs do, and given so generously, go together to make "Feeding The Wolves" the sound of an artist beginning to realise an enormous potential.
In 2007 Josh released his first full-length album 'Memories and Dust'. Although the record features three of the stand-out tracks from 'Feeding the Wolves' there are a further 8 tracks of similar quality, including the title track, which was the first single taken from the new batch. The release is again through Ivy League Records.
Josh's second album Chimney's Afire was released 4 October 2008 and was recorded at Sydney's Linear Recording studios. The first single off the album was "The Lighthouse Song", and the second was called "Make You Happy".
It didn't take long before Josh's unique voice and song writing style, influenced by the likes of Elliott Smith, Evan Dando, and Sparklehorse, began to find favour amongst music tastemakers, critics and Triple J listeners. The first taste, the assured 'Kids Don't Sell Their Hopes So Fast', found high rotation on Triple J and soon 'Silver' and the gently sweeping 'Doldrums' followed to similar praise and airplay. These tracks are now available on the CD 'Recordings 2003-2005' through The Million records.
Josh signed to Ivy League Records in 2005 and shortly afterwards travelled to New York for some further writing, performing and demoing and upon return set about recording what was his debut release under his own name, a mini album entitled "Feeding The Wolves".
"Feeding the Wolves" signified a great deal more than a change in name: It revealed a huge step in the development of Josh as an artist and songwriter. The subject matter was as broad as titles like "Beg Your Pardon", "Private Education", "Middle Of The Hill" and "Goldmines" suggest, however it's Josh's lyrics that draw this collection of songs together into a complete package. He cleverly dissects human emotion and feelings and shows them for what they are: complex, abstract, fascinating.
There is hope in the opening track 'Beg Your Pardon' and in 'Fill You In' there is emptiness and longing. The first single, 'Middle Of The Hill', is a near-stream of consciousness of a suburban childhood - family affection coloured by those sometimes darker, sometimes trivial details that for some reason stay with you. 'Goldmines' a vision of a land, or maybe a talent, stripped of its riches - but here and there a flash of colour survives. A relationship that seems to be an ongoing test is at 'Private Education's' centre. The title track finishes it, with Josh quick to point out the Wolves are not those wanting a piece of you for whatever reason - but those uncontrollable, irrational, emotions inside yourself that you have to keep in check.
With production by the much-lauded Wayne Connolly (You Am I, Underground Lovers, Youth Group, just about any Australian act of note...), "Feeding The Wolves" had the artist now rightly known as Josh Pyke letting his talent flow without constraint. The words seem to tumble out of him: honest, evocative, and emotional all at once. The playing - again mostly all Josh - is one moment sweetly melodic, then turning urgent and insistent as needs be. This range of feelings, packaged so they bounce around inside your head like good songs do, and given so generously, go together to make "Feeding The Wolves" the sound of an artist beginning to realise an enormous potential.
In 2007 Josh released his first full-length album 'Memories and Dust'. Although the record features three of the stand-out tracks from 'Feeding the Wolves' there are a further 8 tracks of similar quality, including the title track, which was the first single taken from the new batch. The release is again through Ivy League Records.
Josh's second album Chimney's Afire was released 4 October 2008 and was recorded at Sydney's Linear Recording studios. The first single off the album was "The Lighthouse Song", and the second was called "Make You Happy".
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Josh Pyke Lyrics
All The Very Best Of Us You're all welcome To take from me My skeleton I'll keep for…
Beg Your Pardon It's funny how you can miss someone, even when they're sitt…
Birdcage on the Faultline This is not a fickle song About the way we lie…
Bones Well i bet you keep your bones inside, I bet you…
Bug Eyed Beauty Bug eyed beauty, oh my god I pin you to my…
Buttons In my mind, not enough birds have died in the shadow…
Candle In Your Window My body bends, your body bows We double then unfurl Oh we…
Chemistry Sold Digging this hole sure takes it out of you, but it's somet…
Chimney's Afire The guilt they feel for killing that whale Her chimney's af…
Covers Are Thrown If you're to believe in the things that I say, You…
Don't Wanna Let You Down Incalculably We shift in our bones At our seams We’re n…
Drop In The Stitch We're not always lucky enough To find what we want in…
Eat Me Alive When courage comes to you You wouldn’t keep her in a…
Even In Corners It feels colder Than I remember But the cold I always try…
Fed and Watered There was a wait in the water, A weight in the…
Feeding the Wolves I fed the wolves, to try to keep them quiet,…
Fill You In And then the weatherman said to go back to bed,…
Forever Song We sleep together, While all around us, People kill ea…
Gasoline Those were the days awash in a coma, and you couldn't…
Goldmines Dark night, it's a dark night. And you can feel…
Haunt You Love Remind me Through the passing years How well we slept with t…
Kids Don't Sell Their Hopes So Fast Leave it by the roadside I can't carry this all tonight Th…
Leeward Side And I have bound myself to your bearings My love is…
Lines On Palms Sometimes I know I become All that's weak in a man,…
Make You Happy Every now and then I get a little too close To a…
Mannequins Somtimes these old nights can seem to never end, And when…
Maths & Magic Heavens above, I've seen this before, but no medicine I cho…
Memories & Dust First I was a hatchling waiting for my little bones…
Middle Of The Hill When I was a kid I grew up in a…
Millennium Bug Cold blue eyes of the autumn crows Neck pouch fat with…
Monkey With A Drum When is it time to surrender? A little monkey in a…
New Year's Song If you’re freezing on your left side And you’re boiling on…
No One Wants A Lover Sunday's always holding a promise Monday's always letting i…
Our House Breathing May we not grow weary May we not be sold May I…
Parking Lots The night was so cold all the cats had gone…
Private Education So it's a private education, and it's not getting any easie…
Sew My Name When I go I think I'm gonna Sew my name into…
Silver Oh no, what have I done, all of these stitches…
Someone Else's Town I've been hanging 'round in someone else's town And it's …
Staring Down the Sun I know it's foolish, and I feel so wrong, but…
The Beginning and the End of Everything Too many wolves in my ears They try to hide their…
The Doldrums I couldn't tell you why, I'm never feeling satisfied. But …
The Lighthouse Song And I've been getting urges late at night To walk and…
The Middle of the Hill When I was a kid I grew up in a…
The Summer If I could bottle up the sea breeze I would…
To Find Happiness To find happiness You must always seek the warmth in every…
Variations Well it won’t hurt nobody if they don’t know No, it…
Vibrations In Air Thinking 'bout the times I know I should have taken…
Vibrations In The Air Thinking 'bout the times I know I should have taken photogra…
Warm in Winter I had a dream Where you were both Queen and crisis And yello…
When We Get There Last year before the summer heat January came to me Said "It…
Where Two Oceans Meet Where two oceans meet I will find you there ‘neath the win…
You Don't Scare Me Down beneath these tangled roots There lies a truth not as…
You Dont Scare Me Down beneath these tangled roots There lies a truth not as…