For the taking

Gunshot

Orange and red

‘Cavanagh and Argus’ are Melbourne brothers David and Michael Kean. The two have played together musically from a young age, playing what has been described as ‘idiosyncratic folk’, on acoustic guitars, using a distinctive finger picking style mostly informed by their classical training. They were a main song-writing force in Melbourne bands ‘Too Many Cars’ and ‘North Project’, and in 2006 the brothers started performing under the name ‘Cavanagh and Argus’, seeking to focus on their acoustic folk style. The brothers have also been involved creatively with other Melbourne musicians, including guest appearances on Oliver Mann’s first two records (Oliver Mann ‘Sings’, ‘The Possum Wakes At Night’), and in 2009 toured Australia as part of the Oliver Mann Band.

 

In October 2011 they toured New York, playing shows alongside talented New Yorker Will Stratton, at esteemed venues such as The Side Walk Cafe, Postcrypt and Pete’s Candy Store. The tour culminated with a special show at the Melodica festival in Brooklyn.

 

Their début album ‘On the hour’ was released in March 2012, and has since received regular airplay. Whilst the majority of the album was recorded in Melbourne homes and studios over the last couple of years, Cavanagh and Argus spent a month completing the album while on tour in New York, at the Buddy Project studios in Queens Astoria (home of Sufjan Stevens’ ‘come on feel the Illinois’, and fellow Australians Angus and Julia stones’ 2010 release ‘Down the way’).They are now focusing their attention on their second album, due mid 2014.
