“When your home becomes a prison…”, the opening lyric to Hot Potato Band’s latest release ‘Let It Go’ and a feeling that many people around the world have felt between 2020 to 2021. The song, originally written in 2015, was about a person being lonely and trapped within a relationship, however, Hot Potato Band decided to breathe a new life into the song as it took on a whole new meaning from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. This darker, broodier track from Hot Potato Band was written to uplift and stream energy into peoples lives.

Let It Go (Revisited)

It was a summer full of amazing memories, the excitement of meeting new people, the music we played and heard, the countless trips to the beach, the endless nights, the raging parties, the uncontrollable laughter, and of course the love we shared. All of these things inspired our debut track 'This Is How It Should Be' on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon now!

-Featuring the voice of Dylan Wright
-Australian made and owned
-Good source of folate
-Enjoy with you’re summer!

iTunes: 
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/this-is-how-it-should-be-feat./id924807528?i=924807589

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/artist/Hot_Potato_Band?id=Akrmjtlvfqkgo6i7mrz6m2xantm&hl=en

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/This-Should-feat-Dylan-Wright/dp/B00O4RRPOE/ref=sr_1_cc_3?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1413766450&sr=1-3-catcorr&keywords=hot+potato+band

Spotify:
https://play.spotify.com/artist/4sxm5KWkWvxF6kMrqvpWJN

This Is How It Should Be (feat. Dylan Wright)

Sail Away is inspired by Hot Potato Band's proactive lifestyles, and audibly urges spontaneous behaviours and decisions in listeners. Drenched in nautical themes, their smooth vocals and catchy horn lines capture a natural sense of excitement and adventure.

Sail Away

Little Bird

Mystery Man

Ritual is essentially written like an electronic pop or EDM song, performed by an all acoustic brass band. Lyrically the song is written about the need for coffee everyday. It romanticises coffee, to the point that living without it is nigh impossible… and yes, we are coffee snobs. Groove based verses, freedom choruses and boisterous brass lines.

Ritual

Stitch Up

Positive Vibrations

Watch The Trees Grow is one of 10 tracks on Hot Potato Band's 2019 album 'STITCH UP' available here: www.hotpotatoband.com

Watch The Trees Grow (feat. Maite Inae)

‘It’s Your Own Body’ was written to increase awareness of Women's rights to their bodies. As a band of mostly men, they wanted to create a song that sends a clear message to other men about being conscious of the inequalities that women face in the hopes that as a society, we all work together to rectify the past. The song is celebratory and designed to rally positive support for the cause, using ones rights to their own body as a point of focus. Hot Potato Band's New Orleans street style brass line up have been experimenting with modern genres over the years. This track aimed to capture the old with the new, using a second line feel underneath a soul / pop / funk arrangement, ending with a large, tambourine shaking gospel chorus.

It's Your Own Body

Hot Potato Band’s larger-than-life brass collective is a breath of fresh air, setting a new bar for energetic and interactive musical performances. Finding home in Sydney, Australia, their positive coastal energy pushes euphoric boundaries in their bold quest to reignite acoustic instrumentation. The bands unique sound is built on the backs of three drummers, a sousaphone and five horns that cover catchy chorus lines, providing a beautiful harmonic cloud for Ben (vocalist) to float above. HPB is un-bound by genres, stages and audiences. They are re-inventive of the traditional New Orleans brass band as a modern day dance machine and visual spectacle for all demographics with a strong sense of pride for their fun-loving, organic, and quirky musical nature.

"Hot Potato Band were undoubtedly one of the most entertaining acts of the day" - Madeline Tait, THE MUSIC (Lost Picnic Festival, Sydney)
"Simply amazing in every single way, from their timing, their show performance, to their impressive crowd involvement. They gave the Lost Picnic audience a performance so unique and entertaining, personally their set was definitely one of the highlights from the entire event" - Laura Tedder, AMNPLIFY (Lost Picnic, Sydney)
"Of course there are always some gems of acts that you see that make the entry price totally worth it. My picks for this year were Sydney boys Hot Potato Band who i saw twice." - Kristen Austin-Zande, SCENSTR (Queenscliff Music Festival) 
 
"This band simply is a barrel of fun and a perfect fit for a summer’s night of revelry." - Philippe Perez, The AU Review 

Hot Potato Band is proud of their all acoustic line up. The absence of electronic instrumentation has set them apart from many other acts and continues to tie them to their roving roots, but not to the stage. The bands energy is released through an amalgamation of catchy music and lyrics, infectious dance moves, and audience interaction, attributed to their mobility as a band and the breaking down of barriers between stage and audience. Although difficult to describe their genre, HPB continues to compile their arsenal of songs inspired by Pop, Funk, Ska, Reggae and bound by the classic sounds of New Orleans brass bands. 
 
The bands unique sound is built on the backs of three drummers and a sousaphone, along with an array of horns covering catchy chorus lines and providing a beautiful harmonic cloud for Ben (vocalist) to float above. They are a band never to shy from a good time.

Hot Potato Band

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