Husky Gawenda (vox, guitar), Gideon Preiss (keys, vox), Evan Tweedie (bass, vox) and Luke Collins (drums) make up Melbourne-based HUSKY, the first-ever Australian band to be signed to Sub Pop Records. Following the Australian release of their 2011 debut album, "Forever So", HUSKY has decided to take their critically acclaimed music to the rest of the world via Sub Pop Records. "Forever So" was recorded in a junk-filled bungalow behind Gawenda's rented house, using borrowed equipment. HUSKY eventually took their recordings to Los Angeles to be mixed by Noah Georgeson (Devandra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, The Strokes). The final result is a full-realized, long-playing album that holds up start-to-finish, from catchy opener "Tidal Wave," with its hum-along harmonies and surprise psychedelic midsection, to the understated, intertwined brass parts that conclude "Farewell (in 3 Parts)." In the syncopated rhythms of "Hundred Dollar Suit" or the reverberating piano strings and laid back bass that underpin "The Woods," you can sense fingers moving over instruments and lungs giving breath to voices, the unfolding of ephemeral ideas into fresh yet fully realized songs taking forth before your very ears. "Sub Pop is enamored with the Melbourne quartet, Husky," says President of Sub Pop Jonathan Poneman. "The band's strength rests in its infectious, evocative songs and stirring live performances." HUSKY toured Germany and Austria in February and March 2012 supporting the German duo BOY on sold-out 18 city tour to great success. HUSKY return in May 2012 to Germany for a string of club dates, coinciding with the album release.