Enerate - History

History

Frontman Joshua Graham started Enerate as a solo project in The Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia in 2009. Joshua Graham and bandmate, Matt Niciak both grew up in the Blue Mountains region, playing in separate bands. In mid 2008 The two were in competing bands in the grand final of BLUFM's Blue Mountains Battle of the Bands. The two became close friends and years later formed the full-band incarnation of Enerate.

During the year of 2009 Three early Enerate tracks were picked up and used for promotional advertisements by MTV Australia and New Zealand.

On October 18, 2011, Enerate launched their official website, and announced that they would be playing a string of Sydney shows. The band met Mika Appleton and Ben Fitzpatrick through Sydney street press mag Drum Media. Therese Watson Joined the band to cover shows for Appleton when she was abroad, stayed with the band.

Enerate's first public performances were at The Old Sydney Mint at a showcase for advertising company Ignite Media Brands On the 5th of November 2011 that a friend had asked them to appear at. Soon after they were playing more shows around Sydney, gaining momentum in the scene. In late November, Enerate put out a Pre-Release Demo entitled "The Good Times Airlines Pre-Flight Showing". Unstoppable was the first single, released digitally November 7, 2011. By Mid February the single was No. 3 in the Triple J Unearthed Indie Charts, and was picked up by Sydney radio station FBi, and was featured in their "Best From New Music Open Day" Podcast.

After a packed out show at Sydney's Gaelic Theatre, on February 8, 2012, The band have reportedly signed with a Sydney based indie booking agent, and are locked in to record their debut release "Good Times Airlines" LP in May 2012.

In April 2012, The band were nominated for four MusicOz awards, The official Australian independent music awards. They were nominated for four songs across the three categories of "Alternative", "Pop", and "Electronic."