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Confidence Man
Confidence Man performing at Boardmasters Festival in 2023
Background information
OriginBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
GenresElectropop
Years active2016–present
Labels
Members
  • Janet Planet (Grace Stephenson)
  • Sugar Bones (Aidan Moore)
  • Clarence McGuffie (Sam Hales)
  • Reggie Goodchild (Lewis Stephenson)[1]
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Confidence Man are an Australian indie electro pop band formed in 2016 in Brisbane, Queensland. They released their debut album Confident Music for Confident People in April 2018. The front-duo and their band members have been a part of many festivals across Australia, most notably Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival.

Background

2016–2022: Formation, Confident Music for Confident People and Tilt

The band was formed in 2016. The members had met on the Brisbane music scene, and had been in other bands including: The Belligerents, Moses Gunn Collective and The Jungle Giants,[2] and use pseudonyms in Confidence Man; McGuffie and Goodchild reportedly took their stage names from tombstones.[3] They started writing dance songs together, initially as a "kind of joke", but eventually realised the material was worth pursuing.[4]

Planet and Bones provide vocals and dancing while Goodchild and McGuffie, who appear as masked figures, play keyboards and drums. The band signed to UK label Heavenly Records and released their debut UK single, "Bubblegum", in March 2017.[4][5]

Confidence Man released their debut album, Confident Music for Confident People, on 13 April 2018.[6] They toured Europe extensively in the middle of the same year, with festival slots and a sell-out at London's Scala before returning to Australia for dates in September.[7]

The band released a Christmas single, "Santa's Coming Down the Chimney", in December 2018.[8]

On 17 November 2019, Janet Planet and Sugar Bones were guests on Richard Kingsmill's '2019' programme on Triple J to premiere their new single "Does It Make You Feel Good?" During the interview, they revealed they have made celebrity friends with U2 and had been partying with them and Noel Gallagher while in Melbourne. They continued to explain their plans to feature The Edge playing tambourine on a future recording.[9]

On 21 August 2020, Confidence Man released the non-album single, "First Class Bitch".[10]

On 10 November 2021, the band announce the forthcoming release of their second studio album, Tilt and released "Holiday" as its lead single.[11] Tilt was released on 1 April 2022 and peaked at number 7 on the ARIA charts. In late 2022, the band toured Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe, which also included a performance at Glastonbury Festival which received critical acclaim.[12][13]

In September 2022, the band released a remix EP, titled Re-Tilt. The EP featured collaborations with Tame Impala, CHAI, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and more.[14]

2023: "On & On (Again)" with Polydor Records

In April 2023, Confidence Man released "On & On (Again)" with Daniel Avery. The single continued the shift from electro-pop towards a club-focused sound which had begun with Tilt, and marked their debut at new label home at Polydor.[15] In July, the band released a collaboration with Swedish producer DJ Seinfeld on dance-pop record "Now U Do".[16] Clarence McGuffie (or Sam Hales) is not credited as a songwriter on either single, making them the first releases that do not credit all four originating members.[17][18]

In November 2023, after releasing several bootlegs and mashups through their Soundcloud page, Confidence Man released "Firebreak", an instrumental house single that they had been performing at shows all throughout the prior year. The song was described as "[welcoming] Reggie and Clarence to the front while Janet and Sugar get a well earned rub down".[19] However, Reggie Goodchild (Lewis Stephenson) is the only one of the two who is credited on the track.[20]

Members

  • Janet Planet (Grace Stephenson) – vocals
  • Sugar Bones (Aidan Moore) – vocals
  • Clarence McGuffie (Sam Hales) – production
  • Reggie Goodchild (Lewis Stephenson) – production

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[21]
Confident Music for Confident People
  • Released: 13 April 2018
  • Label: Heavenly, Amplifire
  • Format: CD, vinyl, download
 31
Tilt
  • Released: 1 April 2022[11]
  • Label: I Oh You
  • Format: CD, vinyl, download, streaming
 7
[22]

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details
Title Details
Re-Tilt

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
BEL
(WA)
[23]
"Boyfriend (Repeat)"[24] 2016 —[A] Confident Music for Confident People
"Bubblegum"[25] 2017 —
"Better Sit Down Boy"[26] —
"Don't You Know I'm in a Band"[27] 2018 —
"Out the Window"[28] —
"Try Your Luck"[29] —
"Santa's Comin' Down the Chimney"[30] — non album single
"Does It Make You Feel Good?"[31] 2019 —
"First Class Bitch"[32] 2020 —
"Holiday"[33] 2021 — Tilt
"Feels Like a Different Thing"[34] 2022 —
"Woman"[35] —
"Luvin U Is Easy"[36] —
"Angry Girl"
(CHAI Version)[14] 		— Re-Tilt
"Heaven"
(triple j Like A Version)[37] 		— non album single
"Toy Boy"
(RAW SILK Remix)[38] 		— non album single
"On & On (Again)"
(with Daniel Avery)[15] 		— TBA
"Now U Do"
(with DJ Seinfeld)[39] 		2023 —
"Chez Moi (Waiting for You)"
(with CC:Disco)[40] 		—
"Firebreak"[41] —
"Forever 2 (Crush mix)"
(with DJ Boring)[42] 		2024 —

Notes

  1. ^ "Boyfriend (Repeat)" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 24 on the Walloon Ultratip chart.[23]

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2018 "Bubblegum" Best Independent Dance/Electronic Club Song or EP Nominated [43][44]
2019 themselves Best Breakthrough Act Nominated [44][45]
Confident Music for Confident People Best Independent Dance/Electronica Album Won
2020 "Does It Make You Feel Good?" Best Independent Dance or Electronica Single Nominated [46][47]
2022 "Holiday" Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single Nominated [48][49]
2023 TILT Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP Won [50][51]
I OH YOU, Mushroom Marketing: Confidence Man – TILT Independent Marketing Team of the Year Won
Mushroom Publicity: Confidence Man – TILT Independent Publicity Team of the Year Nominated

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2022 Tilt Best Dance/Electronic Release Nominated [52]

J Awards

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2017 themselves Unearthed Artist of the Year Nominated [53]
2022 "Holiday" by Confidence Man (directed by W.A.M. Bleakley) Australian Video of the Year Nominated [54]

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2022 Confidence Man Best Pop Work Nominated [55][56]

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017[57][58] Confidence Man Best New Act of the Year Nominated
Live Pop Act of the Year Nominated
Best Live Act of the Year – People's Choice Nominated
2018[59][60] Confidence Man Live Pop Act of the Year Won

Queensland Music Awards

The Queensland Music Awards (previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating Queensland, Australia's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006.[61]

Year Nominee / work Award Result (wins only)
2017[62] "Boyfriend (Repeat)" Electronic Song of the Year Won
2019[63] themselves Export Achievement Award awarded

Performances and appearances

Headline tours

  • The Boyfriend (repeat) Tour (2016)
  • The Hard Candy Tour (2017)
  • The Ring'A Ding Ding Tour (2017)
  • Confident Music for Confident People World Tour (2018)
  • Tilt Tour (2022)

Support tours

In popular culture

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External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_Man_(band)

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