Josh Pyke

Joshua Jon Pyke (born 18 December 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician.

Josh Pyke was in his first band by age 12 and played his first performance in front of 650 parents and students at his primary school graduation. Playing guitar and initial song writing efforts came aged 14. Despite his aptitude for song writing and performance, he stayed ‘under the radar’ throughout his high school years at Fort Street High School.[1]

While part of Sydney band An Empty Flight he successfully applied for a grant from the Music Board of the Australia Council under the Buzz Project[2] to remix a number of his own demo recordings to be released as an EP Current Works Volume 1, under the name of Night Hour. The lead track, “Kids Don’t Sell Their Hopes So Fast”, received wide-ranging radio airplay on national youth broadcaster triple j and on various community radio stations including 3RRR in Melbourne and Fbi in Sydney. In 2004 Pyke won the Jaxter Music Award for his single “Kids Don’t Sell Their Hopes So Fast”.[3] The proceeds went towards a home studio. A second EP titled The Doldrums was released in November 2004.

In 2005, Pyke signed to Australian indie label Ivy League Records and in September 2005 released the EP Feeding the Wolves, the first under his name Josh Pyke. It features the singles “Middle of the Hill” and “Private Education” and peaked at number 64 on the ARIA Charts. In January 2006, “Middle of the Hill” was voted at number 19 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2005.