Songwriters and childhood friends Tim Kevin and David Orszaczky grew up together in Canberra, swapping tapes and learning guitar via the pause/play button.
 

Soon after moving to Sydney - and inspired by a legendary Stone Roses show at the Enmore Theatre - they formed Hoolahan with Harry Roden and Neil Bateman. Within two years they were playing the same stage with hometown heroes You Am I.

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The band’s debut King Autumn was the first album released on the Ivy League label. Now hailed as a “lost classic”, upon release it earned glowing reviews and national airplay:

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'As good an advertisement for Sydney's guitar rock scene as you could want'

Sydney Morning Herald ★★★★1⁄2

'Stamp Hoolahan’s debut album “Future Classic”'

Juice Magazine ★★★★

'This album is a pop gem'
Drum Media

Following King Autumn’s release the band toured nationally, playing the Big Day Out and performing alongside Grant McLennan and Robert Forster (Go-Betweens), You Am I, The Vines, Ash, Stereophonics and Swervedriver.

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Tim has since worked with Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie, Knievel and La Huva whilst producing and engineering for artists such as The Apartments, Holly Throsby, The Nagging Doubts and Youth Group. Harry has enjoyed success in Australia and Europe with The City Lights.

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After a decade in hiatus, in 2017 the band released their 2nd album Casuarina – again recorded with ARIA-winning producer Wayne Connolly.

'Hoolahan place the emphasis on songwriting... bouncing confidently between densely
textured bliss-pop, psychedelic experimentation and alt-country twang'

Rolling Stone

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'It’s pop... which sneaks up on you after a time. Ah yes, you say to yourself on the 5th or 7th
listen – with a note of surprise - that song, that song is really, really good”'

Bernard Zuel

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They re-surfaced in 2025 releasing two singles Altered Days and Holiday Row. 

 

Now signed to hip Sydney label Scenic Drive – home of Nagging Doubts, Salarymen and Victoria – Hoolahan are gearing up to release their 3rd album Bay of Chance in September 2026 - with Australian East Coast tour dates to follow.