Northeast Party House is an Australian electronic band formed in Melbourne in 2009. The band's six members are Jack Shoe (guitar), Malcolm Besley (drums), Sean Kenihan (synth), Zach Hamilton-Reeves (vocals), Mitch Ansell (guitar) and Oliver Packard (bass).
Musical career 2011–2016: Career beginnings and Any Given Weekend In early 2010 Northeast Party House began playing warehouse parties and local venues and quickly gained a following based on their reputation for delivering high energy live shows.
A demo version of the band's track 'Dusk' gained local airplay, eventually winning Triple J's Unearthed competition and being invited to play at the Pyramid Rock Festival 2010.
In 2011 the band played alongside acts such as Does It Offend You, Yeah?, The Go! Team, Kimbra and Ball Park Music as well as finishing the year with a stand out set at Falls Festival.
The group self-released their debut self-titled EP in November 2011, featuring four tracks including lead single "Embezzler". and a new version of "Dusk".
In May 2014, Northeast Party House released their debut album Any Given Weekend which also led to their international debut performing shows in Los Angeles as part of Culture Collide Festival and New York at CMJ Music Marathon.
2016–2021: Dare and Shelf Life Early 2016 saw the band complete the writing and recording for their second album – titled Dare. Dares recording was split across Melbourne and London while the band was touring the UK and Europe in May, where they also played The Great Escape Festival and Dot to Dot Festival. The self-produced Dare was mixed and mastered by in-house drummer Malcolm Besley. The album was preceded by single "For You". "For You" was certified gold in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in 2021.
In 2017, North East Party House covered Childish Gambino's "Redbone" for Triple J's Like a Version.
In February 2020, the band released their third studio album, Shelf Life via Sony Music Australia.
2022–2025: Enhancer and split On 5 August 2022, Northeast Party House released the standalone single "Cranky Boy".
In March 2024, the group released "Dark Boy", the third single from their fourth studio album, Enhancer; released on 17 May 2024. In August 2025, the band announced that they would be splitting up following a final tour in November, dubbed The Final Party.
Discography Studio albums +List of studio albums, with release date, label, and selected chart positions shown Title Details Peak chart positions AUSPeak chart positions in Australia: For Any Given Weekend: For Dare: For Shelf Life: Any Given Weekend Released: 16 May 2014 Label: Stop Start (SSM82) Formats: CD, LP, digital download 62 Dare Released: 9 September 2016 Label: Stop Start (SSM123) Formats: CD, LP, digital download 38 Shelf Life Released: 28 February 2020 Label: Sony (19439715611) Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming 59 Enhancer Released: 17 May 2024 Label: Sony (19658892271) Formats: LP, digital download, streaming —
Extended plays Title Details Northeast Party House Released: 2 December 2011 Label: Northeast Party House Formats: CD, digital download
Singles Title Year CertificationsAlbum "Embezzler" 2011 Northeast Party House "Pascal Cavalier" 2012 rowspan="2" "Stand Tall" "The Haunted" 2014 Any Given Weekend "Sick Boy" "Fake Friends" "Perfect Lines" 2015 "For You" 2016 ARIA: Gold Dare "Heartbreaker" "Calypso Beach" 2017 ARIA: Platinum "Your House" "Magnify" 2019 ARIA: Gold Shelf Life "Dominos" "Shelf Life" 2020 "The Desert" "Cranky Boy" 2022 "Brain Freeze" 2023 Enhancer "Wish We Could" 2024 "Dark Boy" "Enhancer" "L.A."
Award and nominations ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.
| 2020 | Shelf Life | Best Dance Release
Tours and festivals Headline 'Kick Ons' Tour (2014) Headline 'Double Darts' Tour (2015) Headline 'Later Straya' Tour (2015) Headline US, EU, UK Tour (2015) Headline 'Dare' Tour (2016) Darwin Festival (2016) Headline 'Calypso Beach' Tour (2017) The Hills Are Alive Festival (2017) Groovin' the Moo (2017) Snowtunes (2017) Yours and Owls (2017) Big Pineapple Music Festival (2018)
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