Artist Detailed Info: Pause Applause

Pause Applause are a 3 piece Indie pop brotherhood fresh off the sultry shores of New Zealand

Spending their early childhood growing up together on the isolated shores of Christchurch, New Zealand brothers - now band mates - Pause Applause recently set their sights further abroad, currently calling the creative hustle of Berlin home.

In their first year the brothers released their debut four track EP titled ’Take Me on’ under the name ‘Hughes Brothers’. They featured on NME’s music review page as “Promising emerging artist of the year”, Music Under Fire listed them as TOP 10 Most Notable artists and they achieved #1 spot on The Audience Charts with their single Punchline.

During Berlin's winter of 2013 lead singer Simon Hughes was admitted to hospital after a severe depressive episode and given a diagnosis of Bipolar disorder. After taking time out to reflect and recover, music became the therapy with which would inspire the material for Pause Applause's 2014 double EP release. With 5 tracks on each EP, both EP's give a personal and intimate insight into Simon's journey through his recovery from depression and lyrically crack open the heart to explore both joy and hardship, woven into the fabric of each track. The music is inspired from the perspective of both brothers, an intimate and vulnerable journey shared.


They hope to bring more compassion and awareness to people who may be living in the isolation of depression or mental illness, Inspiring a platform to share their own personal struggles, without labels and stereotypes they believe often alienate people with mental illness.

The first EP titled ‘Alive I’ was released internationally for free download on the 3rd of July 2014 at www.pauseapplause.com just in time for the European summer and features the Video Single ‘Alive.'

EP II "Revive" is set for release in February of 2015.

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