Hailing from the beautiful northern beaches of Sydney, Angus & Julia Stone form two halves of a musical act with a natural gift for telling emotive, honest and beguiling stories.

Their acclaimed debut album, A Book Like This, is a perfect illustration of their enchantingly dichotomous dynamic, with the siblings complimenting each other wonderfully, both vocally and in their subject matter, as one steps into the foreground during their own compositions while the other performs backing vocals. Younger brother Angus has a soft, warm vocal and is measured, composed and ruminative as he deals with the expectations of society in opening track The Beast. Elsewhere he sings with detached romance in Silver Coin and engaging tenderness in Bella. Meanwhile, Julia is a fascinating juxtaposition of light and dark, joy and despair. Her distinctive voice is delightfully impulsive; at times playful and puckish, elsewhere echoing the sorrow and yearning of a broken heart. Here We Go Again is giddy with desire while the downbeat, aggrieved Wasted is typical of her ability to combine melancholic lyrics with pretty melodies. “They all would have been killed in The Sound Of Music,” she tells us during Hollywood.