Hope Diamond

The northern hemisphere, summer of '07... Long time friends and musical collaborators Jed Palmer, Zo? Barry and Steve Griffiths are sitting on Pismo beach, California, drinking Coronas and gazing at the hotel where James Dean spent one of his last nights on earth... It was here Hope Diamond began, inspired by the the great American landscape they were experiencing, and a desire to write simple yet rich, haunting, beautiful and slightly unsettling music.

They returned to a Melbourne Spring and began in earnest to write and record, Jed and Zo? sharing the melodic and lyrical duties, and practising their harmonies. They began to find their sound, with intricate, delicate yet strongly rhythmic guitar parts, the creation of layers of sampled keyboard parts and loops, Steve's trademark inspired drum patterns and Jed and Zo? sharing vocal duties.

Hope Diamond have been gigging in Melbourne for 6 months, and recorded their debut ep "Costume Drama" over a long, cold Melbourne winter. Costume Drama is inspired by America's Great Lakes, Death Valley and the rolling fog of San Francisco. It features beautiful evening hour harmonies, shoe gazing reveries and the multi-instrumental talents of Jed, Steve and Zo?.