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AboutElla and Jesse Hooper are two of the most successful songwriters and recording artists to have come out of Australia in the last 10 years. The brother sister team have written and performed 8 top 20 hits including 1's on both the album and singles charts, selling over 500,000 records in the process. The Hoopers' have won several ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) Awards, including: Album of the year; Best group; Best Rock Album; Breakthrough group and the people's choice ARIA.
The Hoopers' have also won the prestigious 'APRA Song Writers of the Year' award, which is the highest accolade song writers can attain in Australia. Their touring has seen them play before hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world, having headlined with the likes of Silverchair, Midnight Oil and INXS.
The Verses - the Hoopers new project - draws from their experience as seasoned performers, and represents a return to their roots of acoustic based contemporary music. Drawing inspiration from such classic singers/bands as Neil Young, Van Morrison and Fleetwood Mac, the pair have also drawn on some of their new favourite artists including Ryan Adams, Ray Lamontagne, Jose Gonzales and Turin Brakes to shape their new sound.
Their new collection of songs displays a continued growth and evolution that belies how young these two already established artists really are. With much anticipation they are again ready to capture the ears of music lovers everywhere with their unique songs of young life, love, and love lost
The Hoopers' have also won the prestigious 'APRA Song Writers of the Year' award, which is the highest accolade song writers can attain in Australia. Their touring has seen them play before hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world, having headlined with the likes of Silverchair, Midnight Oil and INXS.
The Verses - the Hoopers new project - draws from their experience as seasoned performers, and represents a return to their roots of acoustic based contemporary music. Drawing inspiration from such classic singers/bands as Neil Young, Van Morrison and Fleetwood Mac, the pair have also drawn on some of their new favourite artists including Ryan Adams, Ray Lamontagne, Jose Gonzales and Turin Brakes to shape their new sound.
Their new collection of songs displays a continued growth and evolution that belies how young these two already established artists really are. With much anticipation they are again ready to capture the ears of music lovers everywhere with their unique songs of young life, love, and love lost