Broke House – Breakout
Between 2017 and 2018 Luke Costelloe and Ron François created their eponymously titled album under the project name, Broke House. On it were 10 songs covering several genres and highlighting the voice and growing writing and guitar talents of Luke after his extended hiatus from the music scene.
This carefully crafted record took over a year to materialise. With live playing and natural acoustic sounds leading the listener through the sometimes desolately honest lyrics in a landscape of Indie/alternative rock music.
They later teamed up with drummer Brin Hinchcliffe (ex-Cabins) to reproduce the songs on live stages around Sydney and Newcastle including an appearance at the South Sydney – Secret Garden Festival. The band quickly built a reputation as a flawless live act.
The album spawned two singles – The debut single ‘The Sound of the Streets’ arrived like a gust of sonic warmth scoring them single of the week in Beat Magazine and a feature in Music Feeds. Followed by the haunting “Extra Indigo” – Pile Rats spotlighted the track, describing it as “emotionally charged” and the duo as “two of Sydney’s finest songwriters.” Moved by the song’s content RUSSH Magazine picked out Extra Indigo to include in their series on heartbreak. Beat Mag again named the track one of its singles of the week, calling it “beautifully sophisticated” and “deftly wrought”.
Check out the videos created by Jordan Watton and Ron François.