Grand Atlantic
Grand Atlantic were a Brisbane-based indie rock band, active from 2005 to 2013. They released three albums, This Is Grand Atlantic (May 2007), How We Survive (2009) and Constellations (2011). History In October 2005 Grand Atlantic formed at a coffee shop in Paddington, Brisbane. The band members were singer-guitarist Phil Usher, bass guitarist Sean Bower, guitarist Nigel Smith and drummer Scott Mullane. Bower, Mullane and Usher had played together in Tonjip, while this was the first group for Smith. Usher had previously been the drummer for Australian Christian pop rock band, Beanbag from 1996 to 2003. In 2006 Grand Atlantic recorded an extended play, Smoke and Mirrors, for Melbourne label, Popboomerang. The ‘2006 Drum Media Writers Poll’ listed it as one of the top ten EPs of the Year and the title track's stop-motion video screened nationally via Rage and Channel V. That year they placed third in the ‘Rock Category’ of the 2006 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) with their track "Coolite", while "Wonderful Tragedy" garnered an ISC Honourable Mention in the main Performance category; both are tracks from their debut album. In May 2007 the group released their debut album, This Is Grand Atlantic, via Popboomerang with distribution by