He was accepted in the Victorian College of the Arts, with a promising career in dance, before an accident in which he tore ligaments in his knee put him in hospital.

Blackchords first came to prominence in 2006 when, as an unsigned band, their video for "Broken Bones" won first place at Melbourne's St Kilda Film Festival, SoundKILDA completion beating a host of established artists.

Their debut, self-titled album Blackchords, was produced by ex-Blindside & The Earthmen guitarist Nick Batterham and was released via Australian indie record label Dust Devil Music on 24 April 2009.

In 2009 after the album launch at the Esplanade Hotel (Melbourne) the band embarked on an Australian East-coast tour[7] and then onto the UK playing shows in London and Paris.

[18] The theme of the album revolves around fighting everyday distraction and endeavouring to follow a narrow path ("a thin line") to your ambitions.

The line-up included Blackchords, Witch Hats, Monique Brumby, Tom Lyngcoln (The Nation Blue), Mike Noga (The Drones), Andy Hazel (Paradise Motel) with former AFL stars Brendon and Michael Gale and Matthew Richardson assisting with BBQ cooking duties.

[20][21][22] March 2013 saw Blackchords tour North America and Canada playing SXSW in Austin, Texas followed by shows in LA, Houston and New York.

The single is a double a-side, backed by a re-recorded version of "As Night Falls", originally written for the 2010 Australian feature film Blame.

Despite no formal release plans for the single in the UK, the track "As Night Falls" was added to the daytime schedule of National DAB new music station Amazing Radio and ended up climbing to number two on their chart, the highest ever position for an Australian artist.