Songs from the 86 Tram is the third full-length album by the ARIA[1] nominated Australian musical comedian The Bedroom Philosopher, the performing persona of Justin Heazlewood.

Heazlewood describes the album as an exercise in character exploration: In comedy, bogans get made fun of all the time, and old people and junkies are all easy targets.

[3] Noting a lack of art, new media or otherwise, exploring modern Australian identity or actively countering international cultural influence, Heazlewood notes the importance of Songs from the 86 Tram as attempting to fill an underrepresented "non-bogan Australian pride": "From growing up with Sesame Street right through to any comedy on TV being British or American, I feel like we’re really up against it to forge any kind of uniquely Australian culture.

The line [on "Sudanese"] that Australia is basically just America with Milo and possums... at times that's how I feel.

"[4] Reviews for the album were wholly positive[5] with several noting his song "Northcote (So Hungover)" as exemplifying the first example of an emerging "new Australian-American accent".