Wells first came to attention in his home country in 2002 with airplay of a three-track demo, Cigarettes, a Tie and a Free Magazine, recorded with three friends.
[5] After finishing school and moving to Melbourne, for his university education, he had a group of friends who played the guitar and wrote their own music.
Released by Popboomerang Records as A Mark on the Pane on 30 March 2004, the album reached number 16 on Australia's AIR Charts.
[4] In early 2006, Wells relocated to Rangoon with his wife Bronwyn and daughter Johanna to participate in a community health HIV/AIDS education project[7] with World Concern Burma as associate fieldworkers of TEAR Australia, a Christian organization.
[9] Two Years in April was subsequently released in June 2008 by Popboomerang in Australia, Pocket Records in China and Inpartmaint in Japan.
[5] One reviewer said that Wells had shown "he has the songwriting stuff to capture an audience who, for the most part, may not be able to understand what he is singing but is drawn in by his infectious melodies and breathtaking arrangements.
... Wells has chosen to frame his on-point melodicism with a startingly fragile framework to put all of the emphasis on his songs.
"[12] In conjunction with the album release, Wells toured Australia, China and Japan in 2009 and 2010, including an appearance at the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival on 23 January 2010.
[5][11] The recording of Wells' upcoming fourth album was portrayed in the 15-minute documentary The Houses There Wear Verandahs Out of Shyness (2010) by Fabrizio Polpettini.
The film, which brings to the screen French actors Roxane Duran and Denis Lavant, was inspired by the character of the god Pan in the book "Jitterbug Perfume", by Tom Robbins.