The Siren Tower

The Siren Tower are a rock, folk and country band from Perth, Australia, formed in 2008 by former Heavy Weight Champ singer-guitarist Grant McCulloch and former Antistatic drummer Brody Simpson.

[3] After retiring his former Perth-based group Heavy Weight Champ in 2007, singer-guitarist Grant McCulloch was on musical hiatus; this changed at the beginning of 2008 when Antistatic drummer Brody Simpson became a free agent.

After lengthy discussions, it was decided the new project would explore the acoustic material McCulloch had been writing and pursue sounds borrowing from the folk, country and roots genres to complement their rock leanings.

A few months later, in only their third performance, The Siren Tower played main support to Birds of Tokyo in front of a sold out Metro City crowd on the Wild Eyed Boy Tour.

[5] The band entered Underground Studios in Perth in June, 2009 to record two tracks for a double A-side release, Letter From The Edge of The Earth and The Bridgehouse.

Throughout 2009-2010 the band continued working in their permanent room at what was now The Henhouse Rehearsal Studios in Perth, building their debut album, A History of Houses.

In October 2010 the band entered Underground Studios again, this time with co-producer, Forrester Savell (Karnivool, Dallas Frasca, Birds of Tokyo, The Butterfly Effect) to begin recording the album.

[1] In August 2011 the band shot a music video for "The Banishing of William McGuiness", the second single from A History of Houses, in and around the old period homes found in the Fairbridge Village in Pinjarra, Western Australia.

The band entered the old Chidlow Town Hall outside of Perth in early February 2012 to film a live version of All Things Will Change, the third single taken from A History of Houses.

Zoo magazine had this to say of the release: "With grunt, guts and gravitas, and driven by a heavy acoustic feel, it's hands down the most quintessential Aussie record we've heard since the golden eras of Cold Chisel or Paul Kelly.