The Wellingtons

The band has released four albums, including Keeping Up With The Wellingtons (2005), For Friends in Far Away Places (2006), Heading North For the Winter (2008) and In Transit (2011).

The current band line-up is: Past members include Steph Hughes, Matt Kulesza, Steve Thomas, Lee Daniel, Amy Walters, and Tosh Sanada.

Songs from the first album were used in US channel CBS's show How I Met Your Mother and in a variety of Japanese television commercials.

In support of this album, the band will commence a five-week tour of Japan, Spain, Italy, the UK and the US in September 2011.

The band's biggest songwriting influences include Weezer, Elvis Costello, Cheap Trick, Ben Folds, The Lemonheads and Fountains Of Wayne.