Amy Hume
SINCE winning Triple J Unearthed High in June local rock band, Stonefield, has skyrocketed to fame.
The Darraweit Guim group recently struck a distribution deal with Shock Music Publishing and released its first EP: Through the Clover.
Stonefield comprises the four talented Findlay sisters: lead vocalist and drummer Amy, 20; guitarist Hannah, 17; keyboardist Sarah, 16; and base guitarist Holly, 12.
The sisters say the EP release has been so successful that they have lost track of exactly how many have sold but it has landed them 40 on the Air Charts and continues to sell.
The EP includes five original tracks – Drowning, Chase the Sun, Walk my Way, Through the Clover and of course, the song that made them famous, Foreign Lover.
Stonefield represented Gisborne Secondary College in the Triple J Unearthed competition with Foreign Lover and won from 600 competing bands.
As part of their prize, the sisters got to play alongside British India at their high school and have since performed with the likes of The Cat Empire, Papa Vs Pretty and The Basics.
The band was nominated Unearthed Band of the Year in the ‘J Awards’ and were the only band to play live to air at the awards.
They also played at the One Movement Festival in Perth and attended a huge five-day industry conference that showcases companies and people in the music business.
Stonefield was exposed to radio announcers, photographers and record companies from across the world.
It was at the industry conference that the band was approached by Martin Alburn to play at the world famous Glastonbury Music Festival in Somerset, UK.
Glastonbury will see the girls play with big names such as Paul Kelly, Sarah McLaughlin, Grinspoon, Ben Kweller and Karnivor.
The band shot its first music video for Through the Clover in a Darraweit Guim canola field with an up and coming music video director from Sony.
The girls were not impressed by the early morning start (Hannah had to wake up the earliest at 3am for hair and make-up) but they are pleased with the end result.
“[The music video director] understood exactly what we wanted,” Amy said.
“I think it was important for us to have a performance-based video for our first one.”
The video will be on the play-list for Channel V and numerous other music programs.
Stonefield’s Through the Clover video can be viewed on YouTube and fans can keep up to date with the latest band news by adding the group on Facebook.
The EP is available in music stores around the country and online music arenas such as iTunes.






