Brendan Maclean is an Australian singer-songwriter and actor.

Music

Brendan Maclean's debut EP, ''White Canvas'', was uploaded to iTunes March 2010. In January 2014 he released a second EP, ''Population'', produced by

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. The lead single ''Stupid'' was featured by

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and was heard as the Weather on '' Welcome to Night Vale'', in episode 47, "Company Picnic." Soon after its release Maclean was signed to the

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. In May 2015 Brendan released his third EP on Bandcamp, ''Thought I'd Cry for You Forever''. It features an original spoken-word piece from the author

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. In 2015 Maclean was nominated for an

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for his work with Marcia Hines on the ''Velvet'' Original Cast Soundtrack. Maclean's first album ''funbang1'' was released on 24 July 2016. It debuted at #2 on the Australian Independent Album Charts and peaked at #14 on iTunes. Three singles from the record were co-written with former Cobra Starship member Alex Suarez. Their next record ''And The Boyfriends'' was released March, 2019 and entered Australian iTunes charts at #2 while reaching #9 on the Australian Independent Records charts.

House of Air

On 30 January 2017, Maclean uploaded the sexually explicit video for his single "House of Air" to

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. The video was later removed from YouTube for breaching its terms of service, but remains on

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where it was made an Official Staff Pick. House of Air won a Berlin Music Video Award, gained entry to the

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2017 and

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as a part of the 2018 Midnight Shorts. '' Huffington Post'' and ''

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'' included House of Air in their Best Music Videos of 2017, the latter including a warning, "This video should not be viewed in any public setting."

Acting

Maclean appears as Ewing Klipspringer in the

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adaptation of ''

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'' (2013). In 2018 Brendan starred as Eli in the ABC Television comedy, 'Fucking Adelaide’ alongside Pamela Rabe, Kate Box and Tilda Cobham-Hervey In 2022, Maclean played the title roles in the Australian premiere production of '' Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical''. He received widely positive reviews for his performance, with The Sydney Morning Herald calling his depiction of Edward Hyde, “a revelation.” The production won Best Musical Direction in the Sydney Theatre Awards 2022.

Radio

From 2007 to 2013, Maclean was a regular music presenter for Australian national youth station

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Discography

Singles

*Stupid (2013) *Tectonic (2015) *House Of Air (2016) *Hibernia (2018) *Easy Love (2020)

EPs

*''White Canvas'' (2010) *''Population'' (2014) *''Thought I'd Cry for You Forever'' (2015) *''solo unbang1 B-Sides' (2017)

Albums

*''funbang1'' (2016) *''And The Boyfriends'' (2019)

Notable Recordings

*Velvet, The Original Cast Album (2015) *Laura,

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cover with Amanda Palmer (2016) * Bright Light Bright Light feat. Brendan Maclean - Touchy (2020) *Prime Time,

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cover with Tom Aspaul

References

External links

Brendan Maclean's interview with Zan Rowe as "Murdoch"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maclean, Brendan 1987 births Living people Male actors from Sydney Australian gay musicians Australian LGBT singers Australian LGBT songwriters Australian radio presenters Australian LGBT broadcasters Gay singers Gay songwriters 21st-century Australian male singers Australian male singer-songwriters Australian singer-songwriters 20th-century Australian LGBT people 21st-century Australian LGBT people Musicians from Sydney