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Eskimo Joe is Kavyen Temperly (vox/bass), Stuart MacLeod (guitar/backing vocals) and Joel Quartermain (guitar/keys/backing vocals). The trio’s formation began in Fremantle in 1997 when the young trio entered the Australian National Campus Band Competition, of which they took home top honors. The grand-prize awarded the band a slot on the annual Livid Festival and time in a recording studio. Out of that recording session came Eskimo Joe’s 1998 debut EP Sweater, which received significant airplay at the influential Australian radio outlet Triple J. In 1998 the band released a second self-titled EP which broke the radio hits, “Ruby Wednesday” and “Turn Up Your Stereo.” In 2001 Eskimo Joe released their first full-length album titled Girl. The album proved to be a Top 40 hit with the singles “Planet Earth” and “Who Sold Her Out” both charting. 2004 brought the band superstardom with the release of the mega-popular sophomore follow-up A Song Is A City which reached the No. 2 spot on the Top 40 charts and spawned the hit songs “From the Sea,” “Smoke” and “Older Than You.” Their third album (and Rykodisc U.S. debut) Black Fingernails Red Wine stayed atop the No. 1 spot for four weeks when it was released in Australia in May 2006. The 12-track recording highlights Temperley’s impeccable songwriting and the band’s overall expertise with arrangements. From the memorable and haunting keyboard hook of “Comfort You” to the closing piano-tinged melancholy of “How Does It Feel,” Black Fingernails Red Wine is a complete listen from start to finish. The album’s title track will be the first single at U.S. radio.