I Know Leopard are an Australian band from Sydney. The band was formed in 2012 and features Luke O'Loughlin on vocals and keyboards, Rosie Fitzgerald on bass, Jennifer McCullagh on violin and keyboards and Todd Andrews on guitar. They released their first album in 2019.
History
The band was formed in 2012 between friends Luke, Matt, Jade and Todd, after they relocated from Adelaide to Sydney. Soon after they released their debut EP, Embers. In 2014, the band signed to Ivy League Records, through which they released their second EP, Illumina. Shortly after this, the band saw the arrival of Jennifer and the departure of Jade. The EP saw success on triple j, and the band won the Sydney slot for the 2015 Laneway Festival Unearthed competition. In 2015, the lineup changed once again with the departure of Matt and the arrival of Rosie. Later in the year, the band released their third EP, Another Life. The songs "Close Your Eyes", "Perfect Picture" and "Another Life" all received significant airplay on triple j. The band released the singles "Rather Be Lonely" and "Let Go" in 2016 and 2017, respectively, with both singles also receiving strong airplay on triple j. In 2018, the band released the song "Landmine", which would later come in at #177 on the triple j Hottest 200. The following year, the band released the singles "Heather" and "Seventy Lies", and in April 2019 they released their debut albumLove is a Landmine. The album debuted and peaked at #39 on the ARIA Charts. The album was also nominated for the Australian Music Prize, and received Album of the Week at Sydney Community Radio stationFBi Radio. The fourth single from the album, "Everything Goes With You", was released in August 2019 and was a nominee for the 2019 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.
Touring
The band have embarked on several national tours over the years, including the Love is a Landmine album tour in mid 2019 selling out and playing to thousands of people across Australia, and the "Everything Goes With You" national tour in November 2019, named after a song from the band's debut album. The band have played a number of notable festivals, including Lost Lands, Festival of the Sun and Beyond the Valley in 2019 and Party in the Paddock in 2020. The band supported A-ha and Rick Astley in February 2020.
Musical style
When the band originated, their sound was a blend of indie rock and dream pop. Later in their career, the band began to shift their sound towards more synth-backed art pop and indie pop, as well as drawing upon 1970's era style Soft Rock.
