Safia (band)


SAFIA is an Australian electronica, indie pop band formed in Canberra. They met at Radford College. They won the Groovin' the Moo competition in 2012 and were featured on Peking Duk's ARIA top 10 single, "Take Me Over".
The band says the name comes from a song they wrote called "Sapphire", but it does not mean anything. The band have since found out that safia means serenity in Arabic.
When it comes to the band's influences, they claim to have a very broad range of styles and genres but list artists like Purity Ring, Major Lazer, Feed Me, Chet Faker, Disclosure and James Blake.
In 2014, lead singer Ben Woolner appeared as feature artist on the Indian Summer single 'Aged Care' under the pseudonym 'Benjamin Joseph'. The band opened for Twenty One Pilots during their 2017 Emotional Roadshow Tour Pacific Leg which started in Wellington, New Zealand.
On 30 June 2016, the band announced the title of its debut album, Internal, which was released on 9 September 2016 and peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Charts.
On 13 October 2017, Safia released "Cellophane Rainbow".
In 2018, they released "Freakin' Out", which was the first track they wrote after their album "Internal".

Band members

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

Other appearances

Music videos

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

Since 2006 the Australian Independent Record Labels Association have run their annual AIR Awards.

ARIA Music Awards

Since 1987 the ARIA Music Awards have run annual awards.
YearCategoryNominated artist/workResult
2015Best Dance Release"Take Me Over"

APRA Awards

Since 1982 the APRA Awards are run by Australian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.
YearCategoryNominated artist/workResult
2016Most played Australian Work"Take Me Over" rowspan="2"
2016Dance work of the Year"Take Me Over" -