Centered around singer/songwriter
Mat McHugh, the eclectic Australian rock group
Beautiful Girls make rootsy, folk-inflected pop that has drawn comparisons to such like-minded artists as
Ben Harper,
Jack Johnson, and
Mason Jennings. Formed in 2002, the band put out the mini-album Morning Sun and the five-track limited-edition EP Good Times before releasing their first full-length album,
Learn Yourself, on San Dumo in 2003. A year later, the band released their second full-length studio album,
We're Already Gone. Water and
Ziggurats followed in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
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Matt Collar, Rovi