Brendan Maclean

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 Paul Mac. Its lead single Stupid was featured by BuzzFeed 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 Universal Music Publishing Group.

In 2015 Brendan released a third EP "Thought I'd Cry for You Forever", which included a collaboration with writer Neil Gaiman, and was nominated for an ARIA Award 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 number 2 on the Australian Independent Album Chart. Three singles from the record were co-written with former Cobra Starship member Alex Suarez.

In 2024 Brendan performed as a backing vocalist for Australia’s Eurovision entry, Adelaide based pop duo Electric Fields.

House of Air
On 30 January 2017, Maclean uploaded an explicit short film accompanying his song "House of Air" to YouTube. The video went viral for its depictions of sexual acts including fisting, piss play, and scat play. The video was later removed from YouTube for breaching its terms of service, but is available on Vimeo as of January 2024.

House of Air won a Berlin Music Video Award and gained entry to SXSW 2018 Midnight Shorts. Huffington Post and New York 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 Baz Luhrmann adaptation of The Great Gatsby (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. The production won Best Musical Direction in the Sydney Theatre Awards 2022.

Brendan is slated to appear in How To Make Gravy, a 2024 feature film inspired by a Paul Kelly song.

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

Albums

 * funbang1 (2016)
 * And the Boyfriends (2019)

EPs

 * White Canvas (2010)
 * Population (2014)
 * Thought I'd Cry for You Forever (2015)
 * Solo (funbang1 B-Sides) (2017)

Singles

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

Notable recordings

 * Velvet: The Original Cast Album (2015)
 * "Laura", Bat for Lashes cover with Amanda Palmer (2016)
 * Bright Light Bright Light featuring Brendan Maclean - "Touchy" (2020)
 * "Prime Time", The Tubes cover with Tom Aspaul (2021)