bAnoffee

bAnoffee is the solo project of Melbourne musician Martha Brown, who is from Melbourne, Australia. Brown is also the sister of singer-songwriter Hazel Brown and was formerly one-third of the experimental pop band otouto.

Early releases and EPs

The project begins with two songs posted on SoundCloud in March 2012: “Ninja” and “Got It”. A studio version of “Ninja” appears in a video in July 2013 and is officially released the following month. “Reign Down” follows in December 2013, also accompanied by a video, and a studio version of “Got It” appears in July 2014. Brown’s self-titled EP includes “Reign Down”, “Got It” and “Ninja” and is released in 2014 on Two Bright Lakes.

In 2015, Brown releases the EP Do I Make You Nervous? through Dot Dash/Remote Control. The EP yields the singles “With Her” and “I’m Not Sorry”.

Collaborations and later singles

Banoffee features on Charles Murdoch’s album Point in 2015, singing on “Back To It” with Oscar Key Sung. Brown then releases the single “Ripe” in 2017 and appears on HTMLflowers’ debut album Chrome Halo the same year. In 2018, she releases the singles “Muscle Memory” and “Bubble”.

She also collaborates with L8LOOMER on “Count On Me”, with Chela on “Shut You Up”, and with umru on “heat death”. Brown appears on “Wish Me Luck” by Collarbones, her former Two Bright Lakes labelmates, on their 2019 album Futurity. In the same year, Banoffee releases “Tennis Fan”, which features vocals from King Princess, and Brown later sings on King Princess’ track “Forget About It” from Cheap Queen.

Debut album

Banoffee’s debut album, Look At Us Now Dad, is released in 2020 on Dot Dash Recordings.