The Beautiful Girls, an Australian roots music group, were formed in Sydney in
2001 by Mat McHugh, Mitchell Connelly, and Clay MacDonald. Their mini-album
Morning Sun was released in March 2002, followed by the EP Goodtimes in November
of the same year. The band's first studio album, Learn Yourself, came out in
September 2003. Their album, We're Already Gone, peaked at number 19 on the ARIA
Albums Chart in 2005 and featured guest vocals by Julia Stone. Subsequent albums
included Ziggurats (2007), which reached number 21 on the Australian albums
chart, and Spooks (2010) and Danceh...