Paul Dempsey

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Paul Dempsey

australian alternative rock australian indie
Australia
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Paul Dempsey is the singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of one of Australia’s most successful bands, Something for Kate. Having released 7 platinum and gold albums to date with Something for Kate, amassing 14 Australian Record Industry Award nominations, multiple Rolling Stone gongs for best band, best album & best male vocalist along with countless sold out tours with everyone from David Bowie to Death Cab for Cutie, Dempsey released his first solo album in 2009. Tackling subject matters well beyond the realm of rock n roll, his songs gracefully explore everything from the existential angst of AI to the possibility of apocalyptic romance - ensuring he is never predictable. His solo albums include the gold ‘Everything Is True’, 2013's 'Shotgun Karaoke' covers album, 2016’s 'Strange Loop’& 2024's collaborative project with Bernard Fanning in Fanning Dempsey National Park. 2025 Sees the release of Shotgun Karaoke Volume 2. Dempsey is regarded as one of the country’s finest and most fiercely original lyricists.

Monthly Listeners

48,720

Followers

33,109

Total Streams

30.9 million

Top Cities

Australia Sydney
10,498 listeners
Australia Melbourne
10,318 listeners
Australia Brisbane
7,978 listeners
Australia Perth
5,228 listeners
Australia Adelaide
3,010 listeners

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Popular Tracks

53 tracks
1
Ramona Was A Waitress

Ramona Was A Waitress

Jan 1, 2009

5.9 million

streams

2
Idiot Oracle

Idiot Oracle

May 13, 2016

4.3 million

streams

3
Out The Airlock

Out The Airlock

Jan 1, 2009

2.5 million

streams

4
Addicted

Addicted

Jan 1, 2010

2.5 million

streams

5
Calling Out

Calling Out

Nov 4, 2016

1.4 million

streams

6
Edge Of Town - triple j Like A Version

Edge Of Town - triple j Like A Version

Apr 22, 2022

1.4 million

streams

7
Morningless

Morningless

May 13, 2016

1.2 million

streams

8
Fast Friends

Fast Friends

Jan 1, 2009

999,986

streams

9
The True Sea

The True Sea

May 13, 2016

937,419

streams

10
Never Tear Us Apart

Never Tear Us Apart

Jan 1, 2013

650,290

streams

Releases

14 releases
Shotgun Karaoke Vol.II

Shotgun Karaoke Vol.II

2025

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EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd (Distribution)
Boys Of Summer

Boys Of Summer

2025

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EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd (Distribution)
If I Could Turn Back Time

If I Could Turn Back Time

2025

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EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd (Distribution)
The Deluge

The Deluge

2024

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Universal Music Australia (Distribution)
Disconnect

Disconnect

2024

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Universal Music Australia (Distribution)
Edge Of Town (triple j Like A Version)

Edge Of Town (triple j Like A Version)

2022

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EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd
Fashionably Late (Every New Year’s Day)

Fashionably Late (Every New Year’s Day)

2021

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Ivy League Records
Fashionably Late (Every New Year’s Day)

Fashionably Late (Every New Year’s Day)

2021

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Ivy League
Strange Loop

Strange Loop

2016

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INDEPENDANT
Strange Loop

Strange Loop

2016

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EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd