Confetti is the third studio album by Australian indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Little Birdy

Little Birdy

Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...

, released on 8 May 2009. It debuted at number 6 on the ARIA album charts.

Background

In an interview, Steele describes the inspiration behind the title: "Confetti fell out of my mouth, the word just literally came out of nowhere".}}

"Brother" is inspired by a lifetime with her brother, Luke

Luke Steele (singer)

Luke James Steele , is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band The Sleepy Jackson...

 and father, Rick. It opens with the couplet "my brother you taught me how to fly, my papa you taught me how to cry".
Australian music legend Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly (musician)

Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

 adds vocals and harmonica to the track, returning the favour for the backing vocals Katy provided on some sessions for him a few years back.

Track listing

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak Position
2009	ARIA Albums Charts ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	#6

End of Year Charts

Year	Chart	Rank
2009	Australian ARIA End of year Chart	#93

Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales
Australia	Gold	35,000+

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Australia	8 May 2009	Eleven Eleven: A Music Company Eleven: A Music Company is an Australian record label known for its small but successful roster, including Silverchair and Missy Higgins. The company was founded on 11 November 2000 by leading artist manager John Watson.-History:... /Universal Universal Records Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...	CD, Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	ELEVENCD86
			CD/DVD	ELEVENCDSP86

Little Birdy

• Katy Steele
  Katy Steele
  Katy Steele is the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of four piece rock band Little Birdy.-Biography:Katy Steele was born Kate Elizabeth Steele in Perth, Western Australia on 9 September 1983, and has a fraternal twin brother, Jake. She and her brother are the youngest in the family...
  
   - vocals, guitar, keyboard
• Simon Leach - guitar, synthesiser, steel guitar
• Scott 'Barney' O'Donoghue - bass guitar, vocals, melodica, harmonica
• Matt Chequer - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Paul Coyle - trumpet (track 2)
• Shannon Barnett - trombone (track 2)
• Tom Spender - tenor saxophone (track 2)
• Peter Mitchell - baritone saxophone (track 2)
• Jessica Bell - violin (track 4, 5 and 10)
• Willow Stahlut - violin (track 4, 5 and 10)
• Ewen Bramble - cello (track 4, 5 and 10)
• Christian Read - viola (track 4, 5 and 10)
• Garret Costigan - pedal steel guitar (track 4)
• Miles Brown - theremin (tracks 3 and 10)
• Craig Shanahan - percussion (track 10)
• Charlie Thorpe - vocals (track 6)
• Josie De Sousa-Ray - vocals (track 6)
• Paul Kelly
  Paul Kelly (musician)
  Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
  
  - vocals, harmonica (track 1)
• Fergus Deasy - guitar (track 1)

Credits

• Production - Little Birdy, Matt Chequer, Steve Schram
• Recording and Mixing - Steve Schram
• Recording Assistant - Alex Beck
• Mixing Assistants - Lachlan Wooden, Mick Rafferty, Davin Pidoto, Jim White
• Mastered - Bob Ludwig
• Artwork - Simon Leach
• Photography - Tony Mott, Louise Griew
• Cover - Simon Ozolins