caption website years_active label article_title background genre image origin name
the , corner hotel , richmond , december 2007 . man behind the beautiful girls , mat mchugh www.matmchughmusic.com 2001 -- 2012 , 2014-present independent/mgm distribution , san dumo , die!boredom the beautiful girls
 group_or_band roots dub , pop rock , alternative , reggae , mat mchugh.jpg sydney , new south wales , australia the beautiful girls
the beautiful girls

the beautiful girls are an australian roots music musical collective based around the music of songwriter/producer mat mchugh , which formed in 2001 .
they have released three extended plays , `` morning sun '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- , `` goodtimes '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- and `` the weight of the world '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- ; plus five studio albums , `` learn yourself '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , `` we 're already gone '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , `` ziggurats '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , `` spooks '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , and `` dancehall days '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- .
the latter four albums have all peaked into the top 20 on the aria albums chart .
`` spooks '' and `` dancehall days '' also debuted at no. 1 on the australian independent chart and , no. 7 & 5 -lrb- respectively -rrb- on the american `` billboard '' reggae albums chart .
their single , `` i thought about you '' , reached no. 60 on the aria singles chart .
songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist , mat mchugh , has also issued two solo albums , `` seperatista ! ''
-lrb- 2008 -rrb- and `` love come save me '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- as well as an ep , `` go do n't stop '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- .
by 2014 the beautiful girls had toured the world multiple times -- including japan , canada , brazil and the united states -- and their total album sales reached 350,000 .
