Greetings, Awkwanaughts,

It's been an amazing year for us. Thank you to:

• all the festivals who featured us (in 4 states!),
• all the venues and organisations across Melbourne who hosted our gigs,
• all the open mics we've popped in to (especially the MCs who keep these magical events flying),
• the critical acclaim brought to our songs 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙉𝙤 𝙎𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙨 '𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙮' and 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙 through the Melbourne Ukulele Festival's Songwriting Competition,
• everyone who supported our debut album launch,
• everyone who streamed or bought 𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 (always available here - https://awkwardstrangers.hearnow.com),
• everyone who signed up to our email mailing list (that's YOU)
• 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

We have big plans for 2025, mainly related to songwriting and working towards a second album. Stay tuned 😁

* 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒆𝒍𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆. 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓!🎉