The Front Lawn

The Front Lawn
Origin	New Zealand
Past members
Don McGlashan Harry Sinclair Jennifer Ward-Lealand

The Front Lawn was a New Zealand musical/theatrical duo formed by Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair. From 1989-90, they were joined by Jennifer Ward-Lealand. Their song Andy appeared at number 82 in the Top 100 New Zealand Songs (according to APRA). The group received three New Zealand Music Awards in 1989—most promising group, best film soundtrack/compilation and international achievement. They performed twice at the Edinburgh Festival, in 1988 and 1989, winning The Independent newspaper's theatre award for the festival in 1988, and in both years winning inclusion in the "Pick of the Fringe" season at London's Donmar Warehouse. Their song Breakfast Anthem / Mess Song appears on Tooled Up by the The Spooky Men's Chorale.

The Front Lawn also performed in Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand. The group's 1989 piece "The Reason For Breakfast" was described as "superb" by The New York Times. Of their three short films two—"Walk Short" and "The Lounge Bar"—were screened by Channel 4 in the UK, and "The Lounge Bar" was a finalist in the 1989 American Film Festival. Don McGlashan went on to form the New Zealand band The Mutton Birds, and later went on to pursue a solo career.

Discography

Date of Release	Title	Label	Charted	Country	Catalog Number
1989	Songs from the Front Lawn	Virgin Records (distributed), Front Lawn Records (copyright)	-	New Zealand	FLCD200
1993	More Songs from the Front Lawn		-	New Zealand

Short films

• Walkshort (1987)
• The Lounge Bar (1988)
• Linda's Body (1990)

References

• Dennis, Jonathan and Bieringa, Jan (Eds), Film In Aotearoa New Zealand, Victoria University Press, 2nd Edition, 1996. ISBN 0-86473-309-7

External links

• Walkshort (1987) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Lounge Bar (1989) at the Internet Movie Database
• Linda's Body (1990) at the Internet Movie Database