Voting For The Triffid's 2024 QLD Album Of The Year Is Now Open

The legends at The Triffid are back, announcing the five Queensland Album of the Year nominees presented in collaboration with The Music.

Anyone can vote for the artists nominated for this year’s prestigious award, with public voting open from today – Wednesday, 2 October – until 5 pm on Friday, 1 November.

The winning artist will be revealed during an exclusive celebration at the Brisbane venue The Triffid on Wednesday, 13 November. Attendance is free for punters looking for a good night.

An honour for nominees, the winning album will be placed on the Hero Wall and join icons like Regurgitator, Powderfinger, Violent Soho, and The Go-Betweens. The winning artist will also receive a $2,500 marketing package from The Music and a rehearsal day in The Triffid Live Room.

If you’re considering voting – what’s in it for you to vote? – here’s a reason (aside from making your thoughts known on your favourite album nominated): every voter goes in the draw to win one of two VIP passes to Green Day’s March 2025 show at the Gold Coast’s Cbus Stadium. What a prize!

Last year’s Album of the Year title went to Beddy Rays for their self-titled debut. Past winners include Queensland artists like Stepson, The Chats, Tia Gostelow, Cub Sport, and Busby Marou. Without further ado, here are this year’s nominees for the Queensland Album of the Year:

1. Girl & Girl - Call A Doctor

2. Radium Dolls - Legal Speed

3. Clea - Idle Light

4. Asha Jefferies - Ego Ride

5. The Dreggs - Caught in A Reverie

Voting for The Triffid’s 2024 QLD Album of the Year is now open! Head to our voting portal via TheMusic.com.au to cast your vote! Get to know this year’s nominees:

Girl & Girl – Call A Doctor

The debut album from the garage rock four-piece is a theatrical concept album that finds Girl & Girl exploring heavy topics like mental health and the human race’s planned obsolescence against a stunning indie rock backdrop.

Call A Doctor feels both timeless and fresh. It contains eleven tracks that feature epic guitar moments, acoustic shuffles, punk energy, and raw indie pop, all working to encompass singer-songwriter Kai James’s personal history. It’s an album filled with anxieties but completely alive.

Girl & Girl possess a brazen, bold sense of humour and offer undeniable brightness in the darkness, making it impossible not to be hooked.

Radium Dolls – Legal Speed

With Legal Speed, Radium Dolls offer a collection of self-proclaimed “pure steel”. The Brisbane outfit’s debut album feels like classic rock and roll, packed with energy across its eleven tracks.

The album saw them embark on their largest headline tour to date, playing in venues across the East Coast and ending the run with a sold-out hometown show at The Zoo.

Radium Dolls’ songwriting—which is already recognised as their signature style—finds them blending humour, fierce energy, and, of course, some introspection as they explore music with fearless honesty and thrilling musicianship. They’re undoubtedly a band to watch and an exceptional nominee for the Queensland Album of the Year.

Clea – Idle Light

Clea’s second album, Idle Light, is the long-awaited follow-up to her 2018 release Vermillion. It is an impressive collection of dreamy soundscapes that make up her take on “mantra pop.”

A modern brand of pop music, Clea effortlessly blends elements of contemporary pop, indie, and electronica to create music that’s uniquely Clea. An album that expresses “the soaring highs and crushing lows” of adulthood, Clea said of the release:

“The songs repeatedly reinforce a feeling and message over and over, something I embraced and encoded as ‘mantra pop.’ You will either find yourself in a state of bliss or existential questioning. I am singing the mantras to myself, my loved ones, anyone and everyone.”

Asha Jefferies – Ego Ride

Asha Jefferies stands out quickly with her storytelling on her debut album, Ego Ride, especially her humour, confidence (Brand New Bitch) and self-deprecating nature (Keep My Shit Together) amongst beautiful, often tender instrumentals and melodies.

In a press release, Jefferies said about Ego Ride, “Looking back, I realised that a lot of the narratives throughout the album are tied to my ego - whether that’s moments where I felt on top of the world or totally crumbled.”

For the LP, Jefferies teamed up with longtime collaborator Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music) at Prawn Records in the inner north of Brisbane and created an expansive collection of stories that resonate with listeners.

The Dreggs – Caught In A Reverie

Another group releasing their debut album, The Dreggs fire on all cylinders with Caught In A Reverie. The warm indie-rock release is rich in its diversity, showcasing the sunny (Peeps With The Goods), acoustic folk (Train Left The Station), a country vibe (Places), and relatable storytelling (I’m A Little Older).

Whether The Dreggs showcase their energetic side on Your Love, capture melancholia on Sad Old Song, or full-blown joy on She Picks Flowers, Caught In A Reverie is an album that contains a little something for everyone.

Voting for The Triffid’s 2024 QLD Album Of The Year is now open! Head to our voting portal here to cast your vote.