Jodi Christine Phillis is an Australia

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n singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

-guitarist. She spent her childhood in California

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, United States

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, and moved back to Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia to begin school. She quit school at 15, then spent 8 years working with surfwear company Mambo Graphics

Mambo Graphics

Mambo is an Australian surf and street clothing brand. It was launched in 1984, by and business partner, Andrew Rich in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria.- Early Days :...

 until she took up the role as co-frontwoman of The Clouds

Clouds (Australian band)

The Clouds are an indie rock band from Sydney, Australia formed in December 1989. The core of the group consisted of frontwomen Jodi Phillis and Patricia "Trish" Young . The line-up of The Clouds has changed several times with different drummers and lead guitarists...

. Phillis was best known for her vocal ability in many of her songs, such as 'Hieronymus', 'Souleater' and 'Ghost of Love Returned'.

After the Clouds' split in 1997 Phillis formed The Dearhunters

The Dearhunters

The Dearhunters were an indie and alternative country band from Sydney, Australia.-History:In 1998, Greg Hitchcock, Tim Oxley, Jodi Phillis and Raphael Whittingham, who were successful artists solo or in various other acts, formed The Dearhunters in a pub in Sydney. They first performed several...

 project, and from then on she took a much mellower musical direction. Her debut solo album Lounge o' Sound, embraced many exotic textures, while its follow-up, the more conventional In Dreams I Live (2001) received much critical acclaim. The track Waiting, Wanting, Holding was featured in the ABC's series Love Is A Four-Letter Word. In Dreams... went on to receive two ARIA Award nominations. Her third solo album, For Lovers, Artists and Dreamers, was released in 2004.

2005 saw Phillis reunite with former Clouds band-mate Trish Young, under the aptly named moniker The Girls From The Clouds. Their EP Lalalala was released in early 2006. After 18 months, however, Phillis and Young once went their separate ways.

Phillis currently lives in Austinmer, New South Wales

Austinmer, New South Wales

Austinmer is a northern suburb of Wollongong on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. It sits in the northern Illawarra region, south of Stanwell Park and immediately north of Thirroul....

with husband and fellow musician, Tim Oxley, and her two daughters. Jodi and Tim have formed Roger loves Betty.