Music erupted from the Northern Beaches PCYC on Saturday night (20 April) as four bands battled it out for the coveted Northern Composure winner’s title for 2024, with Astrovan the successor.

The well-respected competition, now in its 21st year, gives young, unknown bands the opportunity to showcase their impressive musicianship to a broad audience through heats and finals before being whittled down to the best 4 bands for the grand final.

This year’s platinum winner Astrovan pipped gold winner, Bangalley and silver winner, Melaluka, with Overnight Lows announced as emerging artist of the year.

Forming the centrepiece of Youth Week, Northern Beaches Council has supported Northern Composure to unearth many success stories such as Dear Seattle, The Rions and Lime Cordiale.

The judges selected the winning band through 5 criteria: musicianship, originality, stage presence, youth audience appeal and overall conduct.

Astrovan took home $1,000 cash from Northern Beaches Council and a marketing and publicity package from Perfect Pitch valued at $1,100. Mall Music and BOSS provided a consultation with Rowland Product Specialist and a $400 retail Rowland equipment voucher.

The band also won a full music production package from Jaminajar where they will record a single with renowned music producer Paul Najar at the Jaminajar studios with stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes.

Northern Composure Band Competition is proudly produced by Northern Beaches Council and generously supported by major sponsors Perfect Pitch and event partners – Jaminajar, Rocksalt Sound, Mall Music and Roland.

For more information about the competition, please visit our website.