The Beautiful Few (1993 – 2009) were a Melbourne based band who did some time in Sydney over 2004 and 2005.

Revolving around the lyrics of playwright Kieran Carroll, they produced three studio albums and a bedroom album all through Big Rig Records. Prior to their Big Rig years, there was ‘Dancing Under The Lights’ (1995) and ‘The October Lovers’ (1999).

The band had numerous line-ups, close to a different one for each album, with many members playing in other well-known bands such as Augie March, Registered Nurse, Gaslight Radio, and even way back, The Huxton Creepers to name a few!

Perhaps, a review in 2005 by Beat’s Bronius Zumeris of ‘If You Change Your City…You’re Sure To Change Your Style’ answers something of what they were like: ‘The way The Beautiful Few play hopscotch with angst, realism and irony with deft skill belies their status as minor league players.’