The Electric Confectionaires

The Electric Confectionaires
Origin	New Zealand
Genres	Pop, rock, jazz
Years active	2005-2010
Labels	SonyBMG
Associated acts	The Checks, White Birds and Lemons, The Coshercot Honeys, Cuesta
Website	Myspace Page
Past members	Haddon Smith Jaisi Sheehan Rob Fenton Jesse Sheehan Toby McLennan Calum Gunn Hamish Bode

The Electric Confectionaires were a four-piece musical group from Auckland, New Zealand. Their music is a diverse fusion of styles ranging from rock to garage, blues, surf and jazz. The band formed in 2005 at Takapuna Grammar School where original members Jaisi Sheehan, Haddon Smith, Rob Fenton, Calum Gunn and Toby McLeanan shared a music class. The group gained nationwide recognition when they won the 2005 Smokefree Rockquest.

Sheehan, Smith and Gunn hail from Devonport and first met in primary school after Gunn emigrated from Scotland. Fenton (originally from Wellington) and Smith, bonded at school over a mutual love of jazz. In their music class at Takapuna Grammar School they formed the Electric Confectionaires with McLeanan. Later that year the group entered and won the Smokefree Rockquest, an annual high school music competition. Similar to other Rockquest participants, such as Bic Runga, Evermore and Nesian Mystik, the band gained nationwide recognition from the win, which led to a record signing. In December 2006 they signed with Sony BMG, and in November 2007 their debut album Sweet Tooth was released, following the singles ‘Late Night Shopping Spree’ and ‘Sweet Tooth’. The album was recorded at Montage Studios in Grey Lynn with Murray Grindley (ex member of The Underdogs) in charge of production and Nic Manders in charge of engineering.

In 2009 ‘Piece Of My Heart’ was used as the theme music for Go Girls, a prime-time Comedy-drama which currently aired across New Zealand and Australia for 5 seasons from 2009-2013.

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