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Big Scary

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Big Scary is an Australian musical duo formed in Melbourne in 2006, by Tom Iansek and Joanna Syme. The pair have released several EPs and five studio albums.

Their 2013 album Not Art was nominated for the Australian Album of the Year at the J Awards of 2012, Best Independent Album at the AIR Awards of 2013 and also for ARIA Award for Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2013. Not Art won the 2014 Australian Music Prize, winning the band $30 000.In 2010 Iansek had formed a side project, #1 Dads. Their 2016 single "The Opposite of Us" was certified gold in Australia in 2020.