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Performances in front of thousands at the Groovin’ the Moo festival and the national Make Poverty History concert, sold out shows in iconic interstate venues supporting some of the country’s best bands, a swag of new recordings and a debut video on the way – 2010 has been the culmination of a busy couple of years for Canberra indie-poppers Hancock Basement. Formed on ANU campus and named after an infamous uni lovespot, the band spawned from a chance meeting of four very different minds (sample subjects: Archaeology, Design, Law) united by their outwardly cool record collections and closet love of pop music. The lads swiftly gained a reputation for their, ahem, spirited live shows and were soon opening for acts like the Presets, Cut Off Your Hands, Datarock, the Sleepy Jackson and Operator Please. The group next decamped to Bigjesusburger Studios to record with Berkfinger (Philadelphia Grand Jury), Jorden Brebach (Dappled Cities) and Chris Townend (Silverchair,) and the resulting