Something for Kate is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman, keyboard Thomas Mally, and bassist Stephanie Ashworth. The group was founded in 1994, with Julian Carroll as the original bass player. Something for Kate have widespread popularity in Australia. Their most recent album Desert Lights was released on the 1 July 2006, and debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIA charts and by the end of the month was certified gold. They are one of the most popular and enduring Australian alternative/rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s. In 1999 their second album, Beautiful Sharks was nominated for two ARIA AWARDS while in 2001 their third album,Echolalia was nominated for six ARIA AWARDS and went on to double platinum sales. In 2003 they were nominated for four ARIA Awards for the fourth album,The Official Fiction which also attained over platinum status -- Something For Kate have a very dedicated fanbase often seen more as a cult following. In 2007 they released their first 'Best Of' compilation album, titled The Murmur Years - The Best Of Something For Kate 1996-2007]]. in 2008 Paul Dempsey is writing and releasing his first major solo album. (Dempsey released a solo album in 1997 titled Scared of Horses in which he wrote and recorded all the music getting guest vocalists to sing. This album sold out of its pressings and is now extremely hard to find.)

Something for Kate formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1994. The founding members of the three-piece band were vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, bass player Julian Carroll and drummer Clint Hyndman. After recording a 7-track demo in 1995, the band signed to Murmur Records, a subsidiary of Sony. In 1996, they released the 7-track EP The Answer to Both Your Questions, recorded and mixed by Greg Atkinson of Sydney band Big Heavy Stuff . In November of 1996, the 3-track single “Dean Martin” was