The Beautiful Girls are an Australian roots music band, which formed in 2001. They have released three extended plays, Morning Sun (2002), Goodtimes (2002) and The Weight of the World (2004); plus four studio albums, Learn Yourself (2003), We're Already Gone (2005), Ziggurats (2007) and Spooks (2010). The latter three albums have all peaked into the top 25 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Spooks also debuted at No. 1 on the Australian Independent Chart and, in June 2010, it reached No. 7 on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart. Their single, "I Thought About You", reached No. 60 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Mainstay lead singer and guitarist, Mat McHugh, has also issued two solo albums, Seperatista! (2008) and Love Come Save Me (2012) as well as an EP, Go Don't Stop (2011).

By 2010 The Beautiful Girls had toured the world twelve times – including Japan, Canada and the United States – and their total album sales reached 285,000.