The Front Lawn was a multi-award-winning and much-loved New Zealand duo-turned-trio made up of Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair and, eventually, Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand. All three have continued with exceptional artistic careers in the years since (and before) The Front Lawn.

A 1980s variety act, The Front Lawn was part of an Aotearoa/New Zealand alternative tradition of duos that combine music, comedy, theatre and film. Their debut album Songs From The Front Lawn (1989) distilled McGlashan and Sinclair's stage shows and groundbreaking short films – Walkshort and The Lounge Bar – while also thrusting the band into the burgeoning New Zealand indie music scene. The Songs From The Front Lawn album is a snapshot of '80s New Zealand, a turbulent, creative period for indie music, film and musical theatre, celebrating local identity in new ways.