1998–2002: Black the Sun and Watching Angels Mend Early in 1998, Lloyd released his debut single "Peepshow/Momo", which did not chart. In July 1998, Lloyd released the single "Black the Sun", the lead from his debut album of the same name. The song peaked at number 86 on the
ARIA Charts. Lloyd's debut studio album,
Black the Sun was released in July 1999. It peaked at number 9 on the ARIA Charts and was certified 2× Platinum.
Triple J listeners voting it their album of the year in 1999. At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2000, Lloyd won
ARIA Award for Best Male Artist. In 2001, Lloyd released "Downtown" and "
Amazing", the lead singles from his second album. "Amazing" became his best-performing single, peaking within the top 20 in Australia and being certified gold. It was voted in a number 1 on the
Triple J Hottest 100, 2001. At the
APRA Music Awards of 2002, the song won Single of the Year. The accompanying video was directed by Ryan Renshaw.
Watching Angels Mend was released in September 2001 and peaked at number 2 in Australia and was certified 3× platinum. Two further top-40 singles in Australia followed in 2002: "
Green" and "
Everybody's Laughing". In August 2013, Lloyd released the first single from the album, "Better the Less You Know", featuring footage of people listening to the song in London and on the Central Coast. The album was released on 18 October 2013, and was met with a mostly positive reception. Late in 2013, Lloyd performed his first Australian tour in over five years. In 2014, Lloyd collaborated with the
Richmond Football Club, releasing "
Coming Home (To Richmond)"; a combination of his original 2003 single with references made to the
AFL club. Lloyd subsequently adopted the Tigers as his club. The song became his first re-entry into the Australia Top 100 in over eight years, peaking at number 62 on the ARIA Charts. A third single from
Urban Wilderness was released in April 2014, titled "Good Thing".
2016–2017: Acoustica On 11 February 2016,
Liberation Music announced that Lloyd would be releasing an acoustic album as part of their acoustic series, featuring re-imaginings of many of his most successful tracks. The following day, an acoustic version of "Coming Home" was released on their YouTube channel. Lloyd also began touring with Australian rock band
Icehouse for their tour dates in Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra throughout February and March 2016.
Acoustica was released on 5 August 2016 and peaked at number 45 on ARIA charts.
2018–2019: Black the Sun 20th Anniversary Tour Following an appearance at
A Day on the Green in 2018 and supporting
The Whitlams on their national tour of 2018, Lloyd announced a 20th-anniversary release of his debut album
Black the Sun. The subsequent national tour, took place from October–November and was a success, with multiple sell out shows.
2021–present: "Amazing" 20th Anniversary Tour and new album Following the reopening of venues during the
COVID-19 pandemic, Lloyd announced an eleven-date acoustic tour to celebrate the 20th-anniversary release of "Amazing". In May 2022, Lloyd released his first single in eight years, "Trojan Horse", coinciding with the commencement of the tour. In August 2025, Lloyd was the subject of an episode on
Australian Story titled
Dark Star. ==Personal life==