https://secure.racq.com.au/onlineservices/subscription/Public/Campaign/Enter/RoadAhead/PeterGarrettAfter nearly 15 years away from the recording studio, Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has announced the details of his debut solo album, A Version of Now. The chorus of the opening track, Tall Trees, really says it all: “I’m back!”.
As the singer, songwriter and former politician explained, this is a particularly personal project and one that happened by accident.
“As I was finishing my memoir, melodies and lines kept dropping into my head and, big surprise, I ended up writing a few songs. Once these tunes were out in the sunlight I decided I might as well jump into a studio and record what I had, along with a few other bits and pieces I’d always liked.”
A Version of Now takes the listener on a candid trail of memories; the tone both stridently distinctive and unexpectedly tender, as one of the greatest frontmen in Australian rock reflects on his motives, losses and gains, and finds his resolve utterly unbowed.
RACQ Living is giving away 20 copies of the new album.
Competition begins at 9am on July 21, 2016 and closes 5pm on August 16, 2016. Winners will be contacted by mail.
