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Apologies for the excruciating sped-up voice for the female part! “Evening” was really my first experience of writing for a female vocalist (Aurora Kurth), and while I don’t much like it when a songwriter sings an octave down to indicate … Continue reading →

A thoroughly ridiculous song that was the early centerpiece of “Evening”. Delightful to sing with Aurora Kurth, who played Sally – and I don’t write many neo-Meatloaf/Billy Joel multipart songs (trip on that thought for a moment: neo-Meatloaf! Scary or … Continue reading →

Here’s the notion: A song about trying to find a spot for your car in Melbourne’s CBD, and how much it feels like unrequited love. I like this lyric, but it’s not long on funny. In “Evening” it was beautifully … Continue reading →

Never really got this one out the way I wanted it – I wanted to keep it dry, but it’s so heavy on the verbiage that I’m not sure any sense of irony comes through. It was meant to be … Continue reading →

(Bennetto/Grandage) I grew up in Greensborough when everything closed at nine Shopping malls would seal their doors and deluminate their signs Leaving concrete and a cold street and a circle of us in the park Chugging warm fruity lexia from … Continue reading →

Novelty song alert! This is fun to play, though; it’s a very straightforward 12-bar blues style, apart from the midsection which is, um, a 32-bar blues form. I was pretty happy with getting it all in there, though X is … Continue reading →

The Southern Star Observation Wheel, an enormous rotating viewing platform in the style of the London Eye, was constructed in Melbourne’s Docklands precinct (at a cost of AU$100m) between 2006 and 2008. It opened on December 20, 2008, just in … Continue reading →

(Bennetto/Grandage) I had this lyric, almost complete, tucked away in a notepad somewhere and stumbled across it just before locking off “Evening“. It was a highlight of the show for all of us playing, I think – we got to … Continue reading →