'Black Behind The Blue' is a rollicking Americana-noir-blues shuffle with a back-street New Orleans swagger. Inspired by a dream of forbidden romance; elusive and mysterious, it captures the amnesic déjà vu that sleep brings.

Produced by Nigel Wearne
Recorded by Zac Barter, Nigel Wearne & Aurélien Tomasi
Mixed by Nigel Wearne
Mastered by Zac Barter

Lyrics & Music - Nigel Wearne
Vocals & Guitar - Nigel Wearne
Drums - Danny McKenna
Double Bass - Isaac Gunnoo
Horn Arrangement, Clarinet & Alto Sax - Aurélien Tomasi
Trombone - Alex Bouchard
Tuba - Christian Leclerc

Black Behind the Blue

Ominous, poignant and mysterious; 'To The Edge' is a potent lament of fate gone wrong. Two lovers by the riverside grappling with truth. Morricone-esque horns tug at the heartstrings; a soulful, minor-key slow-burn that skirts the fringes of jazz and 60s rock ‘n’ roll.

Produced by Nigel Wearne
Recorded by Zac Barter, Nigel Wearne, Aurélien Tomasi & Thomas Dibb
Mixed by Nigel Wearne
Mastered by Zac Barter

Lyrics & Music - Nigel Wearne
Vocals - Nigel Wearne & Lauren Housley
Guitar & Hammond Organ - Nigel Wearne
Drums - Danny McKenna
Double Bass - Isaac Gunnoo
Horn Arrangement & Alto Sax - Aurélien Tomasi
Trumpet - Jérôme Dupuis-Cloutier
Trombone - Blaise Margail

To The Edge [feat. Lauren Housley]

'A Moment Too Soon' is a kooky Americana-noir rumba that swaggers and sways to a retro vibe that smacks it straight back to the 60’s. Quirky, honest and relatable; it’s a cautionary tale of regret. It speaks of that moment when things come unstuck. You said what you said, a moment too soon… [enter the apocalypse].

Produced by Nigel Wearne
Recorded by Zac Barter, Nigel Wearne & Aurélien Tomasi
Mixed by Nigel Wearne
Mastered by Zac Barter

Lyrics & Music - Nigel Wearne
Vocals, Guitar, Casio Keyboard & Saw - Nigel Wearne
Drums - Danny McKenna
Double Bass - Isaac Gunnoo
Bass Sax - Aurélien Tomasi

A Moment Too Soon

'The Reckoning' is an Americana-noir rumba explosion of angular musical mayhem. Sneering vocals, underwater electric guitars, Waitsian percussion and haywire Hammond organ; Dick Dale surf-rock sounds of the 60’s imbued with a good dose Ennio Morricone. And those horns!

Produced by Nigel Wearne
Recorded by Zac Barter, Nigel Wearne & Aurélien Tomasi
Mixed by Nigel Wearne
Mastered by Zac Barter

Lyrics & Music - Nigel Wearne
Vocals, Electric, acoustic & Nashville tuned guitars, M-102 Hammond organ, shakers, tambourine, handclaps - Nigel Wearne 
Drums, tambourine - Danny McKenna
Double-bass - Isaac Gunnoo 
Aurélien Tomasi - Horn arrangement, soprano sax, tenor sax, bass sax, clarinet
Jérôme Dupuis-Cloutier - Trumpet
Blaise Margail - Trombone

The Reckoning

Nigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, folk and Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in the deep south of Australia, he's a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influences such as Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Gillian Welch. A deep thinker and truth seeker with a penchant for all things peculiar, he sings of human frailty, grace and the cosmos; songwriting that cuts to the bone.

Nigel has toured Australia, New Zealand, the US, UK and Canada and he's performed at a long list of music festivals, including the MerleFest, Port Fairy Folk Festival and Adelaide Guitar Festival.

His sophomore album, Black Crow garnered wide critical acclaim including a 4-STAR review in Rolling Stone, a nomination for Best Country Album at the Music Victoria Awards and debuted at #1 on the AMRAP Charts. Singer-songwriter, luthier, poet and gleaner; Wearne paints lyrical pictures with “the narrative-fuelled prose of Paul Kelly” (Beat Magazine).

Nigel Wearne

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