Fallon Cush are regularly compared more than favourably to acts such as Tom Petty, Ryan Adams, Wilco and The Jayhawks which of course pleases them no end but it’s also kind of embarrassing, plus everyone seems to be compared to those guys these days.
Sure, Fallon Cush imbue catchy, guitar-based indie rock songs with melancholy and autumnal hues and there are chiming open chords blended seamlessly with classic rock and astute pop-leaning songwriting that has a certain melodic nous those other guys possess. And they play really well and know their way around a studio etc etc but, still...
Actually.., come to think of it, there’s at least one review that compared another band to Fallon Cush so, let’s be honest it could be worse, much worse…
Having earned a reputation in his early years for knowing his way around a tune and abrupt disappearances at inopportune times, over recent years singer-songwriter, Steve Smith has pulled together some of Sydneys finest players and producers to bring his widescreen songs to life, producing five albums over the past eight years.
2011’s self-titled, live to tape debut album which introduced the breezy and jangly Fallon Cush sound was supposedly never meant to see the light of day but was followed up within the year with another album April being premiered by American Songwriter.
Then nothing until 2016’s acclaimed LP, Bee In Your Bonnet arrived revealing a tougher more alt country leaning sound. The band went on to open for Son Volt in Sydney and played a rousing set at the Dashville Skyline festival while difficulties behind the scenes in getting 2017’s follow up album Morning completed threatened the future of the band.
Now, the band’s new album, Stranger Things Have Happened confirms those difficulties are behind them with the band emerging from a period of unrest reinvigorated and with Smith writing more strongly than ever, the band add colour and draw from a wide sonic palette of shades and tones to deliver their best album to date.
To be released in November 2019 the album was recorded and mixed at Endomusia Studios surrounded by the Australian bush in the picturesque Blue Mountains west of Sydney by Josh Schuberth with additional recording by Michael Carpenter at Love Hz Studios Sydney. It was mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301 Sydney and produced by Steve Smith. It will be released through the band’s own label, Lightly Toasted Records.
"By the time we’d finished the last record, Morning, I thought that’d be the end of it. It was really quite difficult getting that record finished for a number of reasons.
This record feels like a bit of a fresh start, there’s an energy around it. It’s a good feeling. Strange but good.”
FALLON CUSH - Stranger Things Have Happened
1. Burn
2. Sleep Her Away
3. The Key
4. Your Halo’s Bright
5. Yarraman
6. Tempo Over Time
7. Sit With Me
8. Benny
9. I Don’t Care What You Wear
10. Tighter Than A Drum
Steve Smith: vocals, guitar
Suzy Goodwin: backing vocals
Casey Atkins: guitar, backing vocals
Tim Byron: keyboards
Peter Marley: bass, backing vocals
Russell Crawford: drums
Josh Schuberth: lap steel, percussion
Recorded and mixed by Josh Schuberth at Endomusia Studios, Blue Mountains NSW
Additional recording by Michael Carpenter at Love Hz Studios, Sydney NSW
Mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301, Sydney NSW
Written and Produced by Steve Smith
Sure, Fallon Cush imbue catchy, guitar-based indie rock songs with melancholy and autumnal hues and there are chiming open chords blended seamlessly with classic rock and astute pop-leaning songwriting that has a certain melodic nous those other guys possess. And they play really well and know their way around a studio etc etc but, still...
Actually.., come to think of it, there’s at least one review that compared another band to Fallon Cush so, let’s be honest it could be worse, much worse…
Having earned a reputation in his early years for knowing his way around a tune and abrupt disappearances at inopportune times, over recent years singer-songwriter, Steve Smith has pulled together some of Sydneys finest players and producers to bring his widescreen songs to life, producing five albums over the past eight years.
2011’s self-titled, live to tape debut album which introduced the breezy and jangly Fallon Cush sound was supposedly never meant to see the light of day but was followed up within the year with another album April being premiered by American Songwriter.
Then nothing until 2016’s acclaimed LP, Bee In Your Bonnet arrived revealing a tougher more alt country leaning sound. The band went on to open for Son Volt in Sydney and played a rousing set at the Dashville Skyline festival while difficulties behind the scenes in getting 2017’s follow up album Morning completed threatened the future of the band.
Now, the band’s new album, Stranger Things Have Happened confirms those difficulties are behind them with the band emerging from a period of unrest reinvigorated and with Smith writing more strongly than ever, the band add colour and draw from a wide sonic palette of shades and tones to deliver their best album to date.
To be released in November 2019 the album was recorded and mixed at Endomusia Studios surrounded by the Australian bush in the picturesque Blue Mountains west of Sydney by Josh Schuberth with additional recording by Michael Carpenter at Love Hz Studios Sydney. It was mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301 Sydney and produced by Steve Smith. It will be released through the band’s own label, Lightly Toasted Records.
"By the time we’d finished the last record, Morning, I thought that’d be the end of it. It was really quite difficult getting that record finished for a number of reasons.
This record feels like a bit of a fresh start, there’s an energy around it. It’s a good feeling. Strange but good.”
FALLON CUSH - Stranger Things Have Happened
1. Burn
2. Sleep Her Away
3. The Key
4. Your Halo’s Bright
5. Yarraman
6. Tempo Over Time
7. Sit With Me
8. Benny
9. I Don’t Care What You Wear
10. Tighter Than A Drum
Steve Smith: vocals, guitar
Suzy Goodwin: backing vocals
Casey Atkins: guitar, backing vocals
Tim Byron: keyboards
Peter Marley: bass, backing vocals
Russell Crawford: drums
Josh Schuberth: lap steel, percussion
Recorded and mixed by Josh Schuberth at Endomusia Studios, Blue Mountains NSW
Additional recording by Michael Carpenter at Love Hz Studios, Sydney NSW
Mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301, Sydney NSW
Written and Produced by Steve Smith
