Alone with his guitar, Pete Murray begins strumming the chords to Silver Cloud. Immediately recognised by the packed crowd we sing along, soothed by his more refined vocals. His trusted harmonica appears and the mechanical structure holding it sits around his neck. It is then he begins to play Bail Me Out and the entire crowd, regardless of gender, simultaneously swoon. I’m not sure why the tracks from his debut, Feeler, always get the best reactions. Most probably it’s because they’re the songs that people first fell in love with nearly a decade ago.
Pete welcomes Brett Wood to the...
Pete Murray has been the poster boy of Australian singer songwriters for over eight years and something tells me it’s to do with a lot more than his six pack and beautiful face. That’s not to say they don’t help, though…
Blue Sky Blue is his fourth studio album and sees little variation from his tried and tested formula of soft vocals, clever chords and painfully heartfelt metaphors. Whilst 2005’s See The Sun was an album full of optimism tinged with the occasional depressing twist and 2008’s Summer at Eureka seemed dedicated to his young children, this album reflects the latest...
