News: Cam Butler (Ron S Peno & the Superstitions) announces new solo album ‘World Forever’ and tempts us with the thunderous single ‘Clear Infinity’.

Last year’s album release ‘Spirits Flying Home’ (reviewed by me here) from iconic guitarist, producer and composer Cam Butler was described by me as a beautiful elegiac album, sparse and open, consisting entirely of sparkling guitars interspersed with ambient movements borne on a shimmering drone. Butler has now announced a follow-up album entitled ‘World Forever’ due for release on 1 May 2026 and has graced us with the first track off the album, ‘Clear Infinity’.

‘Clear Infinity’ is dramatic, anthemic and bold – a 28-piece string section stabbing in the ether with storms of feedback and percussion, underpinned by a grand organ and a filigree of scything guitars. It’s a pulse-quickening sonic journey, operatic and theatrical, that seems to roam over a wild untamed soundscape under dark foreboding skies.

Butler says of the track:

The song ‘Clear Infinity’ to me feels exhilarating and at the same time mysterious too. When I was writing the piece I wanted to create an exciting, musical world that used the grand scope of the Town Hall pipe organ supported by fuzz guitar, bass, drums and a soaring 28 piece string orchestra to create something that is super special, melodic and powerful.

It’s a satisfying and cathartic blast – great instrumentals never need words to express emotions as evocative as this:

There will be a limited pressing of 300 copies of the new album available on ultramarine blue vinyl – you can pre order it here.

Butler will be launching the album with a free concert in Melbourne on 22 May 2026 at the Melbourne Town Hall complete with the starring Grand Organ that features in the album.

Butler has had a prodigious career having his work played on Australian and French television. As a guitarist, he has collaborated with Melbourne musicians such as Angie Hart, Hugo Race, Ned Collette, Roller One and Charlie Marshall. In 1998, Cam founded the three-piece instrumental band, Silver Ray, who were active until 2008. From 2010, Butler worked as a guitarist, co-songwriter and producer with Australian musical legend, ex Died Pretty singer, the late Ron S. Peno, forming the band, Ron S. Peno and The Superstitions.

Feature Photograph: Haley Rose