With founding members Lindy Morrison (legendary drummer from The Go-Betweens) and Rob Snarski (the iconic Black Eyed Susans) at the helm, and joined by ‘Evil’ Graham Lee (The Triffids, The Blackeyed Susans), Shane O’Mara (Rebecca’s Empire, Chris Wilson, The Silversound) and Dan Kelly (Paul Kelly, Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males), the supergroup SnarskiCircusLindyBand (SCLB) have released their second single ‘The Dying Conversation’ in anticipation of their debut album ‘what’s said and what’s left unsaid’ due for release on 26 September.
The album is a songwriting collaboration between Snarski and Morrison, marking the first time that Morrison has recorded her own compositions, and makes you wonder why we had to wait so long to see this side of her craft. For the results are magnificent.
‘The Dying Conversation’ is a gently reflective track, framed by Lee’s distinctive steel guitar weeping in the ether and Snarski’s yearning vocals underpinned by strings. The accompanying video by Michael Sawers (headsupcreative) captures Morrison in the blinding sunshine at the iconic Waverley Cemetery (I believe) with its stunning seaside cliff location, adding a degree of melancholy to the sounds and the poignancy of the lyrics:
What do you think she said
holding her drink
On beats and songs in my head I said
And what do you think after that she asked
I think on people who have
gone, gone with the dead
And what do you think then when you die,
What will be left? What will be left?
I said, some will be sad and
some will forget
That I had a life of ridiculous fun
Of ridiculous fun
So, dying won’t make
them sad for too long
What’s happening then
a tear down her face
Beautiful resilient thoughts on the temporal nature of exitence:
The first taste of the new material, the single, You’re So Adorable, featuring guest lead vocals by French-Australian art pop indie enfant prodige Lili Alaska, was released three weeks ago (see my review here).
The band will follow the album’s release with launch shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, as detailed below.
The album is available to pre-order from the band’s Bandcamp page now:
The band will be launching the album with a series of live shows:
Sunday Oct 19 (afternoon & early evening shows)
The Wheatsheaf
Thebarton, Adelaide SA
Saturday Oct 25 (7PM doors)
Memo Music Hall
St Kilda, Melbourne VIC
w/ special guests Belle Phoenix & Jeffrey Wegener
Sunday Nov 9 (1PM doors)
The Cave Inn
Woolloongabba, Brisbane QLD
(Rob Snarski & Lindy Morrison: A Duo Unveiled Show)
Friday Dec 19 & Sat Dec 20 :
The Vanguard
Newtown, Sydney, NSW
w/ special guests Love Me
On sale 9AM Sept 15
