Mistletone

ROSS MCLENNAN ALBUM LAUNCH: Saturday February 23 at the Famous Spiegeltent. Arts Centre Melbourne presents Ross McLennan with full ensemble, launching The Night’s Deeds Are Vapour. Tickets $25 on sale now from The Arts Centre website or at the Box Office or phone 1300 182 183. Starts 5pm.

Ross McLennan’s eagerly awaited third solo album, The Night’s Deeds Are Vapour, is set for release on February 22 on Mistletone / Inertia. Have a listen below to the first two tracks from this stunning album to be unveiled so far, Clarity b/w Get This!, both of which are available on iTunes:

Aptly described as a “chamber rock auteur”, Ross has earned the highest accolades for his solo career since disbanding Snout, one of a few Australian indie pop bands from the 1990s who are remembered both for their popularity and their creative depth. A revered songwriter, Ross creates intriguing daydream sequences in his music whilst engaging deeply with the most vexed and heartbreaking issues of our time.

We at Mistletone are intensely excited & proud to be working on this new album; it’s every bit as impressive as its predecessor, Sympathy For The New World, which was shortlisted in the 8 finalists for The AMP Australian Music Prize 2008. In the past few years Ross has performed a handful of times, at Melbourne Festival, Brisbane Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse and other discriminating venues. Accompanied by his ensemble of strings, woodwind and a choir, Ross McLennan’s rare live performances are richly orchestrated, lush, complex and simply breathtaking.

PRAISE FOR ROSS MCLENNAN’S SYMPATHY FOR THE NEW WORLD (SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC PRIZE 2008)

• “There is genius among us” – MUSIC AUSTRALIA GUIDE
• “Ross McLennan excels with this stream of musical consciousness, forging a new strain of languid psychedelia from off-kilter strings and spidery guitars, all spilling harmonic colours outside the lines” – THE AGE A2
• “Sheer unadulterated godhead genius. A melancholy psych/folk masterpiece.” – RHYTHMS MAGAZINE
• “Like Beck, Brian Wilson or Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner, McLennan’s musical vision is unimpeded by predictability or tradition… As time passes, McLennan asks more of his listeners but all parties can take that as the highest compliment.” – THE AGE EG **** four stars
• “If you want an Australian album that will still be causing you glee and aural wonderment in 2050, hunt down this gem” – HERALD SUN **** four stars
• “McLennan’s voice is like a lone man walking through the night with a lamp, so it doesn’t tread heavily but it does find a way to inveigle you along. This is an album in the mould of Scott Walker but with its pop heart as valuable as its head.“ – SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
• “A sweeping vision… one of the finest local albums this year” – DRUM MEDIA
• “With Sympathy For The New World McLennan announces himself once and for all as one of the few truly original pop songwriters in the country, and trust me, you’ll be hard pressed to hear a better album all year.” – BEAT
• “A bit of a masterpiece, frankly” – MESS + NOISE