Lovebirds by Nick Batterham
On his sixth solo album much-loved Melbourne musician Nick Batterham serves up a lavish feast of orchestral pop that explores love’s dizzy highs and heart-wrenching lows.
Batterham has become a master at crafting sparkling pop songs, memorable guitar licks and irresistible melodies.
On Lovebirds he builds on these foundations – and on the experience of composing an album of original classical music for Rone’s award-winning 2019 Empire project – to make a record that is at times warm and inviting, but also knows how to convey the chill of aloneness.
A stalwart of the Melbourne music scene for the past 25 years, Nick Batterham is a prolific artist who has lent his immense musicality to beloved local acts The Earthmen, Blindside, Cordrazine and most recently, The Bell Streets, as well as regular compositional collaborations with renowned visual artist RONE. Nick’s upcoming sixth studio album, Lovebirds bristles with spiky observations and raw emotion, delivered with the world-weariness of Elliott Smith or Nick Drake, while the production nods to Phil Spector at his most opulent.
Promising a lavish feast of orchestral pop that explores love’s dizzying highs and soul crushing lows, Lovebirds is now available for pre-order on limited edition red vinyl, black vinyl, CD and digitally. This comes with a free digital download of the album upon release date, and with instant access to Nick’s first two singles ‘No Perfect Man’ and ‘Turbulence’ right now. Release date 21 May 2021.
Tracklist
| 1. | Turbulence | 3:36 |
| 2. | Graceful Lady with the Lamps | 2:41 |
| 3. | Pretty Lights | 3:22 |
| 4. | No Perfect Man | 3:43 |
| 5. | Thirty Four | 3:08 |
| 6. | It's Over | 1:59 |
| 7. | The Bright Side of Me | 3:58 |
| 8. | Follow the River | 5:33 |
| 9. | Galaxy | 3:25 |
| 10. | Lovebirds | 3:03 |
| 11. | Broken Tambourine | 3:40 |
Credits
Written and recorded by Nick Batterham
with
Nick Murray: guitar, backing vocals
Jethro Woodward: bass, backing vocals
Ben Wiesner: drums, percussion
Kelly Day: backing vocals
Zoë Black: violin
Chris Moore: viola
David Berlin: cello
Damien Eckersley: double bass
Michael Pisani: cor anglais
Adam Simmons: saxophone, flute, clarinet
Tristan Rebien: trumpet, flügelhorn, cornet
Don Immel: trombone
Mastered by John Ruberto at Mastersound
Graphic design by Carl Breitkreuz
License
All rights reserved.
Nick Batterham is a singer-songwriter and composer from Melbourne, Australia.
He has been a central figure in the bands Blindside, The Earthmen and Cordrazine. He is also known for his soundtracks for the artist Rone.