Music News - ‘Animal Guilt’ – new solo debut for Scott J Mason
08 October 2014 - 0 Comments
After 20 years of playing drums in other people’s bands, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Scott J Mason releases his debut solo 7-track EP Animal Guilt on October 31st.
“I’m a chronic over thinker”, says Mason. “So the act of putting these songs out is a milestone in itself, but I’ve spent a lot of time on them and they deserve a proper release”.
All songs were written, recorded and orchestrated at Mason’s home studio and all instruments are played by Mason apart from the string parts, where the ubiquitous talents of violinist, Dave Kahn come in to play.
The EP’s songs are tales of adult angst shrouded in epic musical melodies and structures…songs of loss, sorrow, death, love and hope. Most of the tracks were written at a time of inner turmoil for Mason; relationship break downs, a move to Melbourne, unemployment, poverty and a few too many drinks led to a dark period. The resulting recordings possess an inner honesty and purity of expression that is hard to ignore.
Mason, in a better place these days, is currently drumming for electro-pop outfit Mulholland and Gareth Thomas and is excited to be working on his next release, a lighter affair influenced by the likes of the Felice Brothers and Gillian Welch.
Mason performs at the Wine Cellar on October 18th at 8pm with Reb Fountain and Alan Meharry.
Animal Guilt is available for purchase on Bandcamp, Amplifier, iTunes and all good digital outlets.
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