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Original band members Greg Arnold, Justin Brady and Tony Floyd
have been joined by
Hammond organ maestro Richard Tankard to create an album that
is surprisingly
cohesive considering it’s subject matter jumps between the
sad stories of office work
laments, a knife thrower’s girlfriend, and 70s childhood
reminiscences of Countdown,
Neil Diamond and family barbeques.
Since 1989, Things of Stone and Wood have successfully toured
the world and Australia, released two top ten albums, six top
fifty singles (including the top ten Happy Birthday Helen and
the top Four APRA radio play Wildflowers), won an Aria and in
1993 Greg Arnold won the prestigious APRA Songwriter of the year
award. Over the last couple of years they have released a compilation
album of their first ten years and have been touring the country
playing a series of fiery live shows to their ever-faithful audience.
So a rollercoaster it is… from the Hammond and melody-fest
of “Lost and Found”, to
the jangling 60s acoustic pop harmonics of “Angeline Forgive
Me”, to the dark almostnightmarish string laden “Foldaway
Heart” to the emotional frankness of “A lot of it Going
‘round” and “If this was a movie”- Things
of Stone and Wood have never been
afraid to be heavy or light… imaginative or honest. And they
all sit happily side by side
on the one big ride.
And no… that isn’t a Wendy Matthews cover… Greg
wrote “Beautiful View” with long
time friend Cameron Mackenzie… and the band figured if Wendy,
Melbourne indy-band
Lucid and Irish singer Shonagh Daley could do it, and it could
even get a gig at Russ and Danielle’s wedding, then they
may as well have a crack it is well.
listen to excerpts from Rollercoaster......
"lost
and found" and "flat
by the water"
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