This week I headed back to the studio to begin the recording of my next album. The studio we’ve been tracking at is called The Recording Oasis in Tallebudgera Valley, just near Currumbin. It is such an incredible place, with a Steinway grand, Hammond C3 running through a Leslie speaker and a Rhodes, plus plenty of other vintage gear and instruments. It also has it’s own accommodation, a great in-house engineer by the name of Jake Welsh and a 25 metre lap pool with a flying fox over the top of it which I’ve managed to sprain my ankle on because I’m a bit of an imbicile.

During the writing of this album I was really inspired by the sound on albums such as El Perro Del Mar’s Love Is Not Pop and Lykke Li’s Youth Novels. Having access to all these instrument and equipment is a dream come true as far as how I envisage the outcome of the songs I have written. We’ve tracked all the drums, percussion and bass and now we’re working on the vocals, synths, organs, keys and guitars. At the end of the week we move the rest of the process to Yanto Browning’s studio who is the producer of this record.

I’m pretty crap at waiting for stuff like this to be complete so hopefully it won’t take too long before I can start to show and tell but we are predicting a release around August at this point in time.

Chris, who drums for me took some photographs while we were tracking so I thought it would be nice to share some.

If you’re having any MasterChef withdrawals this may just help.

I decided I’d post a little bootleg from the show It Was Twenty Years Ago Today I did with Topology at the Brisbane Powerhouse in June.  Hope you enjoy.  x

Grace from Ricky Sullivan on Vimeo.

I’ve just returned from a fantastic holiday to Cambodia and Vietnam. Saying that, I’m not exactly feeling refreshed. Instead a little exhausted from all the stuff we jammed in, including slipping in a solo show in Hanoi at a great bar called Le Pub. So, in my state of holiday recovery I’m busy preparing for tours as well as preparing to head back into the studio to start recording for a new project I’ve been involved. I’m super excited about it but more on that at a later date.

This month I’ll be The Resident at the Brisbane Powerhouse on a Friday afternoon. Shows kick off at 6pm, are free and I’ll be mixing it up each week a bit between solo shows and band. I’m also heading to Melbourne and Sydney in the coming weeks so If you’re around I’d love to see your faces. If your in Sydney and want to catch the show on June 24 head here for tix.

That’s all for today, but there’ll be more news to share in the coming weeks.

Love.

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On April 27 I’ll be taking to the Powerhouse Theatre stage with Quintet Topology and drummer John Parker to reincarnate and remember songs from the early 90′s. We’ll be playing songs by Radiohead, Nick Cave, Frente, Bjork, Sound Garden, Crowded House, The Cure and lots more and most importantly, we’ll probably be sporting some kind of hideous concoction of 90′s attire. Although we remember the 90′s for all the things it did so badly, there are also some absolute gems out there and we’ll be celebrating some of the best, and of course, a couple of the worst.

Tickets are available at the powerhouse website here