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Fresh from three months of touring the USA with the likes of Billy Bragg, Corin Tucker, Tim Kasher and Sean Lennon, Australian songsmith Darren Hanlon will end the year with his customary Christmas shows in Sydney and Melbourne.
These intimate shows will be your chance to see Darren in solo mode and hear striped back versions of songs from his critically acclaimed album I Will Love You At All. Both shows will feature secret special guests joining Darren on stage.
Released locally on Flippin’ Yeah Records in August and on seminal US label Yep Rock in September, I Will Love You At All was written in a variety of exotic locations from Paris to Coonabarabran. The album was recorded at Type Foundry in Portland, Oregon by Adam Selzer (M Ward, She & Him, The Decemberists). Featuring Rachel Blumberg (Bright Eyes, M Ward, She & Him, The Decemberists) on drums – along with three additional drummers – the record also features long-time collaborator Cory Gray on keys and vocalists Shelley Short and Alia Farah. Darren’s most honest and understated work to date, I Will Love You At All is a charming Australian songbook of gentle longing and reminiscence.
Don’t miss your chance to catch Darren Hanlon at St Stephens Anglican Church in Sydney on Saturday 18 December, and the Northcote Social Club in Melbourne on Sunday 19 December. After selling out album launches across the country earlier this year, these intimate shows will definitely sell out!
DARREN HANLON
Christmas Shows
Saturday 18 December
St Stephens Anglican Church
Newtown (SYDNEY)
All Ages
Doors at 6pm
Advanced tickets $20 + BF from www.flippinyeah.com
Sunday 19 December
Northcote Social Club
Northcote (MELBOURNE)
Doors 7:30pm
Advanced tickets $20 + BF from www.northcotesocialclub.com
"I Will Love You at All is his most consistently rewarding effort yet" Pitchfork
"Arguably the most entirely enjoyable album of 2010" The Scene
"It might just be one of the best Australian albums of the year" Spuntnikmusic
“As prolific Australian songwriters go, I’d say there’s a desperate challenge to be faced in finding Darren Hanlon’s equal; his fourth studio album proving as much with impressive ease” Triple j Magazine
“If you haven’t fallen for his simple harmonies, delicate guitar solos and poetic lyrics yet, now you will” Sunday Telegraph / Sunday Herald Sun – Sunday Magazine
“A treasure of the local indie scene” Rolling Stone Australia
Indie album of the week – The Brag
“Our nation’s most wonderful wordsmith” Album of the Issue - BMA
“The Australian singer-songwriter has a way with both the wry and the wistful” Who Weekly
“Hanlon might just be the best Australian artist out there today” X-Press
“Darren Hanlon remains a national living treasure“ dB
“We’re lucky to have his kind around” Sydney Morning Herald – Spectrum
“What makes Darren Hanlon such an amazing songwriter is that his songs are so distinctly universal” Mess+Noise
“I Will Love You t All is another triumph – in Hanlon’s style each song has its own character, each is given room to breathe, and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” 4 STARS - Time Off
“A warm and thoughtful record that suggests Hanlon’s doing a Paul Kelly or Mick Thomas and just getting better with age” Inpress
“Hanlon’s arguably the master of the folky strum-along with a cheeky wink, songs with the perfect balance of humour, poignancy and pop smarts … an album for Hanlon fans to cherish” 4 STARS - Rave
Darren Hanlons’ I Will Love You At All is out now on Flippin’ Yeah Industries via MGM Distribution.
