Victorian singer-songwriter Nathan Seeckts has been releasing music and performing live since 2010, releasing three EPs in that time. He’s appeared at the Tamworth Country Music Festival and in support of acts such as You Am I, Archie Roach, Tex Perkins and Raised By Eagles. Seeckts also hosts ‘Last Night in Town’, a weekly radio program on community radio station 94.7 The Pulse that focuses on Americana and alt-country. Accordingly, Seeckts has been steeped in these genres of country music and his lineage is clear in ‘Old Blood’, the first single from his forthcoming album, The Heart of the City.
On ‘Old Blood’, Seeckts’s rich, distinctive voice conjures world-weariness, grabs at the heart and leaves the listener wanting more. There is sadness here more than melancholy; the song is explicitly about regret but it’s not nihilistic – there is a hint, in that voice, that a corner might be turned.
Seeckts is supporting the single release with three shows in Victoria:
Friday 15 February
The Fitzroy Pinnacle
With special guest Ben Reece
www.fitzroypinnacle.com.au
251 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North
Ph: 03 9489 3044
Free entry, doors 8pm
Saturday 16 February
Workers, Geelong
With special guests Rach Brennan & The Pines and Ben Leece
https://theworkersclubgeelong.com.au
90 Little Malop St, Geelong
Ph: 03 5222 8331
Tix $15, doors 8pm
https://spinninghalf.oztix.com.au
Friday 22 February
The Taproom, Castlemaine
https://shedshakerbrewing.com/taproom
Ph: 0425 323 005
9 Walker St, Castlemaine
Free entry, doors 8pm
The Heart of the City will be released on 29 March 2019.