A slow, sinuous swing threads its way through ‘The Crow’, the new single from Melbourne artist Sime Nugent, his first new music in nine years which is having its premiere here today. The song is both seductive and sinister, luring in the listener even as it unsettles us. And that unsettling feeling likely comes from the fact that Nugent wrote it about a would-be assassin from another time.
‘It seemed like an interesting time to release this song,’ says Nugent, singer-songwriter-musician, visual artist, furniture designer, and maker who has toured nationally and internationally. ‘I don’t really feel it’s my place to wade into those conversations because who needs another person with a microphone? But from an observational point of view, I guess that’s what songs can do. They can watch like a Crow.’
Listen to ‘The Crow’: https://simenugent.bandcamp.com/track/the-crow
Nugent has released more than a dozen albums with a range of bands – including three-time ARIA nominated outfit The Wilson Pickers as well as indie folk duo Sweet Jean – in his 30-year career.
‘The Crow’ is taken from his forthcoming album, which will be the sixth under his own name, and recorded with his band The Capes (Roger Bergodaz on drums, Steve Hesketh on Hammond organ and piano, Zane Lind on bass and Shane Reilly on baritone electric and pedal steel guitars).
‘The Crow’ will be released by Cheersquad Records & Tapes.
The single launch is taking place this Saturday, 22 March, at Union Hotel, Brunswick, Victoria.
