TRESPASS - New Album Out Now

Recorded on a beautiful grand piano (and Røde NTR mics) in the idyllic rural setting at Tanja on the South-east coast of New South Wales, and expressing the calm, joy and reinvigoration of living in Tasmania, this CD explores on piano a wide range of emotional and affirming experiences over the last year or two following up on the warm reception to Steve’s earlier CD, “Midnight Rain” stocked by both Red Eye Records in Sydney and Rock Steady in Melbourne and played on community radio right around Australia, including Lord Howe Island!

On “Trespass”, Steve’s musical moods shift between the joy of hearing bellbirds full of song on a wet and misty morning (Bellbirds and Rain), to a plea for relief from the maelstrom life often becomes (Be Still the Night / iPhone Blues), to the ups and downs of relationships (Thinking of You, Hurt, Wedding Song, The Long Way, Night Dance, Liefde), to the fragile beauty of sunset on the Tarkine / takayna coast in North-west Tasmania (dedicated to Bob Brown and the tarkinaraa).

These pieces reflect a broad yet harmonious suite of piano-led musical styles and expressions, embellished through double-tracking of the piano, subtle instrumental sparkles added by “Slim Fitz” on reed organ, melodica and bells, and sympathetic mixing by Heath Cullen who produced the album before handing it over to Mick Wordley to deftly master it all at Mixmasters. Pete Costello, Terry Mead and Ben Brinkoff added counterpoint multi-instrument touches to “Tarkine Sunset (takayna)”, with the solo piano version bringing the CD to a fittingly melodic close.