30 April 2024
New album “Off the Charts” will be released on 10 May 2024.
This is Paul’s sixth album as a solo artist. The sound is both traditional but also forward-looking as Paul doesn’t live in the past, he just respects his roots. Paul’s songs are a bit more ambitious than most, reflecting his diverse influences that include Bowie, Scott Walker, Nick Cave, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello, Ed Kuepper, St Vincent and Kate Bush.
The songs are all based on personal and Australian themes. The fourth track, “Tell ‘Em I Died Game” is a story based on Paul’s great-great-grandfather’s brother-in-law: Frederick Lowry, who was one of the more notorious bushrangers of the mid-1800s.
The last song on the album is the last to be written: “Fickle Mistress”, which is fairly self-explanatory in terms of the fleeting and sometimes cruel nature of time.
Other highlights include:
The first single, “Suzy and Brendan (Don’t Give Up)”, which is not quite a true story, but should ring true enough.
Track two, “Johnny Craves Sanctuary” is the inspiration for the cover art and is also an interesting variation on the theme of the musician who goes down to the crossroads to make a last desperate deal.
Track three “Good Songs Are Never Easy” is a little bit of contemporary social commentary, but you can dance to it.
“Soul of a Poet”, the fifth track, is a largely true story inspired by two creative artists Paul encountered, one last year and one in the early 90s.
Track eight, “Glam the Glam” lives up to its title and is a glam-rock fantasia, every home (and album) should have one. If you can’t dance to this one, consult your GP. Paul will be playing live in 2024 as the mood takes him. Details to come.
10 February 2024
Potential new album cover. Just finalising the tracklist at the moment. It will be somewhere between 11 and 13 songs:
Suzy and Brendon (Don’t Give Up)
Soul of a Poet
Johnny Craves Sanctuary
Tell ‘Em He Died Game
Good Songs Are Never Easy
Endless Blue Skies
The People’s Songs
Off the Charts
Glam The Glam
Integrity
Forget This
The Rest Is Yet To Come
Fickle Mistress
22 October 2023
I was planning on releasing my sixth album, “Off The Charts”, this year but unfortunately this will no longer be possible, due to illness. Not that I am the one who is ill, I hasten to add.
Six of the songs are mixed, but that leaves five that are in various stages of completion, and I don’t fancy issuing a six track EP as a stop gap.
I had thought that I would be finalising those other five songs this month, but there are things in my life even more important than music.
9 November 2022
Paul’s fifth album “Somewhere Under The Radar” was released on 9 November 2022. It is available for streaming and also as a download and a CD. It contains nine brand new original songs.
Click here to find the album on streaming services, or buy it as a download or CD:
https://songwhip.com/paulinglis/somewhere-under-the-radar
21 October 2021
Paul’s fourth album “The Last of the Old Fashioned Rock Stars” was released on 21st October 2021. Click below to preview a song:
The CD is available to order now, and will ship immediately, so early orders will be received before the official release date. Order the album on CD or for Download from the link below:
https://paulinglis.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-of-the-old-fashioned-rock-stars
If you just want to stream the album then all the streaming links (for Spotify etc) will go live around 21st October 2021 on:
https://songwhip.com/paulinglis/the-last-of-the-old-fashioned-rock-stars
Paul’s third album “The Global Village of the Damned” was released on 13th December 2020. Find it here:
https://songwhip.com/paulinglis/the-global-village-of-the-damned
Paul’s second album “Lost and Found in the Lowlands” is available here:
https://songwhip.com/paulinglis/lost-and-found-in-the-lowlands