Gareth Leach
and the Narratives of Hope
News
"GOD'S WALKING OUT ON ME" OUT NOW
My brand new single and first taste of my forthcoming new album has reared its gruesome head! A song about drinking with you demons, "God's Walking Out On Me" is a bluesy, and gritty southern country song that packs a punch. Debuting at #2 on the iTunes Country Charts and was swiftly added the the Southern Craft and New Music Daily playlists.
"THE DRIVE" OUT NOW
Based on truth, lies and what actually happened... When a classic country sound meets a tale about Norwegian Black Metal what are you left with? The latest single "The Drive" from Gareth Leach is a murder ballad that packs a serious punch. Hard to believe? Watch!
ALBUM "TRIGGER" OUT NOW
Melbourne-based Australian outlaw country singer-songwriter, Gareth Leach, has dropped his hard-hitting album Trigger, landing at #2 on the iTunes Country Albums chart and #4 overall/genres and debuting on The Official ARIA Charts at #2 Australian Country Album, #4 Country Album and #14 Australian Album.
Self-produced and engineered, Trigger is Gareth’s sophomore album, tackling tough subject matter, with introspective lyrics and a powerful vocal performance met with traditional folk and country instrumentation.
To launch the album, Gareth and his band impressively performed via livestream from separate locations across Victoria due to C-19 lockdown (watch on YouTube here).
Introspective lyrics and a powerful vocal performance are met with traditional folk and country instrumentation across this exceptional album, featuring guest performances from Ewen Baker (Shane Howard Trio) and Aussie bluegrass legend and Golden Guitar slinger, Hamish Davidson.
Gareth Leach is at the forefront of contemporary country music in Australia. He’s a performer and songwriter who understands and respects the tradition, whist giving it a contemporary edge.
“Greetings from Melbourne’s Covid Lockdown! I’m so excited to release this record and honestly can’t express how much it means to me to have this album finally out into the world. It’s a very personal record, full of songs that are close to my heart and touch on topics that I hope resonate with you. Although dark at points, it is essentially a narrative of HOPE…and it’s for you. Big love!”
"HONEY" OUT NOW
‘Honey’ is the latest brilliant single from Melbourne outlaw country artist, Gareth Leach, landing at #1 on the iTunes Top Country Songs chart. Distributed through Social Family Records, Honey was lifted from Gareth’s forthcoming new album, Trigger (slated for release September 4).A strong and rebellious alt country rock track with all the right grooves, it raises its middle-finger at those
preconceptions that you must own a house, have kids, have lots of money, be stable…all the good, sweet and gooey stuff. It’s Leach’s way of saying we should be able to live life without pressure and externally injected anxiety.
“Honey is about how fragile it all is – and largely dependent on money,” says Gareth. “Society places a certain and, for most people, unrealistic expectation on us and what we need to be able to achieve “self-worth” and to live a “successful life” in this largely narcissistic, secularist and nihilistic post millennial world.
”The artwork, like the song, directly symbolises this ethos with the almost embedded rebellious nature of real country music through the outlaws such as Haggard, and who could forget the iconic images of Johnny Cash’s “flipping the bird”; which is represented by the strength of “the hive”.
DUET "MY CRIME" W/ MICHAELA JENKE
"My Crime" a duet with South Australian Michaela Jenke came out with a bang on May 11th through Social Family Records. Debuting at #3 on the iTunes Charts and has been receiving steady airplay on KIX Country Network and ABC Country.
CLICK HERE to buy or save it to your iTunes, Apple Music or Spotify accounts.
Directed and edited by his wife Jade, the music video feautres Gareth, Michaela and his band "the Narratives of Hope" filmed at Atlantic Studios, Melbourne following their first live performance of the song at the Mornington Country Music Festival.
The music video directed and edited by Gareth's wife Jade, has been getting solid airplay on Foxtel's Country Music Channel and is available now to stream now on YouTube.
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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE // OLD CROW FEATHER
The first tastes of his forthcoming 2020 album "Down The Rabbit Hole / Old Crow Feather" debuted at #4 on the Australain iTunes Charts and are OUT NOW through Social Family Records. And for the first time on limited edition 7" vinyl (in webstore)
"DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE & OLD CROW FEATHER"
Getting to play on the main stage at the Tamworth Country Music Festival has been a dream of mine for many years, and it came true on Monday the 20th of January as part of the Americana in the Park Show. If you missed it don't fret, you can view the concert in it's entirety right here:
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1. Better or Worse?
2. Old Crow Feather
3. My Crime
4. Down The Rabbit Hole
5. Turn Back Jimmy Creek