Dan Kelly isn’t just a songwriter; he’s a world-builder. The multiple ARIA and AMP Award nominee’s albums arrive after years of refinement, craftwork and tinkering. The music goes far beyond anything obvious or straight ahead, to encompass the nexus of Dan’s idiosyncratic perspective, unerring gift for character portraiture and impressionistic storytelling. Each record acts like an epic Australian novel, but for the arresting effervescent imagination of his beautiful melodies, masterful guitarwork and the saturated texture of the production.
Dan’s breakthrough albums with his band The Alpha Males, Sing The Tabloid Blues (2004), and the J Award-nominated Drowning In The Fountain Of Youth (2006) painted a frenetic portrait of Melbourne’s share house life. Dan Kelly’s Dream (2010) presented a series of vignette travelogues of eccentrics and outsiders. Leisure Panic! (2015) made his focus geographical, a panorama of Northern New South Wales, introducing more folk and pastoral elements into his signature anime-inflected adventure rock.
A rumination on cycles of time, Goldfeels, takes us on a journey through the goldfields of Dja Dja Wurrung land in Central Victoria.
Get some good feels with Dan Kelly’s Goldfeels launch on Saturday at 7pm at the Eltham Hotel. More info and tickets from moshtix.com.au.
