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Whatever Happened To Xanadu?

by Brian Campeau

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“Whatever Happened To Xanadu” is the breathtaking new single from Canadian-Australian indie troubadour Brian Campeau. Propulsive and stirring, piled high with glittering guitar hooks and multi-layered production, this song of sweet longing is the first taste of Campeau’s upcoming fourth solo album – to be released by Small Pond recordings in collaboration with their Australian soulmates Art As Catharsis.

The fresh, immediate impact of this track reflects a rapid creative process. Those familiar with Campeau’s previous work (in particular his last acclaimed album ‘Don’t Overthink it, Overthink, Overthinking’ (2015), which comprised one- and two-take recordings, made over a mere five days) will be versed in his talent for trusting his instincts and capturing a fresh creative spark. For an artist of such virtuosic musical talent and extensive classical training, this was a lesson hard learned, but one that has sparked in him a deeply felt happiness and sense of freedom.

Brian Campeau is widely regarded as one of the most confounding and creative artists working in Australia today. In addition to his previous solo albums (which also include 2007’s ‘Two Faces’ and 2009’s ‘Mostly Winter, Sometimes Spring’) he has recorded and toured as one half of folk-pop act The Rescue Ships and as part of Sydney’s bluegrass revivalists The Green Mohair Suits, while also producing records for the likes of Melanie Horsnell in his St Peters studio. Drawing influence from a limitless range of styles, Campeau has described his own music in the past, with characteristic wry clarity, as “Bjork meets Nick Drake, or Cass McCombs getting depressed and calling Air for consolation”.

Belying its initial simplicity and lullaby-esque appeal, beneath the winsome falsetto vocal of “Whatever Happened To Xanadu” lie complex rhythmic patterns and a melee of meticulously picked guitar melodies that reveal more of themselves with each listen, for a compelling glimpse of the full album to come.

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released March 29, 2018

Brian Campeau: guitar and Vox
Daniel Pliner: keys
Joel Burton: bass
Nicolas Meredith: drums

Written by Brian Campeau

Recorded and produced by Brian Campeau at The Plex, St Peters NSW, and Preston VIC

Mastered by Darren Ziesing

Video: Daniel O'Toole

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