Listen To Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders' New Album 'Happiness Is Near'
Reunited in song five years following their Best Country Artist Tūī award-winning Word Gets Around, Happiness Is Near is the new collaborative record from Canterbury greats Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders (The Warratahs). Not shying away from bleak everyday truths, yet embodying a sparkle of optimism and faith in human fellowship, Happiness Is Near finds Davidson and Saunders unsentimentally considering the state of the world across ten southern folk-gothic-blues ballads.
Possessors of two of the richest voices you're likely to hear this side of the Tasman Sea, Davidson and Saunders craft dark magic — "staring the reflections down" in the beautifully soulful 'Tumble Down', crooning "Cash is king / but he don't wear no crown" in 'Little Dollar', confessing "I, yes I... got a heart full of blame" in 'Mean Streak', while closer 'These Are The Days' tips into garage-psych territory reminiscent of The Terminals. Like Al Green and Annie Lennox once suggested, it may be time to put a little love in your heart. Enrich your ears with Happiness Is Near, order the album on vinyl LP and / or compact disc HERE, and catch the legendary pair touring around Te Ika-a-Māui this spring...
"Some songs were the result of our work together and some had come to us solo. They were looser songs, less band, more reflective, more folky. Like we were looking into a void to see what the shapes were that made up this vacuum we felt connected us."
Delaney Davidson And Barry Saunders - Happiness Is Near Tour
Saturday 12th October - Leigh Sawmill Cafe, Õmaha / Leigh
Sunday 13th October - Freida Margolis, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland [sold out]
Monday 14th October - Freida Margolis, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland [sold out]
Tuesday 22nd October - Suite Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington [sold out]
Wednesday 23rd October - Suite Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington
Auckland, Wellington and Leigh tickets on sale HERE via UTR
'Happiness Is Near' is out now via Rough Diamond Records, vinyl LP and compact disc orders available HERE.
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