A first record in seven years can be a tentative step for many bands, for some it can be a delicate retreading of recently healed wounds, for others a desire to reignite a dwindling creative flame. Thankfully, every member of Dirty Three has been more than busy since 2005’s Cinder, guitarist Mick Turner has built a reputation as a Melbourne-based artist while running Anchor & Hope and playing in Tren Brothers with drummer Jim White, who himself has been recording/performing with such acts as Bonnie Prince Billy, PJ Harvey, Cat Power and Nina Nastasia. And then of course violinist Warren Ellis’ work with Nick Cave in Grinderman, as well as scoring soundtracks to a number of Hollywood films. That’s a helluva seven years. No creative dwindling here.
So they return with Toward The Low Sun, still energetic, still raw and chaotic, still hauntingly romantic, still fucking good.
‘Rising Below’ is the fourth track off Toward The Low Sun, which will be released through Bella Union on the 27th of February.
