Hot on the heels of her 2011 album, Come Find Me, Audrey Auld and Reckless Records are proud to announce the release of Resurrection Moon, a 20-track overview of the veteran singer-songwriter’s best-loved songs of the last decade.
It’s been 15 years since Auld issued her debut EP — and 14 since the launch of her own Reckless label. In that time, the native Tasmanian (and as of 2011, proud naturalized American citizen) has released five internationally acclaimed solo albums of original songs, a live record, an acoustic collection of traditional Australian folk songs, and a duets album with Bill Chambers (1999’s Looking Back to See, winner of Best Album at the Australian Independent CM Awards). But she’s never stopped to catch her breath long enough to assemble a proper compilation of her own best work — until now.
“These previously released tracks are the songs I continue to sing live,” says Auld from her home in East Nashville. “The songs may not be ‘hits,’ but they strike a chord which resonates in the hearts of listeners.”
Although it was obviously still too soon to mine songs from the Come Find Me, Resurrection Moon cherry picks key tracks and time-tested fan favorites from her first four full-length studio releases as a solo artist: 2000’s The Fallen, 2003’s Losing Faith, 2005’s Texas, and 2007’s Lost Men & Angry Girls. And, for the Auld fan who already has everything — and is eagerly awaiting the follow-up to Come Find Me — the album is bookended with two brand new songs — “Resurrection Moon” and “Everything Be Alright” — recorded with Anne McCue in Nashville. Both of the new tracks fit right in with the older, careworn gems, and prove (just like Come Find Me), that Auld’s still writing at the top of her game.
As a collection of the best of Auld’s best (so far, at least!), Resurrection Moon plays like the perfect live set and showcase for the award-winning artist’s eclectic range of moods and styles: from the devastating frankness of “Losing Faith” (winner of the 2006 MerleFest Song Contest) and gorgeous sorrow of “Song for Clax” to the playful swing of “Jellyroll,” the giddy rush of “Love You Like the Earth,” and the tender familial affection of “My Father.” “These are Audrey’s marks of living, her scars and moments of revelation,” writes fellow Down-Under songwriter Terry McArthur (co-writer of “Resurrection Moon”) in the album’s liner notes. “Audrey writes the kind of songs that connect us to who we are and where we come from. Songs that leave you breathless with their beauty. Songs drawn from the deep well of the heart …”
They’re also songs that, henceforth, will only be available on Resurrection Moon — at least in CD form. The original albums will all live on as digital downloads online, but Auld plans to stop manufacturing physical copies. She’ll surely be performing many of these songs live for years to come, but after this fond look back at her back pages with Resurrection Moon, Audrey Auld will only be found looking straight ahead to her future.
1. Resurrection Moon
2. Losing Faith
3. I'd Leave Me Too
4. Bolinas
5. Doin' Well
6. Black Cloud
7. Down In A hole
8. Song For Clax
9. Your Eyes
10. Not Who I Am
11. Looking For Luckenbach
12. Ball & Chain
13. Last Seen In Gainesville
14. Love You Like The Earth
15. Hole In My Life
16. My Father
17. Next Big Nothing
18. Jellyroll
19. Buck Hungry
20. Everything Be Alright
All songs written by Audrey Auld (APRA/ASCAP/Audrey Mezera Music)
except "Resurrection Moon" Terry McArthur (APRA) & Audrey Auld
Tracks 1 and 20 Produced by Anne McCue and Audrey Auld
Recorded by Anne McCue at Flying Machine, Nashville 2012
Tracks 2, 5, 9, 10 and 17 from Losing Faith 2003
Tracks 3, 6, 8 and 18 from The Fallen 2000
Tracks 4, 7, 11, 13 and 19 from Lost Men & Angry Girls 2006
Tracks 12, 14, 15 and 16 from Texas 2005
Cover painting "Awakenings 1" by Deborah Young, Sydney, Australia
