HOLLY THROSBY – Under the Town

The second album by Australian artist Holly Throsby. Originally released on July 20, 2006.

Holly Throsby’s lyrical, beautifully wrought, musical catalog would include previously CD-only albums two, three, and four – “Under the Town”, “A Loud Call”, and “Team”. Now all available on wonderful vinyl. 

A songwriter, musician and novelist. Holly Throsby is the author of three books and has released five solo albums, a collection of original children’s songs, and two records as part of the band, Seeker Lover Keeper. Throsby’s early records unsurprisingly still carry the restraint of a writer’s ear. An intimate rawness, regardless of full-band or solo guitar, so close that you cannot shake the sense their music was made just for you. There’s pain, gleeful splashes of happiness, and laced with a clear but never over-stated sadness.

1. Under the Town
2. Making a Fire
3. If We Go Easy
4. On Longing
5. I Worry Very Well
6. Come Visit
7. Swing On
8. Shoulders and Bends
9. What Becomes of Us
10. Only a Rake

Holly Throsby: acoustic & electric guitars, piano, singing.
Jens Birchall: cello; double basson on 5.
TonyDupé: clarinet, trumpet, toy piano; percussionon on 2, 8; piano on 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10; bouzouki on 5.
Tim Rogers: bass.
Bree van Reyk: drums on 2, 5, 7, 8, 10; bells; singing on 2.
Samantha & Rebecca Brown: violins on 1, 3, 4, 8.
Jamie Leigh Vasic: clarinet on 1, 8; flute on 3, 4.
Reece Bailey, George Byrne, Leah Giblin and Kelsey Munro: singing on 2.
String and horn arrangements by Tony Dupé.

Recorded & produced by Tony Dupé at his cottage on Saddleback Mountain in New South Wales.
Mixed by Tim Whitten in Sydney.
Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE in Phoenix, Arizona.
Cover photograph by Tamara Dean.
Artwork by Holly Throsby & Agatha Gothe-Snape.
LP layout by Tom Majerczak.
All songs written by Holly Throsby.