For those uninitiated it’s time to get to know The Grand Magoozi aka Susie Scurry, aka one of the most striking new voices in Australian music.
Having toured with Darren Hanlon late 2015 and released the stunning single ‘The Last Cowboy’ (a follow on from her first single ‘Pinkie Blues’ which was featured in Radio National’s top 50 songs of 2015). She’s now gearing up to unleash her self-titled debut album, set for release 24 March on Hanlon’s Fippin Yeah Industries label.
The local songwriter recoded the album live over three days alongside Melbourne recording luminary, Nick Huggins (Two Bright Lakes) with a host of talented musicians. To celebrate its release, Scurry has kindly penned a track by track for the album which you can check out below.
If you like what you’re haring pop by The Grand Magoozi Facebook page and be sure to catch the album launch this Thursday March 24 at The Toff.
The Last Cowboy
The instrumentation in this song, accurately tells the story of The Grand Magoozi. Beginning with a lone voice and a raggedy guitar that slowly gains rhythm and chic as the electric guitar, double bass, drums and back up vocals enter the stage like famous cameos in a Wes Anderson film.
Come On
Inspired by a terrible date I went on with an Estonian man I took to the beach. We ate fish and chips in silence and then he drove me home.
Pinkie Blues
Falling in love with your boyfriend’s best friend is deserving of some old fashioned crooning, smooth vocal harmonies and some sleek brush work on the kit.
The Birds
Aka ‘Salmonella blues’ tells the haunting story of being so sick you don’t know what time, day or month it is. Luckily the birds save the day.
Paul Newman
(Insert picture of Paul Newman) Have you seen Cool Hand Luke? The man is a f***ing dream boat.
I Don’t Want to Grow up
Nothing like a slow Texan style country waltz to capture the bitter and self-pitying loneliness you feel when your friends start getting married, buying property and making babies.
Invisible Cord
Do you know what I’m talking about when I’m talking about that invisible cord? It starts at your heart and it flows all the way to connect with the one that you adore.
Banjo Song
We recorded the album live in a lounge-room at Point Lonsdale, so sometimes the microphones would pick up outside noises like cars driving past, or hammers and drills down the road, but in this track you can hear some birds cheeping. It is really quite nice.
