Al and band emerged from Aviary studios in September after recording their third album.  They are itching to play their new songs live and cannot wait to hit the stage at the Post Office Hotel to let them loose!  

The Right Dereliction will be the third solo album to be released by Al Carr.  It sees him reunite with his band and long time collaborator Simon Maiden (guitar) to craft ten new songs. Clinton Kraus produced and mixed the record to mark the third release of Al’s that Clint has worked on.

Each song on this release is tinged with a sense of hopefulness whilst recounting stories, characters and personalities who are struggling through a moment in time.  Often the verse lyrics imparting the dilemma, to be resolved in the chorus with positivity and an answer or path forward of sorts. The album title itself (The Right Dereliction) follows suite, a play on words attempting to frame both sides of the coin.

‘With this batch of songs I wanted to get inside the head of a character living through a small town drama and balance the lyrics almost like a confessional of sorts.  The verses offering up the struggle and the choruses providing the redemption. Creating a type of counterweight throughout the lyrical structure that is framed with a sense of bittersweet hopefulness.

I’m thrilled with the way the album has ended up sounding. ‘I think this album wants to lean into dirty…which is good’ were Clint’s first words to me after hearing a rough version of the album tracks.  I couldn’t have been happier to follow that approach as it tied in perfectly with the lyrical themes of finding light in the grittiness’.  

Come along and catch Al and band play the new songs live on Friday the 20th January at the Post Office Hotel.  Opening the night will be alt country troubadour Pete Daly.