AUSTRALIA’S FAVORITE SINGER-SONGWRITER PAUL KELLY ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM FEVER LONGING STILL OUT NOVEMBER 1 ON GAWD AGGIE/COOKING VINYL
For his latest album, Fever Longing Still, Paul Kelly is focused on the familiar topic of love – the fire of love, the pain of love, love for the family, and love of a memory and place. This topic has been at the core of many of his most beloved songs throughout his nearly five-decade career. Fever Longing Still is Kelly’s 29th studio album and will be released November 1st on Gawd Aggie/Cooking Vinyl.
Taken from a line in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 147, Fever Longing Still is Kelly’s first set of new original material since 2018’s Nature . The album’s first single, “All Those Smiling Faces” is an emotional and vivid exploration of recollection, like peering inside the memories in a photo album. In the song, Kelly states “Down the years the family face / Keeps jumping around from place to place / A look, a shape, a nose, an eye / That everlasting thing that’s never gonna die.”
Fever Longing Still is an album driven by a band in peak form. “Looking back on what we’ve done with these songs, it’s really a band record,” Kelly says. “That made me reflect on the longevity of the band, this squad. Pater Luscombe (drums) has been with me for more than 30 years. Bill McDonald (bass) and Dan Kelly (guitar) for 20. Even the newbies Cameron Bruce (keys) and Ash Naylor (guitar) have been with me since 2007.” He continues, “Our philosophy is eclectic; we want to make each song different from the last.”