Many great albums have started as a stage or film concept before being reimagined or downsized into an album which is a far better work of art anyway.
Such was the case with Tim Rogers’ forthcoming album, An Actor Repairs, which began life as music to accompany a script about a retiring actor, before morphing into a twelve-song standalone album when the stage show was abandoned.
‘Youth’ is the lead single, a country-tinged ballad with female backing vocals, which echoes past Sleepy Jackson records. “‘Youth’ is a song about a character lifting themselves by the elbows out of the well-spring and accepting the waters won’t cleanse them of their sins,” Rogers says of the track.
“It was written four times, first as a skiffle, then a torch, then a lament, ending as an enthusiasm… If this song came in a dream, knock me out forever.”
Rogers will be touring off the back of the album, which is out April 28. The tour starts this Friday in Adelaide, with tickets on sale from Thursday.
Check out the tour dates, below the single.
Friday, 24th March
Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
Friday, 31st March
Byron Bay Community Centre, Byron Bay
Saturday, 1st April
Old Museum, R’R Writers Festival, Brisbane
Sunday, 16th April
Spiegeltent, Wollongong
Thursday, 20th April
Rosemount Hotel, Perth
Friday, 21st April
Odd Fellow, Fremantle
Saturday, 22nd April
Carine Tavern, Duncraig
Thursday, 4th May
Street Theatre, Canberra
Friday, 5th May
St Stephens Church, Newtown
Saturday, 6th May
Milton Theatre, Milton
Friday, 12th May
Workers Club, Geelong
Saturday, 13th May
Melba Spiegeltent, Collingwood
Sunday, 14th May
Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick
Friday, 26th May
Hardys Bay Club, Hardys Bay
Saturday, 27th May
The Edwards, Newcastle
Sunday, 28th May
Flow Bar, Old Bar
