''Australian Ghost Story'' is an album by Australian group
The Paradise Motel
The Paradise Motel are an independent Australian rock band that formed in Hobart, Tasmania in 1994. They relocated to Melbourne and issued two albums on Mushroom Records, ''Still Life'' (1996) and '' Flight Paths'' (1998) before moving to the Un ...
. It was released in June 2010 on Left Over Life to Kill and Inertia Records to positive reviews.
Track listing
Personnel
* Merida Sussex – vocals
* Matt Aulich – guitars, arrangements
* Esme Macdonald – bass guitar
* Mark BJ Austin – keyboards, organ, pedal steel
* Andy Hazel – drums
* Campbell Shaw – violins
* Charles Bickford – various
Themes
The album was released to coincide with what would have been the 30th birthday of
Azaria Chamberlain
Azaria ( he, עֲזַרְיָה), or Azarya is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around five kilometres south-east of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .
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, and was cited in national press as an insightful and respectful companion-piece to the resurgence in media interest in the case. Chief songwriter Charles Bickford stated "We wanted to write a record about a contemporary event that was unique to Australia and part of our shared experience. A lot of artists explore things like convicts eating each other, but to me that's the ancient past."
References
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2010 albums
The Paradise Motel albums