Rob Snarski gets a lot of help from his So-Called Friends

Black-Eyed Susan Rob Snarski's Searching For The Heart Of It All album benefits greatly from the input of his talented pals.  

Here's the scoop from Rob...

I wanted Searching For The Heart Of It All to be more like a playlist, a compilation … like one of those early Tarantino soundtracks where each song is a sonic surprise. 

To achieve the variety, I had to cast the net far and wide, asking my musician friends and colleagues to contribute not only instrumentally but vocally, hence the extended list of guest singers - Romy Vager (RVG), Gareth Liddiard (TFS), Peter Milton Walsh (The Apartments), Rebecca Barnard (Rebecca’s Empire) and Kelly Day (The Broads). 

The musicians - my So-Called Friends, include ‘Evil’ Graham Lee [The Triffids], Jack Howard [Hunters and Collectors], Shane Reilly [Lost Ragas], Kiernan Box [Augie March], Shane O’Mara [guitar maestro to many] and rhythm section Ben Wiesner and Rosie Westbrook. They all bring a certain gravitas to the songs, they lift them up and carry them to a place far, far away … exceeding all my musical expectations. 

- Rob Snarski

Get a copy of Searching For The Heart Of It All via Bandcamp right here. Check out a few songs following the track listing below. 

Searching For The Heart Of It All – Rob Snarski and his So-Called Friends

1. Elena 5:00

2. The Last Man On Earth 2:21

3. Standing Next To David 5:26

4. My Friend Too [featuring Romy Vager] 3:42

5. Violets And Cherry Blossoms 5:51

6. Sweet Edie [featuring Peter Milton Walsh] 4:07

7. Feeling Kind Of Blue [featuring Rebecca Barnard] 3:46

8. You'll See The Moon 6:00

9. Give The Man A Coin [featuring Gareth Liddiard] 4:23

10. Poor Florence Broadhurst 4:19

11. All I Want To Do Is Sleep 5:03

The Apartments return with In and Out of the Light

Watch the video for "What's Beauty To Do?" off The Apartments' new album In and Out of the Light out now. 

Here's the scoop...

Begun in Brisbane in 1978 by singer songwriter Peter Milton Walsh, The Apartments restarted in London in the 80’s on Rough Trade (after Walsh’s brief musical holidays in The Go-Betweens and Laughing Clowns), Sydney finally became the base for the band. Over a series of releases in the 90s and 00s The Apartments developed a worshipful following especially France but mid-decade they fell silent.

In 2015, The Apartments surprised fans by reemerging—after over a decade of silence—with No Song, No Spell, No Madrigal, an album that saw a new audience drawn to The Apartments music. By year’s end, readers and critics of French music magazine Magic named No Song, No Spell, No Madrigal its Album of the Year.

Five years later, In and Out of the Light – out now via the Bordeaux-based French indie Talitres – is the highly anticipated follow up that will once more appeal to existing fans and new ones as well. Listeners will again find themselves reflected in songs which, laced with the light of optimism, speak to situations all of us face and deal with at some point. The Apartments exquisite instrumentation and beautiful harmonies work together with Peter Milton Walsh’s impressionistic storytelling beautifully on “In and Out of the Light.” Here are eight songs to get lost in—for a day, for a week, for a lifetime. 

You can get a copy of The Apartments' In and Out of the Light right here. Check out the new video for "What's Beauty To Do?" and the audio clips for "Pocketful of Sunshine" and "Write Your Way Out of Town" below.