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\nAustralian blues-rock songwriter Tom Harrison steps out with \u201cBlood On The Moon\u201d, a debut album full of road dust, fuzzed-up guitars and stories that feel lived rather than invented. It is blues with country scars, folk blood and enough rock \u2019n\u2019 roll dirt under the fingernails to keep everything honest.<\/p>\n
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After the gentler folk leanings of his 2024 EP \u201cOld Growth\u201d, Harrison deliberately turns the amps up here. He has described the album as the blues-rock record he had wanted to make for years, and that change in direction is obvious from the start.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeaders\u201d opens with a firm, rootsy pulse before \u201cRun\u201d pushes harder into blues-rock territory. \u201cDown The Line\u201d keeps the guitars gritty and loose, while \u201cPeace With Me\u201d lands as one of the album\u2019s key tracks \u2014 a raw confessional that earned Harrison a Queensland Music Awards nomination in the Blues\/Roots category.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen The Lights Go Down\u201d gives the record more breathing space, but \u201cNightingale\u201d is where Harrison\u2019s storytelling really cuts deep. Built around twanging guitar and lap steel, the song deals with domestic abuse without turning the subject into cheap drama, giving the music a dark country-rock weight.<\/p>\n
The title track carries more of that nocturnal atmosphere, while \u201cSt. Louis Blues\u201d nods toward older blues traditions without sounding like a museum exercise. \u201cBleed Yourself\u201d drags the album back through fuzz and grit before \u201cGodammit\u201d closes things in a more reflective, sun-going-down mood.<\/p>\n
What makes \u201cBlood On The Moon\u201d work is how naturally the styles bleed together. Blues, country, folk and early rock \u2019n\u2019 roll are all here, but Harrison never sounds like he is ticking genre boxes. Everything runs through the same weathered voice and distinctly Australian storytelling sensibility.<\/p>\n
Recorded at his own So-So Silver Studios, the album keeps the production stripped enough for the performances to breathe. There is polish where it helps, but plenty of dirt is left on the tyres.<\/p>\n
Country: Australia
\nGenre: Blues Rock \/ Roots Rock \/ Country Rock
\nRelease date: October 26, 2026
\nFormat: CD \/ Digital
\nAudio: 16-bit \/ 44.1 kHz<\/p>\n
Tracklist:
\n01 \u2013 Leaders (3:19)
\n02 \u2013 Run
\n03 \u2013 Down The Line
\n04 \u2013 Peace With Me
\n05 \u2013 When The Lights Go Down
\n06 \u2013 Nightingale
\n07 \u2013 Blood On The Moon
\n08 \u2013 St. Louis Blues
\n09 \u2013 Bleed Yourself
\n10 \u2013 Godammit<\/p>\n
Tom Harrison \u2013 Vocals, Guitar
\nPaul Bain \u2013 Drums
\nSean Power \u2013 Guitar
\nTim Kemp \u2013 Bass
\nPhillip Leggett \u2013 Lap Steel<\/p>\n
Recorded at So-So Silver Studios
\nMixed by Levi Russell & Nell Forster
\nMastered by Paul Blakey<\/p>\n
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\nAustralian blues-rock songwriter Tom Harrison steps out with \u201cBlood On The Moon\u201d, a debut album full of road dust, fuzzed-up guitars and stories that feel lived rather than invented. It is blues with country scars, folk blood and enough rock \u2019n\u2019 roll dirt under the fingernails to keep everything honest.<\/p>\n