The Blackeyed Susans – Close Your Eyes and See

The Blackeyed Susans new album release ‘Close Your Eyes and See’ is their seventh album and is their first album of new material in over a decade.

Chief Songwriter Phil Kaluas wrote seven of the nine tracks on the album and played bass, guitar and keyboard.  Other musicians performed on the album, Kiernan Box, Mark Dawson, J.P Shilo, Graham Lee, Mathew Habben, Ken Gardner, Adam Hutterer, Clare Moore, Dan Luscombe with Rob Snarski on vocals.

This beautifully packaged album did not reach me as it was hard to find a pulse and get interested in the music, each track was lacking in performance and energy. The vocals were sung in one octave and the music arrangement and production unchallenged. (LW)

1/2 ★