Babitha - Brighter Side Of Blue [Blue Vinyl]

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: IMP14
Barcode: 0724022496527
Release Date: 20 Jun 2025
Genre: Alternative / Rock

'This exclusive re-issue of “Brighter Side of Blue” is limited to only 300 copies on baby blue heavyweight vinyl, with an individually-numbered obi strip, and bespoke essay from Amy Campbell.

This was one of our albums of 2023 (Double J agreed, too making #16 in their Album Of The Year Countdown). Released in mid-January, it soundtracked our late Australian summer. It’s not a record that’s easily pigeon-holed. Is it alt-country, with a nod to Gillian Welch? Is it classic rock, mined from a similar vein that Chrissie Hynde has drawn from? Is it indie-folk, a lighter, brighter Jen Choler? You tell us.

‘Brighter Side of Blue’ was recorded in Bellambi in the Illawara throughout 2022. Featuring Cecil Coleman from Body Type on drums, and Russell Fitzgibbon (who also released Skeleten’s ‘Under Utopia’) on bass and co-production, it’s a beautiful shiny record that glistens like the sea in that part of Australia, a place where the waves meet ancient escarpment.

TRACKLIST:
1. Only Fair
2. Night and Day
3. Happy Person
4. Ants
5. Lost in a Daze
6. Always
7. Brighter Side of Blue
8. How the Time is Tickin'
9. Ghost
10. Nothin' Left to Burn
11. Fade Away