JACK LADDER

20 Golden Greats Vol. 2

solo tour later this month

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Review for
Jack Ladder Sings 20 Golden Greats

“He befell mischief upon the audience like a slow-dancing wizard. Looking around in ecstatic glee I found most faces to be taking his boyhood cheek with absolute sincerity. They looked through his subtle authenticity, the way he knew that he was honest and fibbing at once, they swayed mesmerized by each flick of his fingers and swift bow of the neck in rhythm to his sad solitude.” – Sloan’s Roost.

Reviews for Blue Poles

“The album is a deeply inventive grab bag of genres, lurching from bluesy sleaze to a kind of giddy, gothic disco. As ever, Ladder’s lyricism wanders from the romantic to the flat-out absurd.” – THE AUSTRALIAN 4 stars

“Perhaps it’s time Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders started getting the recognition they deserve, and Rogers in particular as one of the best modern Australian songwriters, singers and music makers going around.” – X-PRESS 8.5/10

“Singularly dark Australian singer-songwriter hits career high” – Q MAGAZINE 4 stars

Reviews for Playmates

“The appeal of his splintered romanticism is by no means a given, but once his work connects, you begin to feel as though it’s been fashioned specifically for you….Playmates has already made a persuasive pitch for album of the year.” – THE BRAG 4 stars

“It’s tongue-in-cheek, heartbreakingly serious, snarling, restrained, rhythmic and hypnotic. And it’s an instant classic.” – TONE DEAF 4 stars

Reviews for HURTSVILLE

“Taking subversion to another level” – VICE

“HURTSVILLE sounds like Hurtsville – It’s honest, rich & like nothing else” – INPRESS

“Landscapes of regret, a new king has risen to worship” – MUSIC AUSTRALIA GUIDE

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In August last year, Jack Ladder performed a series of intimate sold out solo shows playing 20 original songs per night across 2 sets. Audiences around the country were treated to two(ish) hours of unparalleled song writing prowess – proof that he remains an underrated master of his genre.

Due to the surprising financial success and high levels of audience satisfaction of ‘Jack Ladder Sings 20 Golden Greats’, he’s touring Australia and New Zealand for ’20 Golden Greats Vol. 2′. Volume 2 will delve deeper into his diverse back catalogue, injecting new life into the songs, recounting their strange origin stories and even stranger reception. Intimate and aloof, Ladder will draw you in, tell you secrets and leave you questioning their validity.

To get you inspired for the shows, Jack Ladder has also released a ‘how to play’ video for ‘Dates’ – a track from his 2018 album Blue Poles. Ever wanted to know how to play all the parts? Look no further than this helpful how-to from Ladder himself.

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In the thirteen years since his debut album, Ladder’s varied musical journey has been notable for some sharp stylistic turns, but has always been connected by a singular song writing talent. Arriving with the predominately acoustic Not Worth Waiting For in 2005, Ladder then jumped to the taut ‘cut-price soul’ of 2008’s Love Is Gone. 2011’s HURTSVILLE was a left turn into an atmospheric collection of tales of desolation and unease, described by The Age as “a terrifying wasp-factory novella of disgust”. Polarising upon release, HURTSVILLE has over time developed a devoted following, inspiring the likes of Alex Cameron who recently wrote about its impact on him and his song writing.

2014’s Playmates managed to seamlessly blend a dizzying range of sounds, from stark synthpop, to pedal steel guitar and marimbas, while it’s lyrical themes spanned love’s redemptive power to the millstone of notoriety.  The self-produced Blue Poles, released in May 2018 has proven to be the perfect culmination of Ladder’s musical trajectory so far, receiving critical acclaim both in Australia and overseas.

As a result he has toured with and worked alongside some of the brightest names in the business – Bill Callahan, Angel Olsen, John Cale, Sharon Van Etten, Father John Misty, Weyes Blood, Alex Cameron, Kirin J Callinan, Donny Benet, Florence & The Machine & The Killers.

FUN FACT: Did you know that Ladder’s album Love Is Gone was bizarrely named Who Weekly Magazine’s Album of the Year in 2009? Well inside that weeks edition there was a story about a man living on a deserted island issuing a call out for companionship. That same story inspired the HURTSVILLE deep cut ‘Blinded By Love’. You can hear more where that came from at one of the below shows…

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