Mick Harvey Announces First Solo Album In Over 10 Years

Australian singer-songwriter Mick Harvey has announced his new upcoming solo album, Five Ways to Say Goodbye, which is set to be released on May 10, 2024, via Mute. This album will serve as his first solo album in over a decade.

Five Ways to Say Goodbye,” tracks are penned by many artists, including Ed Kuepper, Fatal Shore, David McComb, Lo Carmen, and Lee Hazelwood. The album will showcase a blend of original compositions and reinterpretations of existing songs.

Mick Harvey – ‘When We Were Beautiful & Young’

Mick Harvey’s latest single, “When We Were Beautiful & Young,” also offers a representation of youth, highlighting his extensive career spanning nearly five decades. One notable track on the album is “A Suitcase in Berlin,” originally released in 2023, which reimagines Marlene Dietrich’s classic ode to Berlin with a contemporary twist that reflects the passage of time and the city’s historical weight.

Mick Harvey shared details on his reinterpretations of others’ songs in the album via a press release “I don’t think cover is appropriate terminology,” He said. “It’s not a copy. To my mind it’s more in the traditional sense of how songs used to be, where they would mutate and you’d end up with lots of different versions. One is really just passing the music on and sharing the songs further.”

Mick Harvey also describes the theme of the album.“(The album) is kind of about farewells or saying goodbye,” explained Harvey, “There’s a lot around that subject so it’s got a kind of melancholy and sentimentality around it.”

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