“Rock Song”—the high-energy new single from Greg Williams—does what it says on the tin… it really is a rock song.

This high-tempo, two-chord thrasher rocks right out of the blocks with a wigged out guitar solo and a snarling vocal. Imagine Iggy Pop fronting early Psychedelic Furs and you’re halfway there.

A rock song about rock songs and rock bands, it’s a celebration of energy and attitude that spits in the face of indifference and apathy.

The third single from the album “Stone On Stone”, out on 30 September, “Rock Song” heralds the intent of the first solo album this century by Greg Williams, the singer-songwriter behind The Young Homebuyers, Play Loud, The Everys and Splurge.

The new album takes the timeless songwriting craft of Crowded House, The Go-Betweens and Oasis, and blends all that with a love letter to the raw sound of classic Australian rock music, featuring Ashley Naylor (Paul Kelly, The Church, The Stems, Even) and cemented by the punchy production of Kevin Shirley (Divinyls, Hoodoo Gurus, Silverchair, Cold Chisel), to announce his late arrival as a solo artist.

Greg has released a dozen albums on major and independent labels and toured nationally, with his catalogue spanning garage pop, folk pop, lo-fi singer-songwriter and Brit-pop flavoured indie rock.

MOJO magazine heard the ghost of Lennon in his expressive and emotionally direct voice, keen eye for pop treats and innate ability to meld melody and mood, while others heard echoes of Neil Finn, Grant McLennon and “Liam from Oasis with a brain”.

Reviewers in the USA and UK dug deeper… Beatle-esque, “The Bends” era Radiohead, classic early Oasis, the jangle of The Church and Teenage Fanclub.

Greg is already working on a follow-up, again with Ashley Naylor, the acoustic guitar-driven album “Castaway”.

The music video premieres on 16/9.