“Sing for You”—the focus track for Greg Williams’ new album ‘Stone On Stone”, released on 30 September—leads the album like The Verve channelling mid-70s Pink Floyd.

An unexpected burst of Dave Gilmour styled guitar leads to a mid tempo groove. Lush harmonies and unexpected twists make the chorus a real treat.

“The song is about saying goodbye—to my father, who died, and to a lover, who left—and is a meditation on how songs are both healing and cathartic.”—Greg.

The fourth single from the album “Stone On Stone”, out on 30 September, “Sing for You” introduces 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.

A psychedelic animated video directed by Henry White (director of “Rock Song”) premieres on 14/9.