News | The Things That Make Me Happy Single Release
Release Date: 22 July 2024 | Published Date: 15 July 2024
“The Things That Make Me Happy” is the upbeat second single from “Stone On Stone”, the first solo album this century by Greg Williams, the singer and songwriter behind The Young Homebuyers, Play Loud, The Everys and Splurge.
Featuring an ear-worm guitar riff from Ashley Naylor, it’s a 4:40 road trip that somehow teeters between hope and despair with The Go-Betweens on the radio.
The new album takes cues from the timeless songwriting craft of Crowded House and Oasis, and blends all that with a love letter to the raw sound of classic Australian rock music, featuring guitarist Ashley Naylor (Paul Kelly, The Church) and cemented by the punchy production of Kevin Shirley (Divinyls, Hoodoo Gurus).
With a band including the long-time Splurge rhythm section—Owen Smythe (drums) and Adrian Ricciotti (bass)—and Ashley Naylor, augmented by Steve Nieve (Elvis Costello & The Attractions), James Black (Black Sorrows), Greg Arnold (Things of Stone and Wood) and Richard Pleasance (Boom Crash Opera), the album is built on a strong collection of songs and performances to announce his late arrival as a solo artist.
Greg is already working on a follow-up, again with Ashley Naylor, the acoustic guitar-driven album “Castaway”.
“The Things That Make Me Happy” music video will premiere on 12 August.