STACK #160 Feb 2018

MUSIC

NEWS

ADAM & BROOKE

your daughter, and after her birth when it came to record the track, Brooke said its feel changed.Why do you think it was affected? There’s a few reasons... when it was originally written it was basically talking about disappearing on the open road, but to make it work for where we’re at in life now after having Tigs, we wanted to acknowledge that it’s just a temporary escape on the road, and we’ll be back to the life we’re grateful for once recharged. The desire to hit the open road remains the same, but that now comes with an equally strong desire to return to home. You've said it can be hard to write about being happily married ‘cause people don’t want to hear about how overjoyed with life you are! Do you think times of pain are more fruitful for artistic expression? I think any time you’re experiencing heavy emotions, be they dark or light, it is easier to express. When life is just cruising along pretty level it can sometimes be difficult to find inspiration, particularly if the level state is a more happy one than sad. It’s hard to write level, happy songs without sounding cheesy – not impossible, but you have to work a little harder to do it I think. ZKR

Adam & Brooke by Adam Eckersley and Brooke McClymont is out now via Universal.

Individually accomplished but having never previously recorded together, country golden couple Adam Eckersley and Brooke McClymont have just released gorgeous full-length Adam & Brooke . Eckersley answered our questions about the project; read the full Q&A online at stack.com.au.

You’ve been discussing this venture for eight years – did you expect any surprises? We really didn’t have any expectations when we decided to roll with this project. It all happened really quickly; we didn’t know if we’d butt heads creatively or not, but it was a great process and we found that we complemented each other, both when writing the songs and when it came time to record.

You wrote Highway Sky before you had

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