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Vinyl LP pressing includes digital download. Cameron Avery has arrived as a new breed of nocturnal crooner, a train-wreck romantic creating timeless, ambitious music for the modern age. Utilizing his soulful wit, shrewd arrangements, and a deep, husky baritone, Avery harnesses the dark power and humor of artists like Nick Cave, Scott Walker, and Tindersticks to expertly walk the fine line between vulnerable and venerable. Hailing from the late 2000's-era Perth, Australia, a healthy scene of hard-hitting garage rock bands, including a long stint as the drummer of Pond, Avery found his musical footing while playing with friends but sought the reward of his own outfit. Melancholic machismo is written into the very DNA of Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams. From the classical, finger-picked guitar on the opener InchA Time and PlaceInch and the orchestral vamping of InchDo You Know Me By Heart?Inch to the bombastic, self-assured swagger of InchDance with Me.Inch He takes an emotive page from the Leonard Cohen songbook-of-longing on InchBig Town GirlInch just as naturally as he thumbs an aggressive note of Bad Seed strut and Cramps rut on InchWatch Me Take It Away.Inch And by the time he purrs that earnest refrain of InchBaby, it's youInch on the album's closer InchC'est Toi,Inch Avery has surely mastered that drunken tightrope dance. Album Tracks 1. A Time and Place 2. Do You Know Me By Heart 3. Dance with Me 4. Wasted on Fidelity 5. Big Town Girl 6. Disposable 7. The Cry of Captain Hollywood 8. Watch Me Take It Away 9. An Ever Jarring Moment 10. C'est Toi (Extended)
