Luke Austen Light of Day

Price: $24.95

Luke Austen is the winner of this year’s Toyota STARMAKER, the national talent search that launched the careers of Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan, Samantha McClymont and many others. He earned his stripes touring the outback with country music icon Brian Young for four years before becoming a mainstay of Troy Cassar Daley’s band from 2004 until now. He’s also had songs recorded by Troy and Adam Harvey. Produced by Graham Thompson (Adam Brand, The Sunny Cowgirls) “Light Of Day” is a confident and compelling debut. It’s very much a country album in its sound and its themes. Nine of the twelve songs on Light Of Day were written by Luke and his various writing partners: Troy Cassar Daley, Adam Harvey and Vaughan Jones. The three outside songs came from the nearby pens of Troy, Don Walker & Peter Denahy. The stories are broad in content and all thoroughly engaging. They range from the joys of first time fatherhood on “She’s So You” to touring with Brian Young on “Cloncurry” and choosing between a girl and a car on “HQ454 Monroe”. “Sacred Bones” features Troy Cassar Daley on harmony vocals and mandolin.

1 Look What Love’s Got Me Into, 2 Two Miles Down, 3 She’s So You, 4 Every Time He Travels Through Cloncurry, 5 Living On Borrowed Dime, 6 Walkin’ Out The Door, 7 That’s How I Roll, 8 Sacred Bones, 9 Lonely Highway, 10 No Such Thing As A Sure Thing, 11 HQ454 Monroe, 12 Thorne Amongst The Roses.