Strange Tourist by Gareth Liddiard

One of the most acclaimed songwriters of the 21st century via his work with Tropical Fuck Storm and The Drones, Gareth Liddiard’s 2010 solo album Strange Tourist gets a much-deserved reissue via Joyful Noise Recordings on August 25th, 2023.

While Liddiard’s recent output with Tropical Fuck Storm takes a sonically immersive, everything plus an extra kitchen sink approach to art-punk, the music on Strange Tourist is a more direct, lyrical affair. With just a guitar for accompaniment, Liddiard’s stories of tightrope walkers, down-and-outers, suicidal Japanese salarymen, and suburban radicals come alive like no one else’s could.

Strange Tourist is an uncompromising narrative work that demands the listener's full attention and more than rewards them for their effort.

Tracklist

1.	Blondin Makes An Omelette	4:52

2.	Highplains Mailman	8:22

3.	Strange Tourist	7:24

4.	You Sure Ain't Mine Now	9:24

5.	The Collaborator	4:59

6.	Did She Scare All Your Friends Away	9:48

7.	She's My Favourite	6:31

8.	The Radicalisation Of D	16:12

Credits

released August 25, 2023

Made by Gareth Liddiard and Burke Reid
at Blackburn Castle near Yass NSW
in the Winter of 2010.

Gareth Liddiard
Recorded and mixed by Burke Reid
Remastered by Aaron Cupples.
Cover photo by Daniel Campbell
Interior photo by Burke Reid
Interior layout by Amy Burrows
©+(P) Gareth Liddiard & Tropical Fuck Storm Records under exclusive license to Joyful Noise Recordings

Thanks to
Fiona Kitschin, Cara-Joy Purkis, Nick Treweek,
James Harker-Mortlock, Courtney Collins,
Decent Dick, Kathryn Liddiard, Jasmin Tarasin,
Amanda Ro , Max the dog, Paul Kelly,
Jane and Ian Duhig, Greg and Janet Ivone.

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