Album Review: The Wild Comforts - Silver City Sorrows

Melbourne country rockers The Wild Comforts’ second album ropes in Kasey Chambers’ vocals and plonks her dad Bill Chambers in the producer’s chair.

The nous of old man Chambers is well used, with gentle restraint being the key. Opener Broken Hill gently echoes the long shadows and dusty warmth with a meandering pace, searing slide guitar and Joshua Deeble’s yearning vocal; Bombshell Motel’s rollicking journeyman rock could get unwieldy but doesn’t; and Desert Lights adds wild west offbeat and guitar bends without dipping into a spaghetti western. It’s a multifaceted listen mixing light and shade with croon and caterwaul.