Peter Garrett - The True North

True North is the second solo studio album by Midnight Oil singer and songwriter Peter Garrett, released in March 2024 via Sony Music.

Peter Garrett has spent a lifetime exploring the beaten and unbeaten tracks that run through this country and its people. In March 2024 he will release a new solo album called The True North.

It’s a deeply personal reflection on his singular journey, drawing inspiration and sustenance from the living colours of Australia’s natural environment and the sights and sounds of modern Oz.

Recorded with his band The Alter Egos (which includes Martin Rotsey from the Oils on guitar) and produced by Tony Buchen (Smashing Pumpkins, Montaigne, G-Flip, Tim Finn), it will be Peter’s second solo release, following 2016’s ‘A Version Of

Now’ which made the Top 3 on the ARIA albums chart.

The core band involved in making the album was Martin Rotsey (Midnight Oil) on guitar with Heather Shannon (The Jezabels) on piano and keys, Evan Mannell on drums and Rowan Lane on bass. Freya Schack-Arnott on cello and Ollie Thorpe on pedal steel joined in too as did two of Peter’s daughters, May and Grace who sang on some of the key tracks.

Upon announcement, Garrett said, "With the Oils, and even the first solo record, there was plenty of banging down the doors and speaking out about the things that need to change. There's still a bit of that in this album too of course but generally these songs are reflective of the special things we need to cherish; the natural world as well as our always spinning internal compass, that helps us navigate the unruly passage of life…”.

This album is on black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with a printed inner sleeve, pressed in Australia via Sony Music.