
The journey on "Storm Boy" has plenty of captivating tunes and if sometimes it feels a tad long as the 13 songs stream by, Rudd's personality and musicianship make for amiable travelling companions. Rudd has the ability to integrate each of the songs into a single flow, like a river winding through varied landscapes. Xavier Rudds ninth studio album on compact disc The packaging is recycled card wallet with 12 page booklet containing exclusive photos and. "Best That I Can" mentions Mother Teresa and current affairs and "Times Like These" waxes philosophical: "I believe we can breathe in the magic of our Earth/And I believe we can exhale anything we feel we didn't deserve." and purposeful likes of Spirit Bird, Nanna (with his nine-piece band the United Nations), Storm Boy and seven. Opener "Walk Away" has a prime example of the soaring chorus, while "Fly Me High" is about being in Peru, a vision of his future wife and a butterfly sitting on his feet while in the Amazon rainforest. At his best, he sounds a little like Tim Finn. It sounds good if you just play the chords, but if you can finger pick it. Musically, Rudd fits effortlessly into the contemporary singer-songwriter vernacular - some acoustic sounds, some strings, some reggae beats, plenty of soaring choruses. Simplified version of the awesome Xavier Rudd song Storm Boy - for beginners. And now everybody smiles in the setting sun And sighs with contentment when the day is done Hand in hand with the one you. Produced by Chris Bond (Ben Howard, Tom Speight) and mixed by Tim Palmer (Pearl Jam, David Bowie, U2), Xavier Rudd's forthcoming album Storm Boy - his ninth studio album, and first solo album in six years - showcases his incomparable songwriting craftsmanship and is an impressive addition to his ever-growing legacy. Rudd's "Storm Boy" is not a soundtrack to the eponymous film but, except for some deeply personal and romantic songs, its themes seem to match - the environment, self-knowledge and self-belief, materialism, links between history and now, reconciliation, the joys of living and the twists of fate. Percival, a winged and feathered co-star of "Storm Boy," a 1976 film about a young boy's adventures in an isolated region of Australia, including his friendship with an Aboriginal man and the learning of some of life's unavoidable lessons.

The title track of Xavier Rudd's latest album was inspired by a pelican he saw while sitting by a river sipping tea.
