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1.	Inside 03:05	info	buy track
2.	Password 03:12	info	buy track
3.	Wakes Up Shadows 03:10	info	buy track
4.	My Beautiful Girl Harbour 03:07	info	buy track
5.	Where The Lights Hit The Square 03:39	info	buy track
6.	White Pointer 03:37	info	buy track
7.	Love (It's The Word) 03:10	info	buy track
8.	Sky And The Sea 03:22	info	buy track
9.	Athens, GA 03:39	info	buy track
10.	The Perfect Wave 03:57	info	buy track

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Following their first single in January (“The Perfect Wave”), and a second in April (“Inside”), The Summertimes' self-titled debut LP is now out. Songwriters David Beniuk and David Challenger were joined in the studio by some of Australia’s most revered musicians, including guitarist Ashley Naylor (Paul Kelly and The Church), drummer Stephen O’Brien (Tumbleweed) and bassist Steve Bull (Icehouse). Steering The Summertimes’ ship from behind the desk was five-time ARIA award-winning producer Paul McKercher, who’s recorded with the likes of the Hoodoo Gurus, Eskimo Joe and Midnight Oil. Drawing on inspiration from acts as diverse as the Go-Betweens, Teenage Fanclub, You Am I and The Smiths, The Summertimes’ 10-track LP is chock full of evocative power-pop melodies interwoven with cerebral storytelling.

US music critic Aaron Kupferberg (Power Popaholic): "'Password' and 'My Beautiful Girl Harbour' [are] instant classics, [and] production is flawless thanks to ARIA award-winning producer Paul McKercher ... Highly Recommended, it's a 9/10 from me, and makes my top-10 LP nominee list for 2023."

Tim Rogers (You Am I): "The Summertimes got the Power, they got the Pop. Frantic and wide eyed, I wouldn’t trust ‘em with scissors, but I want ‘em to play my party.”

Paul Gough (ABC producer and host of 2SER's 'Chimes'): "A new album that is drenched in the Australian sunshine, and packed full of great songs."

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released July 10, 2023

David Beniuk -- vocals, acoustic guitars 
Steve Bull -- electric bass 
David Challenger -- electric guitars, vocals
 Ian Cooper -- violin and viola 
Marco Forlano – keyboards 
Nick Garbett – trumpet
Ashley Naylor - lead guitar
 Stephen O’Brien -- drum kit and percussion
 
Produced, recorded and mixed by Paul McKercher

Assisted by Domenic Corso and Chris Hall at Rancom St. Studios 
Mixed at Free Energy Device 
Mastered by Steve Smart at 301 
Label Management Paul Hannigan for Rank and File Records
Thanks to all those who have given part of themselves to these songs.

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Songwriters David Beniuk and David Challenger were joined in the studio by some of Australia’s most revered musicians, including guitarist Ashley Naylor (Paul Kelly and The Church), drummer Stephen O’Brien (Tumbleweed) and bassist Steve Bull (Icehouse).

Mixed by five-time ARIA award-winning producer Paul McKercher, who’s recorded with the likes of the Hoodoo Gurus, Eskimo Joe and Midnight Oil. ... more

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