Snow on Higher Ground (album)

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Snow on Higher Ground
Keegan Joyce - Snow on Higher Ground.jpg
Studio album by
Released1 September 2016
Recorded19–22 July 2016
StudioBlack Pearl Studios, Melbourne [1]
Genre Acoustic, folk [2]
Language English
Producer Keegan Joyce, Søren Fisher [1]
Singles from Snow on Higher Ground
  1. "Cooma"
    Released: 18 November 2016

Snow on Higher Ground is the debut album from actor Keegan Joyce. The album is acoustic, and described by Joyce to have an 'Australiana folk sound'. [2]

Contents

Joyce first released music on his YouTube account in February 2016. He premiered the song 'New Bridge Over Deadman's Creek' with Jane Patterson, which would become Track 1 on the album. [3]

The album was released on 1 September 2016, initially available on iTunes and Bandcamp. Later, Joyce released purchasable album notes and vinyl copy of the album (limited to 300 copies and featuring only songs by Joyce) on his website. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."New Bridge Over Deadman's Creek"K Joyce3:38
2."Knowledge"K Joyce3:35
3."Her Perfume"K Joyce2:31
4."Cooma"K Joyce3:08
5."Apparently I Was Selfish"K Joyce2:39
6."Cry, Cry Darling"J Miller, J Newman2:55
7."Sydney"K Joyce4:19
8."Rock, Salt and Nails"B Phillips4:14
9."Midnight Train"K Joyce8:40
10."Road Train Gone By"K Joyce4:50
11."Snow on Higher Ground"K Joyce4:16
12."Jewel atop the Crown" (Bonus track)K Joyce1:39
Total length:46:24
Snow on Higher Ground LP [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Road Train Gone By"4:50
2."Cooma"3:08
3."Apparently I Was Selfish"2:39
4."Sydney"4:19
5."Her Perfume"2:31
6."Midnight Train"8:40
7."Knowledge"3:35
8."New Bridge Over Deadman's Creek"3:38
9."Snow on Higher Ground"4:16
10."Jewel atop the Crown" (Bonus track)1:39
Total length:39:15

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Snow on Higher Ground, by Keegan Joyce". Keegan Joyce. Bandcamp. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 Adams, Cameron (1 December 2016). "Keegan Joyce wanted to be a musician before an actor and now he has made an album". The Herald Sun. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. Keegan Joyce (6 February 2016). "New bridge over Deadman's Creek - Jane & Keegan". YouTube. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. Joyce, Keegan (2016). Snow on Higher Ground (Vinyl LP).