INXS keyboard player pulls on his Stetson for his solo debut.
If musicians stick around long enough and still have the fire to create something new, then one of two things will happen: they’ll either go experimental, or they’ll go country. INXS keyboard player Farriss did the latter.
Unsurprisingly, given that he’s responsible for some of the biggest hits of the 80s and 90s, Farriss knows a thing or two
Emma Johnston
about crafting a song. So while this is very much an album by someone who grew up loving country rather than living it, the comforting Americana of Come Midnight, with its Heartbreakersspeckled melody and lashings of slide guitar, is an instantly familiar old friend. And while there’s a tendency to over-egg the Wild West pudding – screeching eagles, galloping hooves and flamenco guitar introduce opener Bounty Hunter Hummingbird, while Apache Pass teeters on the cusp of David Brent’s Native American, just about steadying itself in time – the sheer love of the genre shines through quite beautifully. ■■■■■■■■■■