ALBUM PREMIERE: Halfway - Live At The Triffid

Beloved Brisbane country-rockers Halfway are on the cusp of a very special home-town show indeed, taking to The Triffid this weekend to perform acclaimed albums Farewell To The Fainthearted and The Golden Halfway Record live and in full.

The gig represents the full gamut of Halfway's career; released in 2004, Farewell To The Fainthearted was the band's debut full-length, while The Golden Halfway Record marks their most recent LP effort, having been released to hugely enthusiastic response back in April. Laid side-by-side, they bookend the growth of one of Queensland's most underrated bands, featuring some of the state's most accomplished musicians, and the opportunity to hear both records in such a setting is sure to be a vivid, reflective and enjoyable one. 

"The band is like a face, showing all the stuff that the years have piled on," says the band's John Willsteed. "One day you’re just a kid, screaming around in the summer dark, and then you do what you do, roads less travelled or waking up in the ditch, but keeping on. Then every now and then, in the midst of it all, you look in the mirror and it’s all there. These albums are like those mirror moments."

The gig comes as part of the venue's first annual Longplayer Sessions program, and in service of getting local punters in the mood — as well as create a sense of what you're missing, for everyone else — The Music is deeply thrilled to be premiering a new LP recorded at the venue, fittingly enough titled Live At The Triffid, featuring a selection of tracks from across their acclaimed oeuvre.

The album arrives hot on the heels of new single Three In & Nothing But The Stars, which stands tall as an apt summation of the band's well-honed Americana-flecked sound, which has been refined and developed over the course of five albums and more than a decade together.

Halfway hit The Triffid to play the first annual Longplayer Sessions this Saturday, 29 October, with support from Luke Daniel Peacock with a full band. As an extra treat for the faithful, ticket bundles for the show include a limited-edition copy of the Live At The Triffid album. 

For everyone else, at least there's this stream. Enjoy.

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