LITTLE WISE – “Don’t Hurry Back” (Official Video Clip)

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Don’t Hurry Back is the second single to be lifted from Little Wise’s debut album ‘Silver Birch’ (Out Now).

Don’t Hurry Back is an elusive piece, characterised by its sparseness, and evocative of the broad, dry landscape of a regional town. Pedal steel guitar howls in the background while Sophie Klein, the woman behind Little Wise, warbles sweetly atop the harmony.

Of the single, Klein says, “I wrote this song with a depressed rural town in mind; one that has had a previous mining boom that’s now shutting down. Those who are left have little prospects. It is fictional, written from the perspective of a man who is ageing, writing to his ex-lover telling her, Don’t Hurry Back.”

The debut album Silver Birch offers much more of the nostalgia and bittersweet storytelling that encompasses the lead single. Recorded in Klein’s empty childhood home and at Woodstock Studios in Balaclava and features special guest performances by Ben Franz (The Waifs), Megan Bernard and Rosie Burgess among many others. Silver Birch is the result of a stellar crowdfunding effort of over $8,000 and MATCH funding from Creative Partnerships Australia.

Klein and the band are out on tour in November and December to celebrate the release of Silver Birch. Excited to be hitting the road, Klein enthuses, “Fans can expect a raw and uplifting performance, where the veil between me as the performer and them as the audience is as thin as ever. People can expect to be taken on a roller coaster of emotion, leaving uplifted and connected. I often have deep lasting connections with people who come to my shows, and find the songs resonate with peoples’ personal experiences. That connection is one of the best parts of being a songwriter.”

Little Wise is Sophie Klein.

LITTLE WISE ‘SILVER BIRCH’ NATIONAL TOUR

FRI 11 NOV | THE TREEHOUSE, BYRON BAY NSW | 7.30PM
Free Show | Full band

SAT 12 NOV | SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD NSW | 2PM*
Free show | Duo

SAT 12 NOV | PADRE, BRISBANE QLD | 8.30PM | 18+
Free show |Duo | with special guest Phil Smith

SUN 13 NOV | BLACK BUNNY KITCHEN, ALEXANDRA HEADLAND QLD | 3.30PM *
Free show |Duo

TUES 15 NOV | HOUSE CONCERT, NAMBUCCA HEADS NSW | 7PM
Solo show | Tickets available from www.littlewise.com.au

THURS 17 NOV | PETERSHAM BOWLING CLUB, SYDNEY NSW | 7.30PM | 18+ *
Duo show |Tickets available from www.trybooking.com/NHYC | with special guest Alana Bruce

FRI 18 NOV | SMITH’S ALTERNATIVE, CANBERRA ACT | 7PM *
Duo Show |Tickets available from www.smithsalternative.com

SAT 19 NOV | COMMONGROUND FESTIVAL, SEYMOUR VIC | 12PM
Full Band Show | Tickets available from www.common-ground.org.au/tickets

THURS 24 NOV | THE BELLA UNION, MELBOURNE VIC | 7PM |18 +
Full Band Show | Tickets available from www.bellaunion.com.au | with special guests Gallie & John Flanagan Trio

FRI 25 NOV | MARTIANS CAFÉ, DEANS MARSH VIC | 7.30PM *
Full Band Show | Tickets available from www.martianscafe.com.au

SUN 27 NOV | THE WHEATSHEAF, ADELAIDE SA | 4PM *
Full Band Show | Tickets available from www.wheatsheafhotel.com.au

FRI 9 DEC | BASEMENT DISCS, MELBOURNE VIC | 12.45PM
Free show | Duo

SAT 10 DEC | BROOKFIELD SHED, MARGATE TAS | 8PM
Full Band Show | Tickets available from www.arelmedia.com.au | with special guest Isla Ka

SUN 11 DEC | MARAKOOPA CAFÉ, MAYBERRY TAS | 2PM*
Full Band Show | Tickets available from www.marakoopacafe.com.au

* With special guest Rosie Burgess