“A guitarist who can play the birds from the trees and the storms from the sky. A musician who really listens”. Jeff Lang

Words Fail is the latest release from Australian guitarist, Shannon Bourne.

A veteran of Melbourne’s music scene, Shannon Bourne’s career began as a sideman to blues legend, Chris Wilson. Since then he has collaborated with and accompanied some of Australia’s most highly acclaimed musicians, including, Vika Bull, The Black Sorrows, Tex Perkins’ Band of Gold, Matt Walker, Broderick Smith, Don Walker and The Suave Fucks and Checkerboard Lounge.

A departure from his previous solo releases Burn It Down (2005) and Dark Things (2009), Bourne has taken his greatest and most artistically courageous leap to date. Words Fail is simply Shannon Bourne, his guitar and his improvised imagination – no-one and nothing else.

Engineered and Mixed by celebrated Australian guitarist/writer/producer Jeff Lang, Words Fail is an album exploring the realms, edges and nuances of electric guitar. It is deeply powerful, moody, playful and at times unnerving - a journey guided by the intuition and prowess of the artist. Without hesitation, Bourne believes this to be his best and most honest work yet and it would be very difficult to disagree.

Support for the night is Alison Ferrier. Doors open at 7pm and tickets can be purchased below:

Shannon Bourne Tickets, George Lane, St Kilda | TryBooking Australia

See you there :)