Empire

the year’s best album, Australian or international”

~ Dave Faulkner, The Saturday Paper

… Empire has been acclaimed for its visceral mix of wired folk, gospel invocation, and rock’n’roll sparks … guided by Crighton’s imposing baritone”

~ Craig Mathieson – Sydney Morning Herald

From the ABC Music website:

Produced by established collaborator and sought-after drummer Matt Sherrod (Crowded House, Beck) in close co-operation with Crighton himself, Empire finds the singer-songwriter bringing a cinematographer’s eye for detail to bear on his incomparably immersive lyrical style.

Above all, Empire is a songbook of breathtaking insight. The flame of the human spirit is, in Crighton’s hands, shown to be the most powerful force at work in 21st Century Australia: one that produces both soot and shadow, but also guiding light, illuminating both the painful past and the difficult path forward.