Released 25 November 2022

‘The people are getting loud. A small girl to a crowd'

Seven years and 19 releases now, this is still my most political song about the environmental crisis. Originally released in 2020, this new version has been remade from the ground up.

From December 2019 to January 2020, Australia where I live, was hit with The Back Summer bushfires, which decimated 17 million hectares of land, which is roughly the size of the United Kingdom. The scale and impact of this fire was unprecedented.

Over 3 billion animals perished, 3000 homes were destroyed, and 33 lives were lost. The estimated cost to agriculture, tourism alone is estimated at $4 -5 billion dollars.

As long-time environmentalist, this track delivers my most scathing critique of the current state-of-play - of corporate greed, unfettered capitalism and its impacts of climate and the natural environment.

The new track is also a nod to the rise of global citizens fighting to protect not just humanity, but the fate of over 8 million species. We are the weather makers, and we need to step up.

No matter what your thoughts on climate change are, all the issues which are the results of industrialisation remain and expand. This includes the increasing scarcity of fresh water, habitat destruction, the loss of plant and animal diversity, the increase in severe weather events, the increase in air pollution as well as the increase in microplastics in the food chain and oceans.

Whilst changes in climate have occurred throughout the history of our planet, the rate of change we see now has never happened with 8 billion people on it. Particularly the speed of it, for example, hasn’t happened for at least 65 million years. Humans are not dinosaurs or reptiles.

Even insurance companies and banks include climate change in their forecasting and risk assessments. Capitalism too knows it’s killing itself. Also, some will argue that climate change is just another state control mechanism. But two things can be equally true simultaneously. Further, this is only more evidence of disaster capitalism and not less evidence of the impacts of expanding industrialisation.

If we think about the Iraq for example, the reasons for the war were faked, but the war was real. The state could and will use climate to control us for sure. But the environmental damage occurring on our watch is real.

For Greta Thunburg

Released 27 May 2022 (Instrumental)

In these crazy times, plans to travel are often put on hold, rescheduled or cancelled altogether. Whilst we can’t always be where we want to be, we can always travel there through music.

This song picks up on where my 2016 song ‘Observer’ left you – at the door and ready for another journey.

EarthSEED (Wanderlust Mix) is dedicated to my close friend Tammy who has an insatiable drive to travel, explore and live life to the fullest.

Close your eyes and travel anywhere.

For Tammy B (Brisbane)

Released 14 January 2022

As a long-time environmentalist, this is my third release about climate change.

This single is a scathing critique of insatiable greed and wanton destruction of the Earth by the fossil fuel industry. The song title is a reference to air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

Verse one speaks to the need for Earth Justice, and the inalienable rights of nature. Verse two is about the scarcity of resources like food and water. And finally, verse three is about the greed of the energy barons.

The chorus is about the challenge of sense-making in an era of disinformation and the draconian silencing of dissent.

We have had at least 35 years of scientific evidence warning us that the fossil fuel industry was cooking the planet. The window to save humanity and the 8 billion species we share the Earth with is rapidly closing.

Speak up. Act Now.