Loading up the good vibes, beloved Australian singer-songwriter Pete Murray returns with his new single and music video, Wouldn’t It Be Good. Soaked in grooves, sunny melodics and Murray’s powerfully soothing vocals, Wouldn’t It Be Good is a charismatic addition to 2024, as well as a perfect accompaniment to the summer months ahead; a fitting fact with Murray also set to embark on an extensive tour kicking off late December and closing out in January 2025.
Starting life with nothing but its opening riff percolating, Wouldn’t It Be Good not only evolved into slightly new sonic territory for Pete Murray; it also marked a shift in Murray’s creative process, with producer Luke Palmer (Dead Letter Circus) ultimately helping to solidify the radiant end result. “It just started with the opening riff then went to the two-chord verse,” shares Murray of Wouldn’t It Be Good’s origins. “I was really just searching for the chorus lyrics, and the music just seemed to fit in with the lyrics. It’s normally the other way around. I produced this song with the help of Luke Palmer, and it’s funny with this song because when I first wrote it and played it for some friends, it wasn’t getting a great reaction. But I still really liked the song and never gave up on it. Then I had my nephew Dylan Cattanach (aka Katanak) help me out on an early demo, and it was here that I really started to hear the potential of the song – but people still weren’t getting it. During the recording of the album, I even played it to Luke and he wasn’t that into it, so I left it until the very end of the album recording and I brought it up again and got Luke to help me with it. There is a really great drum groove with congas paying and I got Luke to play a bass line on it too. As soon as I heard the bass, acoustic and drums, I knew this was going to work and the whole song just fell into place after that. Even at this stage when the song started to fall into place, I think I had lost a bit of confidence with it and I said to Luke: “I’ll keep this song for the next record, but let’s just finish it anyway”. Instead, he was like: “No way this is one of my faves and should go on this album”, so we finished it off and now it’s the first single. Funny how things work.”
PETE MURRAY – UPCOMING SHOWS:
FRI 20 DEC | MIRANDA HOTEL, MIRANDA NSW
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SAT 21 DEC | WAVES HOTEL, WOLLONGONG NSW
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SUN 22 DEC | THE VINEYARD, VINEYARD NSW
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MON 23 DEC | THE RECKY, ELIZABETH BEACH NSW
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WED 01 JAN | MANLY HARBOUR BOAT CLUB, MANLY QLD
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THUR 02 JAN | KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL, KINGSCLIFF NSW
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FRI 03 JAN | THE STATION, SUNSHINE COAST QLD
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SAT 04 JAN | JETTY BEACH HOUSE, COFFS HARBOUR NSW
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SUN 05 JAN | TORONTO HOTEL, TORONTO NSW
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WED 08 JAN | BARWON HEADS HOTEL, BARWON HEADS VIC
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THUR 09 JAN | THE PIER BANDROOM, FRANKSTON VIC
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FRI 10 JAN | THE DUNSBOROUGH, DUNSBOROUGH WA
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SAT 11 JAN | RAVENSWOOD HOTEL, RAVENSWOOD WA
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SUN 12 JAN | HOTEL ROTTNEST, ROTTNEST ISLAND WA
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