The Hello Morning are currently adding the final touches to their debut album due for release in 2010
Meet The Hello Morning, a band that grew out of a duo featuring front man Steven Clifford and guitarist John Citizen. "If there was a bad gig in Melbourne, we played it," Clifford laughs. "That's what The Hello Morning is about – the promise of a new day, starting over, shaping your own path."
Steven grew up loving The Band, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Dylan and Nick Cave. Snatches of all these acts can be heard in The Hello Morning's sound. "People are always afraid to pin their sound to one thing," Clifford smiles, "but sometimes I wish we could." He adds: "We just write what we like." The stage is their natural habitat. "If we don't have a gig for a week, everyone gets a little edgy."
In early 2009 The Hello Morning began recording their debut album, first laying down base tracks at Sing Sing Melbourne before retiring to a working dairy farm in Glenlyon, Victoria where they were forced to evacuate twice – fleeing Victoria's horrific summer bushfires. It was there that they finished recording 17 tracks, including a duet with Bertie Blackman and a cover of Wilson Pickett's early 70s gem Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You. The album was mixed by Lachlan Carrick (C.W. Stone King) and Steven Schram (Little Birdy, Little Red) and is due out for release in mid 2010.
