Sordid Ordeal - When I Left Town (2024)

Sordid Ordeal’s debut album ‘When I Left Town’ is the first of a two-part coming-of-age story. Based semi-autobiographically on frontman Laurence Hewson’s move from the country to the city, it traces it’s way from Wagga Station in the Riverina, down the Main Southern Line and over the Victorian border to the concrete canyons and dark alleyways of Melbourne.
Set against the tumultuous backdrop of Howard and Rudd-era Australia, the story reflects on a sheltered teenager, ravenous and insatiable, leaving behind a family and religion, searching for identity in a city bursting with colour. Recorded and produced over 5 years the record features a 12-piece choir, a brass ensemble, a string quintet and a Celtic band.