Riley Catherall - The Light, The Beautiful Liar (2024)

Riley Catherall reveals his second full-length album The Light, The Beautiful Liar: an amalgamation of songs about the kind of love that can’t endure the light of the morning. If you're new to the name, you've more than likely heard Catherall's artistry on an Australian song or two, as a singer-songwriter based in Melbourne whose graceful trajectory into the Australian Alt-Country Music world has not gone unnoticed. Riley has built a credible status as a one of the country’s most promising songwriters through his poetic sincerity and alluring live shows. Riley’s new album is an impressive display from a discerning singer-songwriter.

Finding himself caught between places, time zones and love itself, Riley draws upon his constant relationship with grainy light of the moon and the stark realisations that come from the end of the night and the beginning of day.

“These songs are deeply personal to me and have been a real exercise in allowing my songwriting to rule itself. I feared forever comparing my writing to my last record, realising that as I evolved, so should my stories and my sound.” And evolve he did, still working with producer Damian Cafarella (Henry Wagons, The Pleasures), Riley set out to prioritise capturing the right take, and in doing so, ensuring that the soul of each song was clear and as cutting as the moment he wrote them.