Within the first few seconds of the opening song on
Australian troubadour Peter Bibby's latest album, we get an
unvarnished look at the man behind the music as he observes
the late-night scene of a local watering hole with increasingly
bleary eyes:"No one seems to want to talk to me / 'cuz I'm the
arsehole, probably."
Indeed, that lovable ambivalence is at the heart of Drama
King, Bibby's fourth studio album for Spinning Top Records.
The project was produced by first-time collaborator Dan
Luscombe (The Drones, Amyl and the Sniffers) and mixed by
White Denim's Josh Block a frequent collaborator with Leon
Bridges.
An artist who has been celebrated as inherently working-class
and wholeheartedly independent, Bibby comes by this
caution honestly, having cut his teeth in the rough-and-
tumble underground rock scene centered around Perth's
Hyde Park Hotel in Western Australia.
Bibby's affable personality has gotten him plenty of mileage
as a live act. He's toured the U.S. with Pond and performed at
the infamous open mic night at Pappy and Harriet's in the
California desert. He's also taken the stage at international
festivals such as Laneway, Falls, All Points East, South by
Southwest and South Africa's Rocking the Daisies while
notching his fair share of rowdy headlining shows.
