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Finn Pearson and his band return to with ‘Tunnel Lights’, the final single from their upcoming EP arriving later this year. The alt-country rock outfit are following up a marathon year that’s delivered four singles, a Rolling Stone feature, WAM nominations for Best Guitarist and Country Act of the Year, regional touring, and support slots for Playlunch, William Crighton, The Southern River Band, and Eskimo Joe.

Fremantle singer/songwriter Finn Pearson has in the last few years emerged as dynamic presence around local stages. While on occasion he’s been described as ‘pirate-folk-rock', Pearson is compelled to write in an introspective manner, dabbling with lyrics that are emotive and narrative-driven. He cites Nick Cave, Paul Kelly and the Stones’ more obtuse material as an inspiration for this, but the rest is up to him. Pearson lives what you’d call a fulsome musical existence. Since his early blues roots and through the folk discovery of Cohen, Dylan and Springsteen during his teens he’s played in many bands and continues to this day (up to six at any one time) but at the same time he has worked hard to shine the light on his own music, and that hard work is indeed paying off. His solo single releases, Housing Estates, Interstate Road, Keep The Light Alive and the deceptively titled Booze Bus run the gamut of emotions, relationship dynamics and lived experience. At the end of 2020, the