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Best known as frontman and songwriter for hard-travelling band The Re-mains, and after twenty years on the road through Australia, Canada and Europe, Mick Daley has taken a turn for the verse as a solo troubadour. In October 2015 he’s releasing a solo album, Tiny Violins. By turns tender and savage, its songs tilt with politics and swarm with humanity. Recorded with Melbourne singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Matt Walker (Liz Stringer, Broderick Smith, Jimmy Dowling,) they features Matt’s devastatingly distinctive guitars, dobro and mandolins. The unmistakable allure of Melbourne’s Suzannah Espie is all over the seven tracks, after her brief visit to the studio yielded an astonishing array of smouldering backing vocals. Tiny Violins comes hard on the heels of Mick’s 2014 album, ‘Courage and Shuffle the Cards’, recorded with his band The Corporate Raiders at Sydney’s Megaphon studios. With these ballads and dirges he delivers a rich history as a genuine