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Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Peter Long has been quietly honing his craft through a series of diverse, seminal indie bands since the late 1980s, kicking off with the pop of Primitive Painters, then the more experimental Puppethead, which released two albums through German label Zuma, through the power pop Resounder and into the “avant rock” Bumbum. All that experience has culminated in his remarkable debut solo album, Midday Sun. Taking his influences not just from the power pop that first captured his imagination as a teenager or the Latin, American and electronica he has discovered along the way but also from the place he now calls home, the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Midday Sun is bright sparkling pop with a dark underbelly, full of tales of love and longing, lust and betrayal, light and shadow, and irresistible melodies. Ever the musical adventurer, you’ll have seen Peter performing most recently as part of the a