This is 'Kaleidoscope' - an original song written and performed by Clay Western - one of our young locals. Clay is a gorgeous young man who we met as a grommet surfer at our local break. He was always polite out in the surf and genuinely happy to talk to the 'old farts' - which is a bit rare because we are not in his league as a surfer and a lot of youngsters don't even acknowledge our existence!
Clay has since left our small town and is performing in various places throughout the country. This is my favourite song of his. Clay has definitely got the indie-surf vibe going on - reverb and all.
'Since easing his way in to city life in 2019, Clay Western is becoming a favourite among the Western Australian music scene.
After seeing the release of his debut EP ‘Holiday Dream’, Clay has gone on to play headline shows at some acclaimed Perth music venues as well as playing alongside some of WAs finest acts, including The Money War and Dulcie.
“Stuff comes together if you just back yourself,” Western notes, and indeed it’s since been proven. At the age of 16 he supported indie-surf-gypsies Caravãna Sun in Denmark, striking up a friendship with guitarist/vocalist, Luke Carra.
With Carra producing and Ian Pritchett (The Beautiful Girls/Angus & Julia Stone) engineering, that EP, Holiday Dream, was released in January, 2019, and set Western on a path forward marked by both commitment and learning'.
It's so easy to be a grumpy old person who doesn't relate to the next couple of generations, but when I meet people like Clay I am reassured about the future.
Thank you so much for introducing us to Clay Western's music. It's beautiful, and just the kind of music we love listening to. Yes, hearing music like this from young people does give us hope, and we really need that these days.
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