Peter Bibby shares new single, ‘Terracotta Brick’

Today, Perth based songwriter Peter Bibby shares new single ‘Terracotta Brick’ from his forthcoming album  Drama King, out May 31st on Spinning Top Records.

Following on from previous single ‘Fun Guy’, ‘Terracotta Brick’ brings it down a few notches and is a tender lament for an honest tradesperson, further solidifying Bibby’s reputation as a mouthpiece for the Australian working class.

Bibby explains: “I came up with this little ditty while I was working as a brickie’s labourer. I took a direct quote or two from the boss, he was full of great lines. He was also full of piss on a regular basis, and it got me thinking about the connection between the building industry and flat out, celebrated alcoholism.”

Bibby recently switched to an alcohol free lifestyle with “celebrated alcoholism” being a topic he’s regularly contemplated in recent songwriting.

“I tried to make a beautiful, sad song about the whole topic and I for one think I succeeded. Dan (Luscombe) didn’t like my guitar solo, but he also never worked on a construction site, so he obviously didn’t understand the guitar technique I was using, a little technique I like to call ‘tradie’s tears’.”