DON’T STOP CHANGING

Change is one of the perennial topics for an artist. There’s safety in playing to your strengths, but stagnation is also a real danger. Matt Corby has received almost as many props for his excellent guitar playing as his distinctive and powerful voice. His hit “Brother” was buoyed by a complex arrangement of electric arpeggios, and his acoustic fingerstyle prowess backed up his voice beautifully when covering The Black Keys for Triple J’s Like a Version.

However, with Rainbow Valley, Corby expands his musical vision, leaning hard on keyboards and modern soul