Rockin’ along the road
ON THE GHOSTLINE, WITH HANDS OF LIGHTNING
Halfway
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Brisbane band Halfway is one of the most revered bands, not only in its home city, but Australia-wide. The lengthy-titled is the seven-piece band’s seventh album; it follows the collaboration with Indigenous elder Bobby Weatherall on , an album that was a 2021 ARIA finalist. Not a “soft rock” outfit, Halfway has its own indie sound while delivering catchy melodies as on the opening track ‘Ghostline’. John Busby’s casual vocals perfectly suit ‘1994’, a song relating to an incident in the city of Rockhampton, while ‘The Blue Dress’ is a relaxed number. The tempo lifts for ‘By How Far’, and ‘Northerly’ builds
