There was a five-year gap between Sly Withers’ self-titled debut and Gardens, with the latter album - which arrived last June - presenting a truly reinvented band. Eager to ride its high, the Boorloo-native quartet wasted no time knuckling down on album number three, building on the sentiments explored on Gardens for what shaped up to be their first-ever sequel: Overgrown.
As implied by its title, Overgrown picks up a short while after Gardens, when its protagonists - dual frontmen Jono Mata and Sam Blitvich - had gained just enough perspective to answer the questions they posed on their second opus.
And, as is the case with most sequels, the stakes here are higher - was an unexpected hit for Sly Withers, debuting at #10.
