Fraser A. Gorman gets personal and names five pivotal songs to soundtrack kissing and fighting

Fraser A. Gorman gets personal and names five pivotal songs to soundtrack kissing and fighting, writes Mikey Cahill

FRASER A. Gorman chewed the scenery on Slow Gum and returns with a considered, impressive second record, Easy Dazy. He fills us in on some very personal information.

Real name? Fraser Alexander Gorman

Guilty pleasure? Probably playing Call Of Duty World At War, It’s been a long time though..

Where is home? Alphington, Victoria

Career Plan B? I’m a musician and carpenter, I’m not sure which one is plan A.

Biggest bugbear? I like being punctual, and punctual people

SARAH BLASKO SNUBBED BY BJORK

SOLANGE LEVELS UP AT VIVID FESTIVAL

HOW THE PRESETS NEARLY KILLED EACH OTHER

Earliest Memory? Going to creche/preschool and hating every minute of it

Your Best Quality? Cheeky

And your Worst? Vague

5 Dream dinner party guests? Cass McCombs, Jeff Tweedy, Bob Dylan, Sharon Van Etten (That’s only four, let’s assume Jakob Dylan is the fifth - Ed’s Note)

5 Desert Island discs?

Neil Young - Live At Massey Hall

Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Old Quarter

Tim Rogers & The Twin Set - What Rhymes with Cars and Girls

The Band - The Last Waltz

Bob Dylan - Self Portrait

Advice to teenage self? Party = less

What did you have for breakfast today? A crumpet, banana, mandarin, muesli ar & a coffee

Top of your bucket list? Play a show at Red Rocks in Boulder, Colorado

Biggest inspiration? The music of Bob Dylan

Secret crush? I don’t really keep secrets ...but Gabriella Pound (Carlton AFLW) is awesome.

Secret skill? home haircuts

Fraser A. Gorman - Melbourne Americana singer with Easy Dazy album, showing off a home haircut.

What do you see when you look in the mirror? Age creeping in...

Starstruck moment? I got a bit star struck when I met Gabriella Pound for the first time.

Career highlight? Making records two records with close friends

Favourite tipple? India Pale Ale

5 PIVOTAL SONGS AKA THE REAL REASON YOU’VE READ THIS FAR

Song that always makes you shake your rump and nearly split your pants and why?

Young Americans by David Bowie is a seriously deep jam

Song that is a hidden gem that not many people know about but everyone should know?

Devil Never Sleeps Alone by Iron & Wine is the best boogie rock’n’roll song since Chuck Berry

Song that you would gladly listen to 5 times in a row if you were stuck in an elevator for half an hour and you had to think calm thoughts?

Everything’s F--ked by The Dirty Three. One of the greatest songs of all time in my book

Song to prepare you for battle, fire you the f--k up and make you feel like you were armed to teeth and why?

I reckon battle would be really scary no matter what song, but maybe Riff Raff by AC/DC

Song to get someone you rather fancy in the mood for luuuuuuurve. And any stories about when this has happened. Haha (gwaaarn).

Riding for the Feeling by Bill Callahan. I know that’s a weird choice but I just feel like that song is truly beautiful in every way. I guess I’m a weirdo. Bye

Finally, how did you develop your creative vision?

I don’t think I ever sat down and developed a creative vision. I think I’m more of an instinctual person, and work more off feelings and emotions than plans and math. I don’t think great art is usually planned out. But what do I know? I’m just figuring it all out like the rest of us

Love Fraser.

FRASER A. GORMAN

Easy Dazy (Caroline)

4 stars

Easy Dazy - Fraser A. Gorman album

Unhurried, unharried, Fraser A. Gorman is fine company for 10 songs on his second record. “You don’t need to wait for my love,” he sings, resting on his porch being patient until a distant belle comes to her senses. His lisp-flecked voice is in confidante mode on Walking to Oman’s, let’s-go-get-loose on Ask Marcelle and vertigo-won’t-stop-me closer St Joe’s Street. Gorman sounds comfortable in his own skin, an Americana singer taking in the view from a Great Southern Land. /MIKEY CAHILL

Try this if you like: Marlon Williams, Bill Callahan

HEAR: Easy Dazy (Caroline) out July 13.

SEE: Howler, 7-11 Dawson St, Brunswick. Aug 31. $18.53 h-w-l-r.com

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