Rob Hirst
Description: Home page of Rob Hirst, a songwriter artist from Sydney
ROB HIRST Home The Sun Becomes The Sea GABRIELLA HIRST THE BREAK MIDNIGHT OIL BACKSLIDERS OTHER PROJECTS The Truth Walks Slowy ROB HIRST + SEAN SENNETT POWERFUL OWLS One Voice for Bones (L/R: Jim Moginie, Hamish Stuart, Rob Hirst. Photo by Robert Hambling)
When Midnight Oil parked their tour bus for the last time in 2022, Rob Hirst went straight back to doing what he’s always done – writing open-hearted rock songs that grapple with our place and times. Lifelong friend and creative foil, Jim Moginie, took leave from his other musical projects to produce and play on four of these new compositions at his Sydney studio, Oceanic. The pair brought in one of Australia’s leading jazz and studio drummers, Hamish Stuart, to allow Rob to focus fully on guitar and vocals
Then more old friends made some key cameos. Oils producer Warne Livesey mixed the tracks and added some extra bass. Jack Howard from Hunters & Collectors injected some brass while William Crighton – who toured as the Oils special guest last year – contributed backing vocals.
Rob Hirst