It’s always a special moment when a songwriter finds their voice.
For Australian singer/songwriter Mark Sholtez that moment is captured with precision on his second album ‘THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO TRUTHS’. It’s an assured, accomplished record that delivers on the promise he’s been threatening for years.
Sholtez surfaced with his 2006 jazz-inspired debut ‘Real Street’, (an ARIA Top 30 album and debuted in the ARIA Jazz and Blues chart at #1 where it stayed for ten consecutive weeks, was nominated for an ARIA award in that same year, and in 2007 won him a converted APRA Music Award).
With his second album Mark Sholtez had a vision. Charmed by his production work with Madeleine Peyroux, he contacted renowned producer Larry Klein (Herbie Hancock, Melody Gardot, Joni Mitchell). They bonded over a shared love of Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, early Springsteen and of Neil Young’s Harvest. After one lengthy phone call they’d already decided they wanted to make a record together.
The Distance Between Two Truths features collaborations with Alex Lloyd, Aqualung’s Matt Hales, Shane Nicholson, and Iain Archer, who co-wrote Snow Patrol’s breakthrough album Final Straw.
The result is a sonically pristine album that encapsulates prolific song writing, detailed musicianship, and an organic sound surely to satisfy any purist. Highlights from the album include “A Thousand Lies,” “Too Late For Heroes,” “The Mystery Of You,” & “Kissed It All Away.”
