Over the Stones, Under the Stars

Over the Stones, Under the Stars is the debut album by Australian folk-rock band Ned Collette & Wirewalker, released in 2009.

Mess+Noise magazine described the album as "astonishingly brilliant" in its denunciation of modern life and said: "This is music as foreboding weather, all downcast greys and apocalyptic reds, thick and blustery and beautiful."

The magazine said: "Wirewalker (drummer Joe Talia and bass player Ben Bourke) brings a new spaciousness and extravagance required for the task, while Collette’s vocals have evolved from his hushed confessional roots into a more poised and commanding presence.

Its review noted Collette's "weary worldview" and said the album was "a record of searching discontent, but one that finds plenty of space for careful arrangements.

Keyboards and synths blossom and bloom across the songs here, finding their way up through the crevices the trio leave in their playing.