Mark Moldre

Mark Moldre is based on the Central Coast of NSW having grown up in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. He apparently was in a band called Hitchcock’s Regret which managed to escape my attention.

He just released an album called The Waiting Room which is worthy of some attention. It’s a songwriter album – meaning that its as much about substance as style and he manages to craft some really interesting songs that seem to derive their inspiration from artists like Grant Lee Phillips, Steve Wynn and maybe Jeff Buckley.

He’s prepared to experiment with the instrumentation enough to keep the interest level up and even when he bases the songs are an energetically strummed acoustic guitar he invests in enough layers to bring the songs to life.

Lyrically he has a bit to say and although at times he lapses into slightly predicable rants he seeks to provoke thought – surely a key role of the troubadour.

Listening to The Waiting Room you do get the feeling that Moldre is still hitting his stride as an artist. He certainly has creative ambitions that he is well on the way to realising. I’d continue to watch him with interest.