Artists

Brian Henry Hooper held down the bottom in the background of Australian cult rockers the Beasts of Bourbon and Kim Salmon & the Surrealists, but with the former dissolved for the billionth time and the latter using a different rhythm section, he has time to concentrate on his solo career, of which Trouble is the third example. In a voice reminiscent of David Bowie at his most naked and backed by straightforward guitar-and-piano based rock (provided in part by producer/multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey, late of the Bad Seeds), Hooper croons a series of ballads and mid tempo rockers reflecting the aftermath of a hard-wrought lifestyle and attempts to get right with those who suffered along the way.