SUBURBAN DREAMING

Suburban Dreaming is Dan Brodie’s latest studio release, where memoir, spoken word and song collide.

A two-time ARIA Award nominee, Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Brodie first emerged on EMI before establishing a distinctive career in Australia, with international touring and performances across the United States and Europe. His work includes the critically acclaimed Broken Arrows, a celebrated solo catalogue, and collaborations with some of Australia’s most respected musicians.

His career has taken him from major Australian stages to iconic international venues including Los Angeles’ Roxy Theatre, New York’s CBGB and Paris’ L’Olympia. A distinctive voice in alternative country and Americana, Brodie is an accomplished songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, performer and collaborator.

Conceived in 2020 as a creative response to Melbourne’s prolonged COVID lockdown, Suburban Dreaming evolved over five years into an immersive studio work, transforming the suburbs into both setting and metaphor - a landscape of quiet desperation, strange beauty and unrealised dreams.

Set against found sounds, samples and beats, the album blurs the boundaries between music, theatre and memoir, weaving spoken word, song and lived experience into a deeply personal, cinematic work that extends beyond the recording and onto the stage.

Suburban Dreaming marks an ambitious new chapter in Brodie’s work - a singular portrait of suburban life, isolation, memory and the strange beauty of everyday existence.