Three Hours South

'Three Hours South' picks up where 'Symmetry' left off, boasting a full-band sound - yet preserving Derricutt's camp-fire-sing-along acoustic roots - intertwined with a lighter, cheekier, more dance-able, more infectious mood.

Recorded to tape - for that big, fat, old-skool rhythm-section sound - at the newly revived Revolver Studios in Waiuku on the out-skirts of Auckland, the album was produced and engineered by Nic Manders (Lydia Cole, Nathan King, Brooke Fraser).

'Three Hours South' parades the exceptional local talents of Dean Tinning, Daniel Irvine, Nic Manders, Drew Hutchinson, Luke Thompson and of course Derricutt himself, utilising a sonic palette that includes Höfner bass, ukulele, pump organ, clarinet, whistling, Wurlitzer, glockenspiel, slide guitar, ebow guitar, manjo, mellotron, djembe, mandolin, blues harp and a range of percussion instruments including the kitchen cutlery drawer (but not the sink).