from
Volume 3,
released January 12, 2015
written by P.R.Davis ©
P.R.Davis - vocals, guitar
Steve Ramsay - guitar
Matt Nightingale - double bass
Rick Millband - drums
Produced by Rolan Dunbar
Recorded and mixed at Cowperson Lounge, Canberra
Mastered by Casey Rice at Classix Studio, Melbourne
Special thanks to Kimmo Vennonen and Konrad Lenz
Art Direction by Peta Hart
All songs by P.R.Davis ©
Rolantone Records
The Painted Hearts were formed in Canberra, Australia in 2005. P.R.Davis sang, played guitar and wrote the songs, Matt Nightingale (later of The Wedded Bliss, Heath Cullen band) played electric upright bass and Kevin Nicol (Noiseworks) played drums. Owen Andrews was recruited to play bass following Nightingale's departure from the band in March 2007. Essentially a live band, improvisational and loose, the self-titled debut album The Painted Hearts was recorded somewhat characteristically in one - whatever goes down goes down - session at Infidel Studios, Queanbeyan in September, 2007 and released in 2008. The second album Volume 2 released in 2011, was recorded in pretty much the same spirit albeit with more of an acoustic sound and sensibility, again relatively quickly over two sessions - this time at Canberra's Cowperson Lounge, through just two microphones. Matt Nightingale rejoined the band on double bass for the Volume 2 sessions and Mike Oakley played drums. This album, Volume 3 was tracked live once again at Cowperson Lounge with basically the same approach, though with the use of a few more mics here than the two used on the Volume 2 sessions. Davis and Nightingale are joined by Rick Millband on drums for these sessions.