Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo released a new album Golden Mirrors (The Uncovered Sessions Vol. 1), the first in a series of projects investigating songwriters for whom Harvey and Acevedo have a particular predilection. Golden Mirrors (The Uncovered Sessions Vol. 1) is out digitally on Mute, with an exclusive gold vinyl Australian edition (via Impressed Recordings) available today. A series of live dates across Europe start on 3 April – full details below.
The new album sees the duo cover 11 songs by the American songwriter Jackson C. Frank, an almost forgotten but recently rediscovered folk singer from the mid-sixties, whose sole album release was produced by Paul Simon and who counted Laura Marling, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, Mark Lanegan and Fairport Convention as fans.
Harvey explains, “Amanda and I recorded ‘Milk & Honey’ for our first album together, Phantasmagoria in Blue. By complete coincidence, in the week of the single release, I was contacted by my friend, Guanluca, from Italy who was putting together a tribute to Jackson C. Frank for his ‘Love & Thunder’ collective project. We were more than happy to record a few more songs, Amanda in particular being a big fan of Frank’s work. We initially recorded three songs for the tribute project but we just kept going and eventually realised we could make our own album. The whole process was so enjoyable and the ideas just flowed. All the original recordings are just one or two guitars with singing and Frank’s later songs are only available as home recordings, non-studio demos or live. So the possibilities of expanding the songs through arrangements were huge, and that process was very rewarding and enjoyable.”
The pair will continue working on the Uncovered Sessions while producing an album of original material for release in 2026. This new album follows the duo’s 2023 release Phantasmagoria in Blue and Harvey’s 2024 solo outing Five Ways to Say Goodbye.
The album was recorded in Harvey’s music room in North Melbourne and mixed by Alain Johannes in LA, Spain and Chile, the tracks exude brooding, dark atmospheres with Harvey’s trademark stylings and Acevedo’s floating, expressive vocalisations.
GOLDEN MIRRORS (THE UNCOVERED SESSIONS VOL. 1) TRACKLISTING
- Golden Mirror
- My Name is Carnival
- The Night of the Blues
- Cover Me with Roses
- The Visit
- Marcy’s Song
- Blues Run the Game
- I Want to be Alone (Dialogue)
- Have You Seen the Unicorns
- October
- Juliette
MICK HARVEY & AMANDA ACEVEDO LIVE
- 3 April – Ioaninna (GR) – Route 66
- 4 April – Ptolemaida (GR) – Mandrakoukos
- 5 April – Thessaloniki (GR) – Mylos
- 6 April – Athens (FR) – Tiki Bar
- 9 April – Vienna (AT) – Rote Bar
- 10 April – Bologna (IT) – Binario69
- 11 April – Savona (IT) – Raindogs (with screening of Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party at 8.30ppm)
- 12 April – Como (IT) – Joshua – tickets available on the door
- 13 April – Pordenone (IT) – Capitol
