The fifth album from Simon London + the Spirits.

Recorded live in the studio in January 2024 with James Newhouse on the controls, these songs were then mixed and mastered in 2025.

The album showcases the wide songwriting palette of Simon’s work with the Spirits, from the rousing anthemic title track Standing On The Edge Of The World, to the urgent guitar-driven dirge of Clean Break, the intimacy of Nothing and the expansive landscapes of Break of Day and Oceans Away.

Recorded and mixed by James Newhouse
Mastered by James Newhouse

Caleb Drage – bass and synths
Mark Gretton – drums, rhodes piano, percussion & backing vocals
Simon London – vocals, guitars & percussion

Additional musicians –
Tammy London – backing vocals
James Newhouse – percussion, acoustic guitar, synths, backing vocals.

The fourth album from Simon London + the Spirits and the first release in over 14 years.

Recorded live in the studio in January 2022 with James Newhouse on the controls, these songs were tracked in three intense days.

The album and its songs mostly revolve around the passing of the Spirits’ founding drummer – a narrative that is offered up as two album ‘sides’ – a before and after journey through the turmoil, grace, loss, love, redemption and peace that orbit around losing your oldest friend and this thing we call life.

Recorded and mixed by James Newhouse
Mastered by William Bowden

Caleb Drage – bass and harmonium
Mark Gretton – drums, piano, rhodes, percussion, vocals
Simon London – vocals and guitars

Additional musicians –
Tammy London and Anita Newhouse – backing vocals on ‘Don’t You Forget About Me
James Newhouse – percussion, acoustic guitar, backing vocals.

Double CD offers up recordings of both aspects of Simon’s live work; one rocking disc from his band the Spirits and another disc of intimate solo acoustic tunes.

DISC ONE:
With disc one, recorded live in a remote farmhouse in the southwest (Mobrup), Simon London + the Spirits fire up the amps for a raw and rocking set of songs – superbly mixed by Forrester Savell.

What the band disc delivers in punch and power, the second solo disc offers as breathy respite as it ambles its way through various acoustic stories and reflections – recorded in studios, farms, backrooms and bedrooms as Simon toured solo around Australia

Recorded by Dale Shearsmith
Mixed by Forrester Savell
Mastered by William Bowden

Chris Edmondson – guitars
Tim Keady – bass and vocals
Tim Stacey – drums
Simon London – vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, percussion

Additional musicians –
Dale Shearsmith – guitars
Joel Barker – lap steel and vocals

Buy the double-cd physical copy here via bandcamp

DISC TWO:
Acoustic disc track listing:

You’d Better
Iron Horse
Little One
Song About A Girl
Chasing the Sun
Magic Tricks

Mixed and mastered by Shaun O’Callaghan @ Couch Studios

All tracks were produced, recorded and mixed at Blackbird Sound Studio in Perth WA by Dave Parkin. A handful of overdubs were recorded by Dale Shearsmith. Mastering by William Bowden.

These songs were recorded over two main sessions; the first in April 2004 then the second (on grand final day) in September 2004.

Released in 2006 through MGM distribution/Waterfront Records.

Credits
This album was recorded during a transition between two drummers – Matt Morcombe played on the first session, Tim Stacey on the second.
For this recording, Simon London + the Spirits consisted of:

Simon London – vocals, acoustic/electric guitars
John Clements- hammond, rhodes, electric piano
Chris Edmondson – electric guitars
Matt Morcombe – drums (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
Tim Keady – bass, backing vocals
Tim Stacey – drums (tracks 2, 4, 9)

Additional players included:
Grant Ferstat – electric guitars (tracks 5, 7)
Dave Parkin – electric guitars (tracks 1, 5, 8), percussion

Art and design: Donna Cameron Design
Photography: April Ward

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Released in 2004 through MGM distribution/Waterfront Records.

Debut self-titled album from the band in 2003.

Recorded at Blackbird Sound Studio with Dave Parkin, as a three-piece live-in-the studio with minimal overdubs.

credits

Produced by Dave Parkin and Simon London
Engineered by Dave Parkin and Laurie McCallum

Simon – guitars, vocals, piano, hammond
Matt Morcombe – drums
Tim Keady – bass and backing vocals

Additional musicians:
Rhodes piano – Adrian von Praag
Tristan Parr – strings

Art and design: Donna Cameron Design