This self-titled set is Mossy’s finest collection of songs since his multi-platinum, ARIA Award-winning solo debut, 1989’s Matchbook.
It’s also Mossy’s most personal record yet. He co-wrote every song, aside from ‘My Suffering’, which was written by his Cold Chisel bandmate and dear friend Steve Prestwich, who died in 2011. This is an Ian Moss solo record, but there are other little nods to Cold Chisel. Charley Drayton – who joined Chisel after Steve’s passing – plays on 10 tracks. And Don Walker’s piano punctuates ‘A Girl Like You’.
The album was produced by one of Mossy’s first guitar heroes, Peter Walker, who also produced Cold Chisel’s self-titled debut in 1978 and co-produced Mossy’s second solo album, 1991’s Worlds Away. But as Mossy sings in the new album’s opening track and first single, ‘If Another Day (Love Rewards Its Own)’, “Out of sight, but never out of mind.” Put simply, Ian Moss – known as Mossy to his legion of fans – is part of Australian music’s soul. Originally from Alice Springs, he became one of the voices of Cold Chisel and a revered guitar hero. In 2014, Mossy’s fellow musicians ranked him Australia’s greatest guitarist in a News Corp poll. Alex Laska, guitarist in Kingswood, said: “His musical capabilities are simply fantastic. Moss can deliver subtlety with intensity, intensity with subtlety.”