White Paper: Old House
Four-piece band album (2006)
White Paper began as a three-piece in 2002, with Simon Sieradzki and Andrew Higginson joining Benedict on drums and bass.In 2003 Sieradzki switched to electric guitar, and Rachell Pirnie started drumming.
White Paper played through 2003 and 2004, taking Benedict's songs in new directions. Various commitments then took the members to different places, but before the split, the band recorded seven songs with Simon Struthers. The recordings were shelved while Benedict recorded his first solo album, and over the next couple of years the White Paper songs worked their way into Benedict's solo shows, as well as being played with various new collaborators.
In January 2006 the album was launched at the North Perth Town Hall. By this time Rachell Pirnie had been living in Melbourne for twelve months, and the band had not played live shows for some time. Simon had sliced open his hand on New Year's Eve, and wasn't quite up to playing guitar. At the launch Benedict played with a range of guests, including Daniel Marano on guitar and Cameron Sim on pedal steel. Simon played harmonica on a couple of songs, sitting on the stage floor, with his arm in a sling.
Unlike Benedict's subsequent recordings, which alternate between solo and collaborative tracks, the White Paper album is four-piece band all the way through.
Left to right: Andrew Higginson, Simon Sieradzki, Rachell Pirnie, Benedict, Benedict and Andrew. (Click to enlarge)
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CD launch, January 2006
Left to right: Benedict, Andrew Higginson, Cameron Sim, Daniel Marano (Click to enlarge)
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Tracklist: 1.Parkview 2.Daniel 3.Childlike 4.Answer 5.White Paper 6.In Autumn Flowers 7.Russian Dolls Click underlined song titles to download tracks. |
Colour photographs by Marlo Rae.
Black and white photographs by Paul Clifford.