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New release from Alison Ferrier and the Upshots 20 November 2025

Available on Bandcamp and most streaming platforms now!

 

Alison Ferrier and the Upshots have released a dreamy new single, Drifter. Joining the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter in her new band the Upshots are Alics Gate-Eastley on bass and backing vocals, Jeff Lang on lead guitar and backing vocals, and Danny McKenna on drums and percussion. Ferrier co-wrote the song with close friend and Queensland musician, Cara Robinson.

 

There’s an immediacy and presence to Ferrier’s emotionally rich songs of relationships good and bad. Ferrier’s warm and inviting voice is an easy fit with her folk and country-styled compositions, able to swing sweet and melodic, loosen up with sultry raggedness and hit a rich vein of country soul.

 

Ferrier performs regularly in Melbourne with some of the city’s finest musicians. Lead guitarist in award-winning blues/rock powerhouse Opelousas, she has also released three solo studio albums, plus an experimental folk-rock record, under the name High Ace, with husband Jeff Lang.

The new single Drifter will be released Saturday 22 November 2025 at the Lomond Hotel, Brunswick, as part of a double bill single launch with Tanya-Lee Davies.

 

Drifter Credits

Alison Ferrier – lead vocal, acoustic guitar

Jeff Lang – lead electric guitar, backing vocals

Alics Gate-Eastley – bass, backing vocals

Danny McKenna – drums and percussion

Recorded and mixed by Jeff Lang at the Enclave Recording Facility, Melbourne

Mastered by Colin Wynne at Thirty Mill Studios, Melbourne

Graphic design - Alison Ferrier
Woodcut art - Nijuku no watashi (Niishuku ferry) by Andō, Hiroshige, 1857