Blue Poles

*'Blue Poles'* is the fifth album from one of the most singular characters in Australian music. Sentimental and mournful, sardonic and surreal. **Jack Ladder** brings that towering and tender baritone to bear on tales of beauty, love, hope and redemption. Once again a crowd of musical influences - the kitchen sink drama of 60's *Scott Walker*, the frenetic assault of early *Brian Eno*, the existential country of *Will Oldham* and the cold confidence of *'I'm Your Man'* era *Leonard Cohen* - combine to form an idiosyncratic sound that could be only his.