Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Joshua Batten chats with Australian Musician about his new album True Optimism, released September 28, 2026. Following the sprawling song cycle of Learn To Live Again, Batten returns with a focused collection of ten roots-rock songs drawing on blues, folk, country and classic rock. He discusses the album's central idea of "true optimism", the songwriting process, working with producer Sean O'Sullivan, his guitar and recording techniques, the musicians who contributed to the album, and how he plans to bring the songs to the stage with the Joshua Batten Band. From the bluesy grit of "Dangerous Mind" to the personal ballad "Melody", True Optimism finds Batten looking for light in difficult times and, in his words, finding a way through.
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Joshua Batten chats with Australian Musician about his new album True Optimism, released September 28, 2026. Following the sprawling song cycle of Learn To Live Again, Batten returns with a focused collection of ten roots-rock songs drawing on blues, folk, country and classic rock. He discusses the album's central idea of "true optimism", the songwriting process, working with producer Sean O'Sullivan, his guitar and recording techniques, the musicians who contributed to the album, and how he plans to bring the songs to the stage with the Joshua Batten Band. From the bluesy grit of "Dangerous Mind" to the personal ballad "Melody", True Optimism finds Batten looking for light in difficult times and, in his words, finding a way through.
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