Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier have made a new record half full of acoustic instruments and half full of the space that’s left in between the notes:

H a l f M a n H a l f W o m a n.

It’s a record that chronicles love in the middle ages, life in the 21st century and the human condition of now, then and what will be. It’s an album that gives equal weight to an eight minute rant, a 90 second instrumental miniature and a song sung by their three young daughters.

Produced by James Black (the Rockwiz wiz), encased in a beautiful sculptural cover by Melbourne artists Geoffrey Nees and Kano Hollamby, this is music full of strong personality that can only be ascribed to its makers.

This is Conway and Zygier’s ninth studio album. Ever since their joining forces, they have pursued a career of musical unpredictability. From the folk rock, platinum selling String of Pearls to the critically acclaimed electronica of My Third Husband, to the woody warmth, country tinged Summertown, there have been roads less travelled and many musics explored in between.

TV theme composers, concert producers and artistic festival directors, Conway and Zygier have always been and continue to be surprising.