MELBOURNE, VIC alt-country and Australian Americana artist Al Carr released his new single ‘The Rose of Jericho‘ a couple of weeks ago and now he reveals the video clip for the song, ahead of the release of his forthcoming third album The Right Dereliction, (October 25th).

Al Carr started playing in Sydney bands in the late 90s before a move to Melbourne in 2006 led to the start of a solo career that began in 2013 with his self-titled EP (featured guest appearances from Davey Lane (You Am I) and Louis Macklin (Jet)), followed by the albums Gutter Truth (2017) and Empty Skies (2021) which included pedal steel by Shane Reilly (Lost Ragas). 

Now Carr backs up those releases with his strongest set of recordings to date, the exquisite, diverse and poetic album The Right Dereliction.

The first taste of the new album is the single ‘The Rose of Jericho‘. It’s a song that rides on a gently propulsive rhythm section. It’s a rock song in the way that Tom Petty writes rock songs – richly melodic with a widescreen atmosphere and spiralling, jangling country-rock guitars. Carr pushes and pulls his vocal with a strain of warm and emotive melancholy.

“It’s a driving song, using imagery that reminded me of different places, near and far,” Carr reveals. “The emotions of moving between geography, featuring a Hammond organ central to the journey.”

If you’re a fan of Tom Petty, The Replacements, The Band and locals such as Dan Brodie and Nick Barker then you’ll dig Carr’s new single and the forthcoming album.

The video features footage of Carr and the band performing in the studio, interspersed with some glorious shots of nature and wide open spaces, the kinds of breathtaking moments one experiences on a road trip.