By JENA MARINO
GEELONG singer/songwriter Luke Biscan is geared up to perform at this year’s Motor City Music Festival.
The 26-year-old said he was preparing to show off the “weird and wonderful songs” from his forthcoming debut EP.
Motor City would be the first public performance of some of the songs.
“It’ll be great,” Biscan enthused.
The EP, Motion Pictures, would feature songs in styles from acoustic to “cinematic rock”, he said.
Biscan, who moved from Bristol, UK, to Geelong just two years ago, described his music as heavily influenced by his new life in “the land of milk and honey.”
“Sometimes you just need to clear the air with new scenery. I don’t think half of the material would have come if I didn’t move here.”
Often performing in Geelong and Ocean Grove, Biscan said he surrounded himself in the pub scene, where he learnt about the history and culture of Aussie rock music – another prominent influence on his music.
He hoped to change his usual up-tempo set to present his soft and intimate side at Motor City.
“This will be a pretty great introduction,” Biscan said.
“It’s nice when people are welcoming to something you’ve written.”
Biscan said he planned to enhance his public profile during a tour Australia following the release of Motion Pictures in autumn.
Biscan will perform as part of a Live & Local program on the Sunday of Motor City on the Labour Day long weekend in March.
Other Live & Local acts are The Tiny Giants, The Stackshots, Famous Will, Revolution, Grasshopper, Brooklyn Blue, Underground, Flawed Peace, Cooper Lower, Fenn Wilson, Jack Wright and Tex Miller.
