One of Australia’s favourite storytellers, Josh Pyke will release his latest studio album ‘Rome’ on August 28th. Rome is Pyke’s long-awaited follow-up to Pyke’s 2015 LP But For All These Shrinking Hearts – which debuted at Number 2 in Australia. That break came off the back of an intense three-year stretch in which Pyke released But For All These Shrinking Hearts; performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (immortalized on the ARIA Award-winning LIVE AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE album); released a Greatest Hits LP; toured with an all-star line-up performing The Beatles’ White Album; and played some of the biggest local and international solo shows of his career. In 2019 he ventured into the world of children’s books, releasing the award-nominated LIGHTS OUT, LEONARD as well as co-authoring A BANANA IS A BANANA with renowned entertainer Justine Clarke. (He has three more kids’ books due for release in 2020 and 2021 through Scholastic.) He also snuck a self-produced punk album onto streaming services under the name Sword Owl (a name conceived by one of his sons while still in kindergarten). Rome was written, recorded and produced by Pyke in his own home studio, Timshel Industries and was mastered by Grammy-nominated producer/engineer Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, My Morning Jacket).