Not many artists can release two excellent albums in under a year. Even less can call them both debuts. Confused? Well Jordie Lane happens to be one half of The Fireside Bellows, who released their excellent album No Time To Die late last year. Now, barely eight months later comes his even better solo debut, Sleeping Patterns.

Aided by some of Melbourne’s best musicians and co-produced by Jeff Lang and Tim Hall, he has mixed folk and country and delivered a fine acoustic album. His love of Dylan, Van Zandt and Hank Williams are fairly obvious, but he is certainly not a pale imitator. Once again, the little indie label Vitamin has released one hell of an Australian independent album.