Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Mark Sinton is returning to music after a lengthy sabbatical from the industry.

He didn’t expect the break to be quite this long…

His previous London-based band, The Gasolineros, had just completed making their debut album Nash Point with producer Charlie Francis (REM, Turin Brakes, Robyn Hitchcock, High Llamas, Minus 5 and Wilco) and were preparing for a tour of Europe, Japan and Australia in 2005 when the band ended.

Mark returned permanently to Melbourne to set up home and start again.

His first stint was between 1995–1997 fronting the band Carbine, who released the critically-acclaimed ‘sandvalve’ ep on Shock Records (currently featured on the ‘Stuck On The 90s: Sound As Ever’ compilation).

Over a decade passed until encouragement from old musician friends found him fronting a new band, The Mansions, with ex-members of Musket and The Paradise Motel.

An unexpected trip to his home town in Northern Ireland was the genesis for a stylistic shift with his debut solo album.

‘Change To Something New’ with Mark switching to piano as his principal instrument to best serve the songs.

Co-producer Rohan Sforcina called upon his former Oh Mercy band-mate Eliza Lam to join himself and Mark to make the record between 2020-2021 lockdowns at his Headgap studio in Thornbury, Melbourne.

'Change To Something New' is scheduled for release on Shankly Records 0n 17.06.2022