After a year-long wait since her award-winning Hum of the Mettle, Adelaide’s Jen Lush makes a breathtaking return with her double-single Wolf & The Dog / Black Wing — a release that captures everything fans love about her sound: poetic, introspective, and richly textured. With this two-part offering, Lush steps deeper into the intersection of folk and art-rock, showcasing her ability to weave emotional storytelling with musical daring.
Between Wolf & Dog opens the double release with a haunting, blues-driven edge. Built from a riff by guitarist Sam Cagney, the track slowly unfolds into a captivating meditation on loyalty, conflict, and the blurry space between friend and foe. The sound is lo-fi yet full-bodied — a sonic twilight where every note feels both fragile and fierce. It’s a song that invites you to linger, to listen between the lines.
Then comes Black Wing, the yin to its counterpart’s yang — a graceful, introspective track inspired by solitude, impermanence, and the quiet beauty of chance discoveries. Written during a writing retreat after the loss of a simple pencil and the sighting of a lone black cockatoo feather, Lush turns a fleeting moment into a meditation on letting go. The music, led by fluid guitars and her ever-striking vocals, moves like wind through an open field — gentle yet resolute.
Across both tracks, Lush and her band — James Brown, Paul Angas, Sam Cagney, and Mark Seddon — craft a soundscape that feels grounded in nature and emotion yet elevated by artistic precision. There’s a maturity in her songwriting that speaks to lived experience, and her command of mood and tone remains unparalleled in the Australian folk-rock landscape.
Having already claimed ARBA’s Roots Album of the Year, Jen Lush proves once again that her artistry is evolving without compromise. Wolf & The Dog / Black Wing is a reminder of her gift for turning small moments into profound sonic journeys — and a promise that there’s even more to come.
Jen Lush delivers a mesmerizing dual release that blurs the boundaries of folk and art-rock
