It’s been about a year now since Sydney singer songwriter Van Sereno came out with his 7th album “Gratitude”. He was criticized for not sticking to his usual brand of acoustic pop. People tended to judge that he was not an artist of consistency, floating from one style to another (folk to reggae to rock and back). Also with his diverse topics of discussion within his craft, from a song about depression, to the World War 2,to the two convicted Bali drug smugglers and even a song about the Fukushima Daichi power plant! His thinking was that it was a knee jerk reaction to hearing the criticism of listeners of the 6th album “Hey Wait Stay” - that it all sounded the same, that there was no colour, no range. He took some months off and really thought about what he wanted his next album to be. Also took some time to really reflect and focus on himself, self improvement so to speak. Rather than make comment from past events, rather than make songs of ...