Babitha (think ‘Tabitha’ with a ‘B’) is the solo project of Imogen Grist - a multidisciplinary artist raised in country NSW to a backing track of Neil Young, ABBA and Fleetwood Mac.

Inspired by the archetypal ‘other woman’, Babitha’s brand of loaded yet languid alt-country ballads see guitar-laden tracks break ground beneath fables of escape and heartbreak. With soaring harmonies and lyrics that cut to the core, Babitha is equal parts vulnerable and evocative, commanding and detached. Her work evokes music’s golden years, but feels critically of our time.

Babitha returns with her debut album ‘Brighter Side of Blue’, a rare accomplishment in its succeeding to explore a wide range of sound and traditions with nuance and playfulness.

Bolstered by a band of local stars in their own right (Russell Fitzgibbon of Skeleten, Cecil Coleman of Body Type), the record oscillates between moments of an almost myth-making degree of coolness and breath taking vulnerability. But it’s the voice of Babitha that provides an antidote for the themes and pallets that she contends with, marked by an almost meditative phrasing and tone that is always heart rending but never histrionic.