Oliver Mann

"The Possum Wakes At Night just absolutely floored me. Oliver’s voice is extraordinary. I have been proselytizing about this album every chance I get!"

Alan Brough 774ABC Radio / Spicks & Specks ABC TV

Australian baritone Oliver Mann’s latest release THE POSSUM WAKES AT NIGHT demands your full attention: at once both heart-warming and adventurous, it is the work of an artist operating in a different stratosphere to his contemporaries. For while you may hear echoes of Antony and the Jonsons in his soaring vocal delivery, or strains of Fleet Foxes in his near-Appalachian balladeering, or the audacity of the Animal Collective in his unorthodox songs - there is no one that compares to this artist. 

Featuring Dirty Three’s Jim White on drums, the guitar playing of Kes Band’s Karl Scullin and the many talents of Oliver’s brother Paddy (aka Grand Salvo), Oliver Mann is an artist relishing the chiaroscuro of life. If the adventurousness of his songs surprises you, then it is his voice that will touch your heart. It comes from a deep and dark place - it is no surprise that he sings with the Victorian Opera, one of Australia’s leading opera companies.

The embodiment of the complete performer, hearing Oliver sing is an overwhelming experience. A gifted Australian artist of great beauty and talent, Oliver Mann is willing to take risks and is very much without peer.

"Watching Oliver Mann live is like being picked up someone substantially bigger than you and shaken alive" Inpress