Last year Hein Cooper was busking. This year his stunning debut 'The Art of Escape' has been spinning on triple j, he's headed off to find his muse in Canada, he's had spins on the BBC, toured France and he's put the finishing touches on his debut album set for an early 2016 release.

The first taste of the new album comes in the form of 'Rusty', a breezy summer slice of acoustic pop, perfect for kicking back and watching the world go by.... but with a deeper message for those who want to dig below the surface. Having spent much of 2015 in Canada where he recorded the forthcoming album with with producer Marcus Paquin (Arcade Fire, The National, The Local Natives, Hey Rosetta), Hein has returned home for the summer touring season, to perform a slew of amazing shows, which did kick off with Australian Music Week and & continues through the festive season including headline Sydney & Melbourne shows + appearances at Falls, King Island & Nannup Festivals, rounding out what has been an amazing 12 month period.

Rusty came about while improvising over loops at a show in Sydney two years ago, with a killer riff emerging that Hein took and wrote the song over the top. "I often struggle with the state of the world and how society functions

"I often struggle with the state of the world and how society functions in such a cold and divided way," said Hein. "But what hurts me most is the way so many people seem to bury these feelings and glue a false sense of happiness to themselves rather than confront the way they actually feel. I'd rather be authentic in my sadness than false in my happiness. I based 'Rusty' on this idea. I found that creating a positive happy sound underneath melancholic lyrics captured this feeling because it represented the fight between me and the world's obsession to be happy all the time. Kind of like the opposite of Coldplay's technique in 'Parachutes' of writing positive lyrics with a melancholy sound."

Hein Cooper returns to Australia with live shows including performances with Montreal's latest international musical export and success story, the amazing Elliot Maginot. Having just realesed his debut album in Australia the curiously titled 'Young / Old / Everything . In . Between' the young 20 smothing wordsmith of wisdom, releases a new single to coincide with his Australian visit - 'Monsters at War'.

Make sure not to miss Elliot on his debut Australian tour.