Alec Bathgate

the george harrison to chris knox''s john lennon. alec bathgate''s always kept a couple steps back in his fellow tall dwarfs shadow, but released a lovely little byrds-jangle-pop album (with heavy beatles and beach boy flourishes) in 1996. somewhat more technically competent than knox, and somewhat reserved (in comparison at least), bathgates'' a reflective, precarious song-writer of great talent. bathgate then resurfaced in a solo capacity a mere 8 years later with the superb indifferent velvet void, an album chock full of pop-classics and weighty lyrics. signing to the auckland-based lil chief, bathgate has played just one solo show prior to it''s release, as part of a joint cd-release promotion with fellow christchurch popsters pine.