Fill your heart up with gladness, Nick Mulvey is coming back to Australia.
Some interviews feel like questions and answers. This one feels like sitting on the ground while someone tells the truth slowly, checking that it can land without breaking.
It's been a decade since I first heard Nick Mulvey; the hums and the lyrics that pour out is still one of my favourite sounds in life.
I don't quite know how to tell him this though, so I talk about a road trip debate about the pronunciation of his name.
I could still be in that car now looking out the window and hearing every one belt out 'Cucurucu' as if their lives depended on it.
In a way, I think it's always important to start at the beginning and work your way to the season that is now.
An unravelling and a reckoning shapes Nick's latest releases 'Dark Harvest, Pt. 1' and 'Dark Harvest, Pt. 2' – twin records documenting his life coming apart, and then intentionally being sewn back together. "Most things in my life were going to sh.t." he says.
Unbound by drama, no pause for effect, just truth at the circle. Marriage. Young kids. The quiet terror of not having enough support.
The scaffolding you thought that would hold, didn't; and yet. "The music, it was just looking after itself." That line lingers.
Maybe because 'Dark Harvest' sounds exactly like that. Music that knows what to do when the human didn't.
The albums trace the long arc of Nick Mulvey being a seeker. Whether that be Eastern philosophy, activism, art, psychedelics, these old maps have got him to this point now.
A place where he feels he can be free through his faith. "I didn't want to just turn up with a record full of songs about Jesus," Mulvey smiles gauging me as a listener. "That wouldn't have felt honest."
'Dark Harvest' isn't shouting about belief anyhow, it's whispering about the journey. For those like me who've been in the car with Nick Mulvey for a few years now, I want to hear that; and hearing that live, well Australia is less like a tour and more like a gathering. Songs meeting people where they are.
The act of stepping onto stages where the audience waits slightly longer for your return, that isn't lost on Nick.
In fact, he says something that I felt I learnt whilst being in Australia. The crowd leans in to it. "When you don't come often, people are ready to extract everything from the moment."
That readiness, that collective unity from crowds is the ideal environment for 'Dark Harvest' and Nick Mulvey to come back with the gift that is performing live music.
Because sometimes the miracle isn't the light at the end of the tunnel. It's the fact the song stayed with you while you walked through the dark. That's enough isn’t it?! That's enough to fill the heart with gladness.
So, whether you're coming from miles down the road, or you're just joining now from 'round the corner, you've got something worth carrying home. Four shows are coming to you – Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth; get yourself there.
Nick Mulvey 2026 Tour Dates
Wed 18 Feb - The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
Fri 20 Feb - Liberty Hall (Sydney)
Sat 21 Feb - Northcote Theatre (Melbourne)
Mon 23 Feb - Astor Theatre (Perth)
