Bernard Fanning is best known as the front-man for Powderfinger, arguably the biggest rock band in Australia, but with the band on a temporary hiatus, Fanning set off to explore another facet of his musical vocabulary. I"ve always loved that `70s sound, Fanning says of the overall tone of Tea and Sympathy. Albums like Led Zeppelin II, what Jimmy Page did with open tunings what you might call Led Zeppelin country. Not that it really sounds like that band, but just in keeping with the country blues style of that period. For want of a better word, I think it has a certain gentleness and beauty that balances out the rock element. Tea & Sympathy is already 4x platinum in Australia and Gold (but quickly approaching platinum) in New Zealand.