Australian guitarist Adam Miller will release his 8th solo album, Beyond Reason, 21 April 2023 on esteemed guitarist Charlie Hunter’s label SideHustle Records. “Charlie has been such a huge influence on not just my playing, but also how to go about surviving, and evolving in the music industry. It's an incredible honour that my first ever label release is on his SideHustle Records.”

"Beyond Reason is a Guitarist / Songwriter album, if there was such a genre! I began to take note, that most of my guitar playing time was spent writing and creating, rather than practising. This led to me writing multiple albums worth of material the past few years whilst off the road for a while. I’ll be honest, I probably listen to instrumental guitar based music 90% of the time. It’s always been what I loved and connected to. But the past couple of years, I found myself diving back into the popular music that inspired me - Ben Folds Five, Fiona Apple, John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix, Blake Mills, The Living End, Norah Jones, Eagle Eye Cherry, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Rage Against The Machine."

"It changed the way I wrote, I was hearing melodies sitting on top of the ensemble, instead of intertwined. So I took a long time crafting guitar orchestras on most of the tunes. And when the guitar occasionally didn’t quite do it, I added some simple keys and even backing vocals. If I wrote lyrics, I guess all these songs would have lyrics. But I know I can say infinitely more with a guitar than I ever personally could with words. That being said, I do actually go pretty deep with my song titles. Every tune has a specific story to tell in my head. But I love that with instrumental music, anyone can take lead from that simple title and create their own story”

The 8 song album contains elements of blues, jazz, funk, rock, folk, and country and features Miller on electric, archtop, acoustic, resonator, and nylon string guitar. The bass & drums were recorded in Los Angeles by Miller’s now long time collaborators, drummer / engineer / producer Justin Glasco, and bass player Joel Gottschalk. Miller then worked up the tracks through 2022 in his home of Newcastle Australia, between his return to performing and touring dates.