title: Australian Ghost Story
text: # Australian Ghost Story
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Beat Magazine | (positive) |
  | Crikey News | (positive) |
  | FasterLouder | (positive) |
  | The Mercury | (positive) |
  | Mess+Noise | (positive) |
  | The Vine | (positive) |
  
  Australian Ghost Story is an album by Australian group The Paradise Motel. It was released in June 2010 on Left Over Life to Kill and Inertia Records to positive reviews.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Merida Sussex – vocals
  * Matt Aulich – guitars, arrangements
  * Esme Macdonald – bass guitar
  * Mark BJ Austin – keyboards, organ, pedal steel
  * Andy Hazel – drums
  * Campbell Shaw – violins
  * Charles Bickford – various
  
  ## Themes
  
  The album was released to coincide with what would have been the 30th birthday of Azaria Chamberlain, and was cited in national press as an insightful and respectful companion-piece to the resurgence in media interest in the case. Chief songwriter Charles Bickford stated "We wanted to write a record about a contemporary event that was unique to Australia and part of our shared experience. A lot of artists explore things like convicts eating each other, but to me that's the ancient past."
  
  