Laura Williams
01 October 2022, 7:20 AM
The voices of Greg and Sara Storer are familiar sounds around the Western Plains, but their upcoming album is shaping up to look a little different, adding Greg’s daughters Pip and Bonnie to the family band.
Using the name that binds them, the band 'Storer' released their first single off an upcoming album last week, after playing a series of gigs in the local area.
Greg Storer said that while the girls have always had talent, he didn’t see the evolution of the Storer music legacy evolving like this.
“They’re always playing piano and did a lot of singing at school…but I never thought that we’d take it this far. It’s such a good thing to record with your kids and get the family involved,” Greg said.
Although he’s well seasoned in the industry, Greg said that recording with Bonnie and Pip was enough to shake him.
“It was quite emotional. Pip was sitting in a little spot in the studio and started recording and just seeing the song come to life and seeing your daughter singing…I had to take a minute to pull myself together,” he said.
Album veterans Greg and Sara showing Bonnie and Pip the ropes. (Supplied)
For Pip, music never really felt like something she’d take up as any more than a hobby.
“Doing music, you’re a lot more out there and you’re singing and you’re thinking ‘are people going to like that, are they not?’ so it’s really good to have people who have done it a lot before who can just tell you to do it and be proud of it,” she said.
“It’s really good working with family because they’re your biggest supporters.” Pip said.
Voices aren’t the only thing they can provide, with each family member bringing their own songs to add to the collaborative album.
Siblings Sara and Greg have both enjoyed music careers as solo artists and together. (Supplied)
Pip said that watching her father write songs all her life made the process seem simple.
“For years and years, he’d always sit at the kitchen table and pick up melodies. He’d come in from work and I guess he’d been thinking about it through the day,” she said.
“After a weekend of being with all the family, we all spoke about all these really funny memories and it just all sort of came to me and I thought this would be a really funny song.”
While the family is hopeful the upcoming album is the beginning of something bigger, it’s no easy feat balancing a music career as a full time farmer.
“We’ve got some touring coming up and we’re going to launch the album in Tamworth at the festival. Hopefully we’ll be right to put some cropping in again and then head out after the crops are in the ground,” Greg said.
The first single from Storer ‘Show Me’ was released in late September.