DARREN CROSS (Gerling/Jep and Dep) returns to Franks Wild Years with his wild antipodean fingerpicking and introspective guitar escapism, an Australian take on the solo guitar genre. His latest album Hot-wire the Lay-low (Australian escapist pieces for guitar) is out now.

Darren will be joined by Jonathan Michell who is up from Melbourne while on tour with Free Time. Michell's band The Ancients have released records on Chapter Music & Tenth Court, and his old band Mum Smokes put out some influential albums in the 2000s.