For seasoned Australian alternative stalwarts Atlas Genius, their third album – and first in nine years – End of the Tunnel on the Orchard comes after a trying time that included leaving Warner Records and then their adopted base of Los Angeles for home just before the pandemic shut down the world. Whether that’s a light or an oncoming train in their path, the band’s lead vocalist/guitarist/writer and founding member Keith Jeffery is looking ahead, not over his shoulder, on 11 songs which reflect that turmoil and growth, both personal and universal, over the past several years.
