Melbourne Artist Jimmy Stanfield Shines on Debut Album Right Side of Time

Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Jimmy Stanfield has arrived with a debut album that’s as bold as it is beautiful. Titled Right Side of Time, the 8-track project is a masterclass in heartfelt songwriting, lush arrangements, and genre-bending charm, the album is set for release tomorrow, but you can listen right here exclusively today!

Opening with the gritty, horn-laced track ‘Maybe I’m Doing Something Right by Me’ featuring Joe Auckland (Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, The Libertines) Stanfield immediately sets a cinematic tone. Think tavern-style rock meets highway-roadtrip soul, with a dash of Father John Misty-esque storytelling.
The album flows effortlessly from track to track, with standout moments like the stripped-back emotional ballad ‘Everyday Man’ and the sun-drenched, poetic closer ‘What I Know is What I Mean’. There’s an honest vulnerability across the record that feels lived-in and timeless.

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Self-produced by Stanfield, the album boasts a heavyweight lineup of collaborators including Noah Bond (Cut Worms), Phil Madeira (Taj Mahal, Lana Del Rey), and Nick Rosen (Macy Gray), while Jimmy’s brother Brendan and Ben Irawan provide solid grounding on bass and classical guitar. Even the album artwork is a personal touch, an oil painting by his father, William Stanfield.

Right Side of Time is a confident and captivating debut that signals the arrival of a distinct new voice in Australian indie-folk-rock. If you’re a fan of warm, soul-searching records that straddle the line between Americana and alt-rock, this is one to play front-to-back.
Jimmy Stanfield has landed right on time and right on target.