Australian-bred Savage Garden defies ease
of definition in a modern-day music world where acts are packaged into one
of a handful of neatly - and yet often limiting - niches.
Instead, the duo of singer/songwriter Darren
Hayes and tunesmith/ instrumentalist Daniel Jones harkens a day
when intelligent lyrics, gloriously accessible melodies and crafty production
illustrate music for the masses in their most illuminated form. Through worldwide
sales of 11 million of its 1997 self-titled debut, Savage
Garden has conjured a definition of pop music with the most positive
connotations, thanks to their worldwide hit singles, I Want You, To
The Moon And Back, and Truly Madly Deeply.
With the release of their emotionally-charged
second studio album on Columbia Records, the 12 -track, AFFIRMATION,
Hayes and Jones are embarking on a brave new journey, more intimate than
ever and yet with a reach that's universal via its prevailing themes of love
and love lost, despair, and the hope and faith that come from learning to
channel emotions into lessons learned.