Horizon Shine is a musical collaboration featuring the talents of David Byrnes aka Smiley and Ian Purdie aka Lunar Sea Boatman. Formed in 2007 in response to a perceived need for specialised musical material for the ‘Dads on the Air’ radio program (Tuesdays 10.30 til noon on 89.3 FM 2GLF), Horizon Shine has blossomed into a fertile song writing partnership.

Smiley has been responsible for writing most of the music, some of the lyrics, playing bass, keyboards and programming the drum tracks. He has engineered all of the recordings and has provided the lion’s share of the production values.

Ian Purdie has contributed most of the lyrics, most of the vocals, some of the music and played the guitar tracks as well as arguing with Smiley about how the songs should be produced.

Shamelessly sucking in anybody else without the will power to resist them, Horizon Shine has also drawn upon the considerable musical talents of Prue Rueben and Martin King.

Horizon Shine has so far contributed four tracks to ‘Dads on the Air’.

Their first effort ‘Shaving in a Basin Full of Tears’ tells the typical story of a freshly separated father. It is tragic, raw and emotional.

Their second offering ‘Daddy’s not Home’ features the vocals of Prue Rueben impersonating a nine year old girl. It is deliberately childish and attempts to give a voice to the experiences of children separated from their loving father.