Following the release of two EP’s Sydney troubadour Pete Campbell is working on a debut album with his new live band The Lazy Dog, Tim Bradley (drums), Jed Wesley-Smith (bass), Ross Waraker (keys). Guests on the album have included Lara Goodridge, Lachy Doley, Peter Hollo, Ollie Thorpe and Kim Girdlestone. In between sessions Campbell and band have been getting into live shape around Sydney and the recent 2025 Tamworth Country Music Festival. Winner at the 2024 Fretfest Song Contest Tamworth. Campbell's songs are a sidewalk cafe, a mood, a glimpse in the mirror. His blend of acoustic and electric folk styles – from Appalachia and London, to the streets of Sydney – combined with blues, country and Americana, show that his influences are wide-ranging, from iconic artists such as Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, The Beatles and The Allman Brothers, to contemporary Antipodean songwriters such as Paul Kelly, Neil Finn and Bernard Fanning. 2022 and 2023 saw singles premiere on 2SER's The Outpost, Sunburnt Country Music and Stuart Coupe's Dirt Music radio show. This was the first taste of the lifelong musician channelling his influences and drawing on experiences to create personal and heartfelt songs built around his voice and guitar. Campbell continues to shape songs that paint rich and warm stories, delivering them via lilting folk rock with a melancholic sway.