A Version of Now

After a 15-year absence, the Midnight Oil frontman returns with an inspired solo LP. A Version of Now is a wonderfully direct set of bony, no-frills rock that finds Garrett reflecting on then and now with moving honesty—and help from Oils guitarist Martin Rotsey. “There’s no place on Earth I need to see,” he sings on “No Placebo.” “I’m at ease with my mortality.”