First Snow (music for piano and strings)

To be released on 17th October, 2025

“The strings cannot help but convey a heartbreakingly beautiful melancholy that gives it an element of poignancy and nostalgia." - Backseat Mafia, August 2025

An instrumental album centered around a piano quartet with Zoë Black on violin, Christopher Moore on viola, Michelle Wood on cello and Nick Batterham on piano.

Conjuring sparse landscapes, the pieces are slow and cinematic, meditative, and emotional. Many cultures see the first snow as a time for reflection, nostalgia, and reconnection - the slate being wiped clean for new beginnings.


Zoë Black - violin
Christopher Moore - viola
Michelle Wood - cello
Tamara Murphy - bass
Nick Batterham - piano, synthesisers, percussion
Rhys Boak - piano on Seven, A Song A Day
Carlo Barbaro - reeds
Daniel Beasy - brass
David Berlin - cello on Seven
Daniel Farrugia - drums on Seven

All tracks written, recorded and mixed by Nick Batterham
Mastered by Lachlan Carrick
Sleeve painting by Drez

First Snow (Music for Piano and Strings) LP pre-order
A$50.00

Due for release on 17th October, 2025

An instrumental album centered around a piano quartet with Zoë Black on violin, Christopher Moore on viola, Michelle Wood on cello and Nick Batterham on piano.

Pre-order of 12” LP on white vinyl, with sleeve painting by Drez.

First Snow (Music for Piano and Strings) CD pre-order
A$20.00

Due for release on 17th October, 2025

An instrumental album centered around a piano quartet with Zoë Black on violin, Christopher Moore on viola, Michelle Wood on cello and Nick Batterham on piano.

Pre-order of limited edition Compact Disc in gatefold Digipak, with sleeve painting by Drez.