Distant Light (Alex Lloyd album)

On the Chaos Music website, Lloyd states that the album is based on homesickness after a long stretch on the road promoting his second album Watching Angels Mend. "That was the headspace of where I was at the time. We went to a lot of strange places, maybe places I don’t want to revisit. It was a pretty lonely time. I think I’d reached a point where I’d just travelled too much."

Distant Light features Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey of Midnight Oil on several tracks. It was produced by Stuart Miller, who had also produced Watching Angels Mend and mixed by Tony Hoffer who has worked with Air, Beck and Turin Brakes.

1. "Hello the End" – 3:53
2. "Distant Light" – 4:02
3. "Coming Home" – 3:06
4. "Far Away" – 4:20
5. "1000 Miles" – 3:02
6. "Save My Soul" – 3:56
7. "Ordinary Boy" – 4:12
8. "Beautiful" – 3:22
9. "This Is a Call" – 4:07
10. "Chasing The Sun" – 2:55
11. "Light Is On" – 3:45
12. "What's Wrong" – 3:49
13. "America" – 3:33

• Michael Barker – percussion, drums
• Andrew Bickers – horn
• Felix Bloxom – percussion, drums
• Brent Clark – engineer
• Sam Dixon – bass
• George Ellis Choir – chorus
• Georgia Ellis – string copyist
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardener – mastering
• Barbara Griffin – keyboards, backing vocals
• Stuart Hunter – keyboards, horn arrangements
• Alex Hewitson – double bass
• Tony Hoffer – mixing
• Kinnon Holt – guitar
• Andrew Bickers – saxophone
• Anthony Kable – trombone
• Stewart Kirwan – trumpet
• Alex Lloyd – bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals, producer, horn arrangements, string arrangements
• Stuart Miller – producer
• Jim Moginie – guitar, keyboards
• Simon Moor – A&R
• Kim Moyes – vibraphone
• Shane Nicholson – guitar, backing vocals
• John O'Donnell – A&R
• Benny Quinn – creative director
• Terepai Richmond – percussion, drums
• Michel Rose – pedal steel
• Martin Rotsey – guitar
• Luke Steele – guitar
• Simon Weller – photography