Paul Dempsey

Who is Paul Dempsey?

Paul Anthony Dempsey is an Australian musician. He is the lead singer, guitarist and principal lyricist of rock group, Something for Kate. Dempsey released a solo album, Everything Is True, on 20 August 2009 which peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart. His second album, Shotgun Karaoke, reached No. 17. He has also produced and co-written albums for other artists. In 2006 he married Stephanie Ashworth, who is Something for Kate's bass guitarist. Dempsey has had bouts of clinical depression and periods of writer's block. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, noted that he "has the capacity to lay his soul bare through his music, there is little pretence or adherence to fashionable measures in the band’s delivery".