Melbourne-based songwriter Gary Hubber returns with “Running From The Light,” a warm and introspective pop-rock track that feels like a journey rather than a destination. Taken from his upcoming album A Dangling Thread, the single blends ringing guitars, steady momentum, and Hubber’s conversational lyricism, creating a sound that’s as much about motion and curiosity as it is about resolution.
Hubber’s signature style, writing “the long way round”, is on full display here. Rather than delivering tidy conclusions, he allows the story to unfold gradually, letting meaning emerge naturally. The song follows a narrator who hears whispers of final answers, certainty, and closure, but chooses instead to keep moving, celebrating the restless curiosity that drives life forward.
“They say there’s a light at the end of things… This song hears all that and nods politely. Then it tightens its laces,” Hubber explains. “It’s not trying to outrun death. It’s trying to stay in conversation with life for as long as possible.” That balance of humour, reflection, and gentle defiance gives the track both warmth and subtle depth.
“Running From The Light” follows Hubber’s 2025 album New Tricks, which earned him recognition across Melbourne’s songwriting community. Here, he continues to favour suggestion over explanation, leaving space for listeners’ own experiences to resonate with the rolling rhythms and ringing guitars. It’s a song that moves in step with life itself, thoughtful, earnest, and quietly uplifting.
With this latest release, Gary Hubber demonstrates once again that great songwriting doesn’t need to rush. He simply keeps walking, one step, one breath, one melody at a time.
