Secret Codes & Battleships via Powdered Sugar Productions (October 17) - 10 years to the month since he announced Savage Garden's split - sees Hayes revisit the mainstream pop roots.

Manager Cathy Oates explains: "What everyone is saying is that this is the closest to Savage Garden a solo record he has ever made. Although he has done a few solo records, this is the one everyone has wanted him to make - we felt it's time for him to ...