 In May 2003 Murray issued his next solo album, "Going the Distance", which Martin Flanagan of "The Age" compared to the previous album "[grief] is also the subject of several songs on his new album... but the music is gentler now, lighter in touch".The album was co-produced by Murray and Moginie, Flanagan contrasted Murray's depiction of Tom Wills from the track, "Tom Wills Would", with his own understanding in "The Call" (1998) – a historical novel of the Australian sportsman