The Tasmanian singer-songwriter has two albums’ worth of material in the bank and he plans to release them both in 2017 - providing he can stop writing for long enough to record them. 

“I continue to write every day,” Slater said. 

“So that throws a spanner in the works because I'll have a list of songs and I’ll be like ‘right I want to work with this’, and then over the next couple of days when I know I should be focusing on those songs I’ll play and write something else and go 'wow I like that' and then it'll be a song.

“There's a lot to pick from, it’s just nailing it down to a certain few songs to put on a record and get it out.”

Having spent the past five years operating out of Melbourne, the Launceston-born multi-instrumentalist will return to his hometown on Saturday to play a headline show at Club 54.

Slater said relocating north had opened up a host of new opportunities and paved the way for the release of his second EP The Versatile Mind in October last year. 

“I've got a really nice solid loyal fan base in Melbourne which is crazy, some of that came from busking.

“I'd never busked before and about 12 months ago I started doing that in Bourke Street Mall and it's one of the best things I ever did. 

“When I released The Versatile Mind I got maybe 500 printed and just on the street in Bourke Street I sold 300 CDs in two and a half weeks and that was just busking twice for two hours.”

As well as winning fans on the street, Slater has played alongside names such as Sticky Fingers, Kingswood and Thundamentals and has performed at Tasmania’s top music festivals. 

But he says there’s going to be something extra special about Saturday’s show. 

“I'm kind of nervous for some reason - I didn't think nerves existed in me.

“But this is the first proper headline show I've ever really put together and it’s in my hometown so I’m hoping to see some people around.” 

Zac Slater will perform alongside Bad Beef and Dark Dunes at Club 54 on Saturday.

Tickets are available at the door for $10. 

Doors open at 9pm.