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by the partae July 16, 2021

written by the partae

Where are you currently based?

Currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark

How did you first start playing music?

Started playing the classical guitar at the age of seven. My dad was what got me into it all, he would always play and sing and I was so jealous of him being able to do that.

What’s been happening recently?

A lot! Personally, just got married and that has been an exciting journey :). Musically just working on my next project and getting into a lot of sessions with other writers and producers.

Your new single ‘Overthink’ is out now of your upcoming EP ‘Skellies’ what influenced the sound and songwriting for Overthink?

Sound-wise this whole EP is super quirky and different compared to what I usually do. I really honed in on the voice acting and decided to be as silly and weird as I could. ‘Overthink’ is just me being open about all the extremes my brain goes to, I’m a textbook over thinker and felt like it was important for me to write that out for myself.

How did you go about writing overthink?

I think I was just having one of those days where I couldn’t write because I was just overthinking the writing process. I got so annoyed I just started shouting in my room ‘I overthink I overthink I overthink’ and I really liked the rhythm behind how I was shouting that and just started singing each line chromatically while following a harmonic minor scale. It instantly stuck with me and knew there was something there.

What does Overthink mean to you?

It’s just a reminder to myself to take it easy and let life take its natural course. I often feel like my overthinking is a huge perk, because I can really plan situations out and avoid running into trouble, but at the same time it can be super limiting and take the joy out of simple joyful situations.

Where and when did you record/produce/master and who with?

I wrote this end of October 2020, dark halloween season, my favourite season haha. I was working with Malthe Seierup who actually co-wrote and produced this full EP with me. At the time we were working out of this underground bunker studio in the centre of Copenhagen. It was located right outside a park, had no running water or toilet. It was dingey, dark and reeked of cigarettes and alcohol due to other people using the other studios. That said, it was a vibe, I really liked writing down there. There was also this super old, out of tune piano we’d always jam around and write songs on. Glad I don’t work there anymore, but I kind of liked it and it inspired a lot of great music!

How did you approach the recording process?

Generally I’d go into the studio with a melody and some lyrics. I would just play and sing the song on my guitar and we’d start building it out on the computer from there on.

Please tell us about the EP and how it came about:

It all started with the first song ‘break the norm’ the first single from the EP. I was having a hard time finding my new direction after my last EP ‘bouncy boy’. I was also watching a lot of Tim Burton movies and documentaries about Disney and their whole relationship with Tim Burton’s team. It inspired me so much and I just felt like I wanted to take that act-y, quirky route with this EP. Again most of these songs were written around Halloween season, which tends to be the best season for me to write to be honest, something always clicks for me around that time of year.

Who are you listening to at the moment?

Listening a lot to Upsahl these days, really love her sound, her vocals and her writing. Super inspired by her!

What do you like to do away from music?

I love to cook a lot but music right now is my ‘away’. I have a full time job, so in my spare time music is what I do for the most part. I’m also just super into mafia movies and series. Been binge watching the Sopranos this last month.

What’s planned for the remainder of 2021?

For one, trying to take a holiday! Wrapping up and writing my next project, and continuing to show my face more through acoustic videos or livestreams.

Favourite food and place to hangout?

Definitely a good simple Pasta Aglio e olio and Cacio e Pepe or just a good sourdough bread with some fine extra virgin greek olive oil… that always hits the spot. Always love hanging out at those brewery / bodega bars in Copenhagen. They’re not super classy but they’re super vibe-y!

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THE LAZY EYES SHARE SECOND RELEASE EP2 NEW SINGLE ‘THE ISLAND’ OUT NOW

by the partae July 16, 2021

written by the partae

Photo by Jack Moran

PRAISE FOR THE LAZY EYES

“Honest-to-god really good”
V Man

“Indie’s next generation prove ready for a much bigger stage”
Sydney Morning Herald

“A phenomenal blend of modern sensibilities and classic experimental pop”
American Songwriter

“The makings of a psych giant”
NME Magazine (4 Stars)

“If Brian Wilson joined Tame Impala for a day”
DIY Magazine

“Their music retains a youthful freshness that, rather than recycling, reinvigorates the ingredients they have taken from their heroes”
Monster Children

“Breath-taking”
Life Without Andy

Since first emerging through wild word-of-mouth fire, feverish anticipation of The Lazy Eye’s next drop of music. Today they deliver, sharing their sophomore release, EP2 via The Orchard. LISTEN HERE.

In 2021, The Lazy Eyes have truly held nothing back with their own curated festival, Lazyfest, a sold out headline tour and new music releases swiftly following their breakout in January of last year. With EP2 they pick up where EP1 left off, and now with their new lineup they reveal the product of time spent bringing new recordings to life. Each song on EP2 channels a different path and emotion to the last, between love songs and jam songs, The Lazy Eyes deliver a sonic pathway through each twisted journey in life. Joining the lovelorn ‘Nobody Taught Me‘ and the polychromatic trip of ‘Where’s My Brain???‘, is latest single ‘The Island‘, a continuation from the story they began with ‘The Seaside‘, The Lazy Eyes reveal is a song for escapism, “A song that while listening, you can close your eyes to and let your imagination create imagery.”

WATCH: ‘The Island’ (Official Music Video)

Lifting the veil on ‘The Island‘s making, the band share: “The Island was written about a place where none of The Lazy Eyes band members have been in real life, and acts as the sequel to The Seaside. An imaginary island that is a sort of utopia but is also filled with mystery. The writing process and a demo recording took place in Harvey’s childhood bedroom as he recalls – ‘All I remember was recording a terrible demo on GarageBand and really struggling to sing it because I had a cold that day. It’s interesting to hear the demo these days because you can hear the parts before they were refined as a result of playing the song over and over live. The demo also doesn’t include the final guitar melody which was added by Itay in a rehearsal and really finished the song off with a bang.”

The Lazy Eyes are Harvey Geraghty (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Itay Shachar (vocals, guitar), Leon Karagic (bass) and Noah Martin (drums). At 15 years old, they met at a performing arts high school which provided fertile ground to pursue their creative endeavours. In the time since, the group have built a cult following with their magnetic live set. Long before their debut single, word of them spread like wildfire. This eventually reached the BBC’s Abbie McCarthy who aired the then unreleased ‘Cheesy Love Song‘ during a takeover on Australia’s national youth broadcaster, triple j. In the year that followed, their debut EP saw The Lazy Eyes sell out headline shows, amass a combined 3 million streams and receive praise from Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson, Bandcamp, Atwood Magazine, American Songwriter, Monster Children, land at #17 on triple j Unearthed’s Top 50 Most Played Artists of 2020 and many more.

In the time since, the group have worked hard to finesse their craft, with EP2 working to show how much more the music students had to offer following their acclaimed debut that landed The Lazy Eyes on the coveted NME 100 for 2021. Initially written while still in high school, it was only until recently that the songs of EP2 were taken to the recording studio. The band share “These are the first tracks we recorded using Ableton (previously using GarageBand) which opened up a whole lot more possibilities. These new tools inspired us to make our recordings more tapestry-like, inspired by albums like Bon Voyage by Melody’s Echo Chamber.” The response so far? Praise from V Man, Complex, Happy Mag, Gigwise, NME, KCRW, Alt Citizen, FBi Radio, Double J and Unearthed, Spin, Dublab, Northern Transmissions and others for ‘Nobody Taught Me‘ and ‘Where’s My Brain???‘; plus rave reviews for Lazyfest from the Sydney Morning Herald, Life Without Andy and more anticipation for their upcoming appearance at Bris Day Out. If EP2 saw The Lazy Eyes find their feet, there’s no doubt their jackpot will come faster than most anticipate.

EP2 is out now via The Orchard, buy/stream it here.

TRACKLIST
The Island
Nobody Taught Me
Where’s My Brain???

TOUR DATES
Wed 11 Aug – Bris Day Out @ The Brightside – Meanjin / Brisbane
Sat 4 Sep – King St Carnival – Warrang / Sydney

Tickets available at thelazyeyes.com

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Pip Blom share new track ‘It Should Have Been Fun’

by the partae July 16, 2021

written by the partae

PIP BLOM

SHARE NEW TRACK
‘IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FUN‘SECOND ALBUM WELCOME BACK
OUT OCTOBER 8 ON HEAVENLY RECORDINGS

Having recently announced details for the release of their second album, Welcome Break, out on Heavenly Recordings on October 8, 2021, Amsterdam’s Pip Blom have today shared the latest track ‘It Should Have Been Fun’.

Pip Blom speak about new track ‘It Should Have Been Fun’ by saying: “When writing the tracks for the record I wanted there to be a song that didn’t have the structure of verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus 2x. It’s a common structure of course and I figured it could be cool to switch it up a bit. When the track starts it feels like it’s going to be a very sensitive, calm song. The verses capture the feeling of sadness, disappointment in yourself and someone else. But when the chorus starts the energy switches. It’s more angry, being fed up, wanting to change something, like there’s a tipping point. I really like how the track has these different parts that flow into each other. I can’t wait to play this track live and really give it our all when the final chorus hits.”

‘It Should Have Been Fun’ alongside the rest of the album was self-produced and mixed by Caesar Edmunds (PJ Harvey, St Vincent, Queens of the Stone Age) and recorded at Ramsgate’s Big Jelly Studios.

Following an extensive touring schedule, which saw the Dutch 4-piece roam over field, oceans, and Glastonbury’s John Peel stage following the release of their debut record Boat, Pip Blom immediately began to gather all her soaked-up inspirations taken from the road, cosy down in a room of her parent’s house (which she shares with her brother and fellow bandmate Tender Blom) and over three months wrote twenty songs – sixteen of which were to become demos for the band to structure and flesh out, once in the studio together.

With plans slightly complicated by the Covid-19 crisis, the band decamped to their favourite Big Jelly Studios in Ramsgate and after 14-days of quarantine set to work recording their second album over three weeks with engineer Al Harle.

The result, Welcome Break (and yes, the title is inspired by the ubiquitous serviced dotted along Britain’s motorways) resonates with about as much decisive allure as their previous album Boat, but this time with a bit more contemporary chaos to boot.

Where Boat reckoned as a fresh-faced, yet gloriously fearless game-changer, Welcome Break is the self-assured older sibling who, with an additional year or two behind themselves, isn’t afraid to speak out, take lead, and instigate a liberated revolution-come-bliss-out.

Yet another master-class in effortless song-writing and feel-good-chorus’, as Pip explains, the secret behind the continuing run of form on Welcome Break is fairly simple – “I just really like catchy songs and I feel like that’s something we do well. It’s not sugar-coated-happy Pop…they’re more like ‘Titanic’ pop songs…”

Welcome Break by Pip Blom
out October 8 on Heavenly Recordings
Pre-order: https://ffm.to/pb-wb

Pip Blom
Welcome Break

1. You Don’t Want This
2. 12
3. It Should Have Been Fun
4. Keep It Together
5. Different Tune
6. Not Easy To Like
7. Faces
8. I Love The City
9. Easy
10. Holiday
11. Trouble In Paradise

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RISING RNB TRIO YOUR GRANDPARENTS SHARE DEBUT ALBUM ‘THRU MY WINDOW’

by the partae July 16, 2021

written by the partae

Photo by Jordan Perez

PRAISE FOR YOUR GRANDPARENTS

“Breathing fresh energy into a classic sound and familiar feeling”
Atwood Magazine

“Your Grandparents put apparent thought and care into every aspect of their work“
Ladygunn

“Nostalgic sonics with their own personal twist”
HYPEBEAST

“Intoxicating”
Ones To Watch

The rising Los Angeles-based R&B/Hip-Hop trio Your Grandparents, composed of vocalists DaCosta, Jean Carter, and producer ghettoblasterman, have released their long-awaited full-length debut album, Thru My Window, available independently on all digital streaming platforms via The Orchard. LISTEN HERE.

On the release of their debut album, Your Grandparents share, “Thru My Window is an alternative commentary on love in early adulthood. Illustrated through the joint perspective of Your Grandparents, the narrative portrays the origins of a budding relationship and its potential complexities.” Thru My Window includes previously released singles ‘Sunlight‘, ‘Tomorrow‘, and ‘So Damn Fly‘, which earned them a highly coveted spot on this year’s upcoming Day N Vegas festival lineup and high praise from the tastemakers like The FADER, HYPEBEAST, Ones to Watch, UPROXX, Notion, Rated R&B, Ladygunn, and more.

Your Grandparents make music that hints to the nostalgia of previous decades without feeling dated. Nor is the trio cemented to just one genre, either. The friends founded Your Grandparents, using the moniker as a nod to the elders who introduced them to classic artists and inspired their musical tastes, in 2014. Originally, the trio released rap music, but their work quickly grew to incorporate the various genres that have inspired their musicianship. When asked about the albums that have inspired them lately, the men rattle off a variety of projects including D’Angelo’s Voodoo, Erykah Badu’s Baduism, The Fugees’ The Score and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. Today, Your Grandparents release music that nods to funk, soul, hip-hop, rock, blues and other genres.

Fueled by a recent trip to Paris, ghettoblasterman says the group’s new album Thru My Window is about “the different types of loves that you can encounter.” Far away from their native Los Angeles and experiencing the romantic challenges that come with dating in your early 20s, the three experienced the emotional and musical clarity that allowed them to finish the project in months. It’s their quickest creative endeavour to date. Thru My Window is also the first project where the trio could utilise other musicians and live instrumentation, resulting in their strongest productions to date.

‘So Damn Fly‘, the project’s lead single, is anchored around a psychedelic bassline and electronic guitar licks. The video, directed and produced by Your Grandparents, further displays the 70s era that inspired the single. The video for ‘Tomorrow‘, a song about “pursuing a love interest despite the uncertainty it involves,” borrows from the Blaxploitation films popularized in the same decade. Your Grandparents utilised various recording techniques to get the desired effect for their genre-blending debut album. The group credits their cohesive sound to their years-long friendship, which began when they were each about 13 years old. “Our tastes have kind of combined into one. There’s not a lot of communication on the creation end that has to happen. We just fall into place,” ghettoblasterman says.

Thru My Window is out now, buy/stream it here.

TRACKLIST
So Damn Fly
Tomorrow
Sunlight
Comfortable
Intoxicated
Past Love
Red Room
Down the Road
Digest
Jasmine

Stay connected with Your Grandparents:
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Yves Tumor releases surprise EP, “The Asymptotical World”

by the partae July 16, 2021

written by the partae

YVES TUMOR

RELEASES SURPRISE EP
THE ASYMPTOTICAL WORLDOUT TODAY DIGITALLY & OCTOBER 15 PHYSICALLY
ON WARP RECORDS

Ground-breaking artist Yves Tumor continues to unlock the perception of reality with a psychedelically bent off-kilter rock offering, The Asymptotical World EP out now on Warp via Inertia Music.

The boundary smashing 6 song EP is the next era from the pop auteur and first release from Yves Tumor following the critically acclaimed 2020 album Heaven To a Tortured Mind. Yves Tumor continues to manipulate the genre terrain by challenging mainstream music constraints further and shifting the boundaries of contemporary art and culture in a boundlessly visceral and authentic sonic signature.

The Asymptotical World EP (co-produced and engineered by longstanding collaborator Yves Rothman) includes the massive single, ‘Jackie‘, also co-written/produced by Chris Greatti (Yungblud, Poppy, blink-182). The single arrived with the radical electrifying DeepFake visualizer directed and produced by Actual Objects. ‘Jackie’ is a punctuated tale of connection in a fever dream realm featuring emotive guitars over an upbeat drum pattern, evoking the volatile magnetism between lovers that has garnered millions of streams across platforms and has received a multitude of praise from The New York Times, Pitchfork, The Wall Street Journal, OFFICE MAGAZINE, FLOOD, PASTE, THE FADER, Sniffers, rage, and more.

The EP arrives just ahead of Yves Tumor’s return to the live space with 28 dates booked across the United States, UK and Europe in 2021 and 2022. Full list of dates and new Yves Tumor merch available now on Bandcamp.

The Asymptotical World EP is out now digitally on Warp Records via Inertia Music, and available physically Friday, October 15.

PRAISE FOR YVES TUMOR

“Nobody better represents the changing face and sound of what a “rock star” is today than Yves Tumor.”
THE FADER

“Yves Tumor, the ineffable and audacious experimentalist, once again brandishes a reverence for Prince on “Jackie,” another venture into magisterial rock that clings to devastating grandeur.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Tumor proves that sifting through the detritus of love can be as electrifying as the experience itself.”
PITCHFORK

“Anyone who says rock is dead clearly hasn’t heard of Yves Tumor—an experimental, ominous rock icon for the times”
FLOOD

“Experimental icon Yves Tumor returns to defend their incomparable musical and visual vision”
rage

“Yves Tumor is truly making music like no one else right now”
Purple Sneakers

Yves Tumor
The Asymptotical World EP

1. Jackie
2. Crushed Velvet
3. Secrecy Is Incredibly Important To The Both of Them
4. Tuck feat. NAKED
5. …And Loyalty Is A Nuisance Child
6. Katrina

For more information on Yves Tumor, follow them below.

The Asymptotical World by Yves Tumor
is out digitally now on Warp Records
Listen: https://yves-tumor.ffm.to/asymptotical-world

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ALLDAY JOINS SNØW ON ‘SPILLED MY COFFEE’ FT. RXSEBOY AND JACK CULLEN

by the partae July 16, 2021

written by the partae

PRAISE FOR ‘SPILLED MY COFFEE’

New Names
Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1)

“The [original] song, which is a smash, has been flipped and turned into a Beck,
[The] Dust Brothers-ie G. Love [&] Special Sauce-type
instant vintage folk throwback, with some dusty drums”
Zane Lowe (Apple Music 1)

“You know when those small little things in life strike, and you feel personally victimised by them,
like it would only happen to you, but the reality of it is it’s just a small minor inconvenience
that happens to every single one of us? This track makes those tiny little crisis moments and
frees them, and takes away the momentary rage”
Jack Saunders (BBC Radio 1)

Today, viral breakout hit ‘Spilled My Coffee‘ receives a newfound boost as Australian rapper Allday joins Snøw, Rxseboy and Jack Cullen for a fresh take on their latest single. LISTEN HERE.

Amassing over one million streams across platforms and backed by heavyweight tastemakers including Zane Lowe, Annie Mac and Jack Saunders, ‘Spilled My Coffee‘ has already reached cult status, with Allday‘s added feature now tipping it into a whole new stratosphere. Contrasting the deep, bluesy vocals from Jack Cullen with the dynamic raps of Rxseboy and Allday, the melodic hooks float over a dusty acoustic guitar riff and a bed of hypnotic, low-slung grooves whose snug, intimate appeal has proved one of the most viral of 2021 so far.

Snøw‘s relentless innovation in crafting slyly addictive lo-fi gems has garnered him a growing fan base across international audiences, recently featuring on Kina‘s Platinum-certified record Get You To The Moon. The precocious songwriter continues to establish himself as an artist crafting trailblazing hits with each perfectly executed release. Introducing Allday to the mix is yet another example of his shrewd and carefully considered execution, linking the Australian star up with British crooner Cullen and Powfu collaborator Rxseboy to create a formidable triple threat, each artist bringing their own distinctive flavour to Snøw‘s bedroom pop eden, the range of the collaborative effort never overshadowing ‘Spilled My Coffee‘s core cozy appeal.

Over four studio full-lengths and countless collaborations to date, Allday has carved out a space completely of his own within the Australian hip hop landscape, recognised for his dreamy, nostalgic aesthetics and his artistic versatility, honing an unmatched blend of indie and hip hop influences and an ability to switch seamlessly between soft, ruminative vocals and rap flows, most recently deployed on his Drinking With My Smoking Friends LP, which won swift praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Clash, NME and was named triple j’s Feature Album. With Allday in tow, Snøw now adds the final piece to his ‘Spilled My Coffee‘ puzzle, keeping the heat high on his unassuming anthem, which, continuing to reach new audiences and constantly finding new life within itself, feels like it’s rapidly approaching a tipping point.

‘Spilled My Coffee ft. Allday, Rxseboy, Jack Cullen‘ is out now,
buy/stream it here.

Stay connected with Snøw:
Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Soundcloud

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Brisbane’s Jacinta Lal makes her arrival with debut EP, DIVYA

by the partae July 16, 2021

written by the partae

Following on from the release of her single ‘Self-Discover’, Brisbane hip hop artist Jacinta Lal unleashes her debut collection of material in the DIVYA EP.

The record is an intensely personal one for the young artist: not only is the title part of her name, but its meaning (‘divine’) is one that Jacinta has expanded upon through the music to become synonymous with feminine power and courage.

The EP came together across sessions with engineers Harry Fox and James Angus in Jacinta’s hometown of Brisbane. The six tracks on the DIVYA record capture different elements of Jacinta’s artistry and personal energy – great snapshots of the creative wave she was riding at the time of writing.

Previous singles ‘Self-Discover’, ‘Sheila’ and ‘Personal’ exude the confidence she naturally brings to the mic, while songs like ‘Funky Fierce’ and ‘M.V.P’ have seen Jacinta pour stacks of personality and biting style into each bar.

“To me, DIVYA are the ones who dare to show the world their true colours. DIVYA are the ambitious who fiercely go after their dreams. DIVYA are the strong-hearted. This does not mean they are not vulnerable. To me, DIVYA are the soulful who have been mocked and have felt pain. Lots of it. But DIVYA are the stubborn ones who get up over and over again despite being knocked over every single time before.”
Jacinta Lal

Accompanying the release of the EP, Jacinta shares new visuals for DIVYA track ‘Sheila’. As she says about this song, released near the end of 2020, ‘Sheila’ is for ‘the feisty and courageous boss queens out there.

“The ‘Sheila’ music video brings to life the character of a woman confident in her own skin. Expressed in some parts through dancing, the music video portrays the character ‘Sheila’ to be having a good time being proud of who she is.”
Jacinta Lal

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CHVRCHES RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘GOOD GIRLS’ FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM SCREEN VIOLENCE, OUT 27 AUGUST

by the partae July 16, 2021

written by the partae

CHVRCHES’ new single ‘Good Girls’ is out now – listen HERE

Premiered as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1

CHVRCHES are playing Splendour XR next weekend

The new album Screen Violence is out 27 August

Today, CHVRCHES have shared their new single ‘Good Girls’, taken from their forthcoming fourth studio album Screen Violence, set for release on August 27. ‘Good Girls’ premiered as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1.

Watch the video for ‘Good Girls’

‘Good Girls’ was the second song the band wrote for the new album, setting the lyrical tone for Screen Violence. Frontwoman Lauren Mayberry’s powerful vocal delivers the unapologetic and vital lyrics on the misogynistic ideals inflicted upon women with urgency: “Good girls don’t cry / And good girls don’t lie / And good girls justify but I don’t / Good girls don’t die / And good girls stay alive / And good girls satisfy but I won’t”.

“The opening line (killing your idols is a chore) was something I wrote after listening to some friends arguing about the present day implications of loving certain problematic male artists – I was struck by the lengths that people would go to in order to excuse their heroes and how that was so juxtaposed to my own experiences in the world. Women have to constantly justify their right to exist and negotiate for their own space. We’re told that bad things don’t happen to Good Girls. That if you curate yourself to fit the ideal – keep yourself small and safe and acceptable – you will be alright, and it’s just not f**king true.”

The video for ‘Good Girls’ is the final in a lo-fi, nostalgic, and analogue-inspired trilogy directed by multi-disciplinary artist Scott Kiernan, following previous singles ‘He Said She Said’ and ‘How Not To Drown’. On the making of the trilogy of videos, director Scott Kiernan says: “The video for ‘He Said She Said’ dealt with doubt in making of one’s own image while under the manipulation of another; while ‘How Not to Drown’ sought an exit from a low, from feeling penned in by larger power structures, and refusing to succumb to them again. But ‘Good Girls’ portrays a certain learned confidence in knowing who and what you are, despite what others might conform to themselves. It’s having a clear vision, or something like a compound eye that can see at all angles. So, like ‘How Not to Drown’ before it, ‘Good Girls’ continues down from a scene in the first video and steers it to a new parallel conclusion. Near the end, we find Lauren spiralling on the studio floor, surrounded by the crew and ghosts of the previous videos, as the entire image cycle finally comes to a halt.”

‘Good Girls’ follows on from previous single ‘How Not To Drown’ featuring one of the band’s musical heroes, The Cure frontman Robert Smith. ‘How Not To Drown’ was released in June alongside the announcement of Screen Violence, and premiered via Zane Lowe. The accompanying official video featured both CHVRCHES and Robert Smith, with its claustrophobic, film-noir imagery a continuation of the aesthetic presented with the album’s debut single ‘He Said She Said’. Following its release, Robert Smith also remixed the single, telling The FADER he wanted his version of the single to “conjure up an irresistible midnight sea with dark mesmeric currents”.

Screen Violence was recorded almost entirely remotely between Los Angeles and Glasgow, members Lauren Mayberry, Martin Doherty and Iain Cook self-produced and mixed the album via video calls and audio sharing programs to create something that is unique and special, but inherently CHVRCHES. The album will be released August 27 2021 – pre-order is available HERE.

Next weekend, CHVRCHES will perform as a part of Splendour XR. Tickets are available for the online festival HERE.

CHVRCHES – Screen Violence
Album out 27 August 2021
through Liberator Music
Pre-order here

CHVRCHES – Screen Violence tracklisting:
1. Asking For A Friend
2. He Said She Said
3. California
4. Violent Delights
5. How Not To Drown (feat. Robert Smith)
6. Final Girl
7. Good Girls
8. Lullabies
9. Nightmares
10. Better If You Don’t

CHVRCHES

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ECHO ADORE return with evocative new single ‘SEE RED’

by the partae July 16, 2021

written by the partae

“Very correct ‘80s indie sound in here. That bass has just shuffled over from the Disintegration sessions.”
Triple J Unearthed, Dave Ruby Howe

“With such elegant lyrics and a chorus as sticky as honey it’s easy to imagine Caught In History absolutely rocking a festival main stage, and that’s exactly where we see Echo Adore heading. The only issue is that you will be left thinking, “Is it over so soon?”, which is genuinely rare for a song with a four minute timestamp.”
Happy Magazine

“I could hear some Australian classics in here and then I looked over at your influences and it all made sense.”
Triple J, Declan Byrne

This July, Echo Adore will be touring ‘See Red’ through WA on a three-date run. Reconnecting with different WA venues is one thing, and bringing their new show and music to audiences again is something the band can’t wait to do.

“We are always excited to be performing to a local Perth audience and we are fortunate to be once again visiting the Southwest region of Western Australia.”
Echo Adore

Perth duo Echo Adore return for 2021 with a powerful new single in ‘See Red’. As the band’s second single (their first for 2021), ‘See Red’ is a fresh statement piece from the indie duo who first turned heads back in 2019 with their debut, ‘Caught In History’.

This single, dripping in great riffs and captivating vocals, shows off the strong writing and performance dynamic between Echo Adore: Damian Diggs and Oliver James. Taken from forthcoming EP Lumière, ‘See Red’ is the first we’re hearing from Echo Adore’s new creative chapter.

Recorded between Pavement and Blackbird Studios in Perth, ‘See Red’ came about as a way for Echo Adore to channel their feelings towards events in the news cycle at the time. The end result is urgent, layered in emotional tone; dealing with feelings of losing control and being overwhelmed.

“There were a lot of violent events on the news during that time and we were trying to navigate that mindset. One particular event inspired Damian to write the lyrics as an internal dialogue. The music and lyrics both began to reflect the anger and vengeance of the character in the song, a story about betrayal and disillusion. It definitely has its own self contained narrative but it can relate to a lot of internal struggles, like anxiety and depression. Trying to fight your way out of a frame of mind.”
Echo Adore

The song is a strong step forward in the group’s evolution. Following the release of ‘Caught In History’, Echo Adore saw themselves with a Pop Song of the Year nomination at the 2019 WAM Awards – early recognition of their talent and potential. Harnessing that momentum and continuing to thrive, they have become a great force on the local Perth scene.

ECHO ADORE TOUR DATES

Saturday 3rd July Sewing Room Perth
Tickets

Supported by Axel Carrington, Cryot Girl, Tanami

Friday 30th July The Aardvark Fremantle
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Supported by Garbage Patch Kids, Sugarwife, Turtle Bay TV, Sofa

Saturday 31st July The Fire Station Busselton
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‘See Red’ is out now.
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PUNK VETERAN & SINGER SONGWRITER JOEY CAPE RELEASES NEW SINGLE “SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER” NEW SOLO ALBUM A GOOD YEAR TO FORGET OUT AUGUST 13 VIA FAT WRECK CHORDS

by the partae July 15, 2021

written by the partae

Photo: Athena Lonsdale

“A punk veteran’s introspective ballad, Cape sounds downright crushed on ‘It Could Be Real’, a hushed song in which he wonders, at 54, if he’s ever going to be cut out
for a lasting relationship.” – Rolling Stone

“’It Could Be Real’ explores the life of a single person, who has become complacent after failed relationships, yet still finds hope in connectedness through Cape’s mostly disenchanted lyrics.” – American Songwriter

“’It Could Be Real’ matches the themes of this album with some of Joey’s most melancholic music yet. It’s a somber, folky and very lovely song.” – Brooklyn Vegan

Fat Wreck Chords and singer-songwriter Joey Cape, frontman of iconic punk band Lagwagon, are excited to release “Saturday Night Fever,” the second single to be lifted from the Friday, August 13 release of his brand new solo LP, A Good Year To Forget.

A forlorn-yet-somehow-uplifting track, “Saturday Night Fever” is yet another reflective song on an album that was written during a year that saw Cape lose his father, separate from his wife of 20 years, contract COVID, and move back in with his parents as a result of a livelihood lost. A Good Year To Forget is a warm and beautiful record that encapsulates all the trials and tribulations over those challenging 12 months.

Stream “Saturday Night Fever” on YouTube HERE.

The time Joey Cape spent with his parents over the past year didn’t just allow him to reconnect with them; it also afforded him time to write songs. Because recording studios were shutting down everywhere due to COVID, Cape got creative and turned the “cabana-type thing” he was living in into a home recording studio. “I just decided that if I was going to make a record like this, I should make it in full isolation,” he says. “I have a Murphy bed, so every morning I’d push up the bed, pull out the studio stuff, have some coffee or tea, get out my little chair and off I went.”

Despite Cape’s isolation while writing A Good Year To Forget, his fans will hear much more than just a voice, guitar and bass on this record. Indeed, he ended up playing a plethora of instruments when recording the album, including electric and lap steel guitars, piano, mandolin and drums.

LISTEN TO FIRST SINGLE “IT COULD BE REAL”

“I almost made a solo record alone,” he laughs. “But that great fun you have in collaborating with other people in the studio is just priceless. There’s always something positive you can find–something of redeeming value in an experience where there’s a struggle of suffering. I played everything because I reached a point where I realised that’s something I’d have to hold onto if it was going to be the record I wanted and set out to make. It forced things to be very basic, but I’m okay with that.”

A Good Year To Forget seeks to find the positive in the negatives to become a record of pure triumphant beauty. Hushed and haunted, there’s an almost Nick Drake-ian poignancy to these 12 songs, especially on the wistful “The Poetry Of Our Mistakes” and the forlorn-yet-somehow-uplifting “Saturday Night Fever.” “Come Home,” a song inspired directly by the words his mother had spoken on the phone, is a beautifully melancholic, slightly folky tune full of hurt and longing that also manages to be reassuring at the same time.

Elsewhere, “Under The Doormat” is a harrowingly beautiful ode to a lost love of the past. “Check Your Ego At The Door” is a ballroom lament steeped in timelessness, while “Fictional” is a scornful take on the false images and lives that proliferate on social media.

“By any standard, 2020 was a bad year,” Cape says. “This record has truly distilled my own experience of the past year, what I’ve learned and what I’ve felt. It feels right and I’m very proud of the result.”

Fat Wreck Chords will release A Good Year To Forget on August 13, 2021.

Pre-order A Good Year To Forget HERE

JOEY CAPE – A GOOD YEAR TO FORGET OUT FRIDAY AUGUST 13

Track List

A Good Year To Forget
Nickel and Lead
The Poetry In Our Mistakes
It Could Be Real
Check Your Ego At The Door
We Might Be Wrong
Saturday Night Fever
Under the Doormat
Infertile Ground
Heavy Lies the Head
Fictional

July 15, 2021 0 comments

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Underoath Share Chaotic New Single ‘Damn Excuses’

by the partae July 15, 2021

written by the partae

Underoath has been a formative voice in progressive, heavy rock for almost two decades. Today, they share their blistering new single Damn Excuses out on Fearless Records. This release marks the first new music from Underoath since 2018’s Grammy-nominated full-length, Erase Me, and launches a brand new chapter in the band’s career. Damn Excuses was completely self-recorded and produced at guitarist Tim McTague’s studio, Feral Sound, in Tampa, Florida. It evokes the beautiful chaos that so many fans have found special about Underoath for years while still managing to break through new sonic and emotional boundaries.

Speaking on the track, keyboardist Chris Dudley states: “This song came out of nowhere for us. In hindsight, it probably stems emotionally from the anxiousness that a year of isolation will give you, and that ‘wanting-to-explode’ feeling came out with zero effort. It was therapeutic. This is us ready to get back into a loud room with sweaty people and experience something real together.”

Watch the visualiser for Damn Excuses here:

Damn Excuses was partly inspired by the band’s critically-acclaimed Observatory livestream experience last year. As a global pandemic shook the foundation of the music industry in 2020, interest in the digital consumption of live music began to wane after a few months. With Observatory, Underoath breathed new life into the realm with a complete overhaul of the process – creating something equal parts intimate and monumental. It carried the weight of a sold out arena show translated through vessels consumable in fan’s living rooms. What made it all the more impactful was the fact that the entire initiative was dreamt up and brought to fruition largely by the band’s internal team. Thus, providing another shining reminder of the innovation that the six members of Underoath are capable of pulling together.

This far into their storied career, Underoath has unsurprisingly faced their fair share of adversity. Through the trials and tribulations, a commitment to their craft and a sense of accountability rooted in mutual respect for each other has ensured that each new chapter for the band continues to mould their legacy in a positive fashion. With their shared history of remarkable accolades and trying hardships continuing to shape who the individual members are as people, Underoath is still just scratching the surface of what they can accomplish as a band. There are few acts in the annals of rock history that can say their best work is still ahead of them almost two decades into their career. Fortunately, Underoath falls into that category. As the world opens back up in 2021, the band is deeply committed to living up to the high expectations that fans (and themselves) have come to expect for anything associated with the project. It will undoubtedly be something special to witness as this next chapter in the Underoath story manifests.

July 15, 2021 0 comments

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Butter wouldn’t melt as The Lathums release angel-voiced acapella version of: HOW BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAN BE

by the partae July 15, 2021

written by the partae

The Lathums – How Beautiful Life Can Be (Acapella)
OUT NOW
Remaining 2021 Headline Tour Tickets Onsale Now via www.thelathums.com

After walking out on stage at their gigs to The Housemartin’s legendary acapella version of Caravan Of Love, indie heroes, The Lathums finally get their chance to walk two minutes and 30 seconds in their shoes of their heroes by performing their own stunning, stripped-to-vocals take on their recent single, How Beautiful Life Can Be. Released just two-weeks ago, the single’s summer-in-a-bottle sound celebrates the lighter side of life and high hopes that the young might, finally, be set free.

Arranged by the band in collaboration with Parr Street Studios producer, Chris Taylor with the agile ears of Paul Duffy, founder member of renowned masters of vocal harmony The Coral also guiding recording, the four Lathums dropped their instruments and discovered a brand new, affectingly intimate side to their music. Falsetto leaps replace jangling guitars and earthy baritone notes pluck instruments from the hands of the rhythm section as one of British guitar music’s most popular new bands go breathtakingly bare.

Shot on location in their native Wigan, the accompanying video for the special track, directed by James Slater, sees The Lathums take their music to market – quite literally – by singing amongst Saturday shoppers. Their town-centre appearance followed an impromptu busking trip there e arlier this month.

Having seen dates at Kendal Calling, Truck Festival and Y Not Festival fall out of their summer touring plans, The Lathums push on to play Tramlines, Sheffield on Sat 24 July 2021 and a special London show with BBC Introducing, appearing at the Omeara on Wed 11 August 2021. The band, including deep-thinking lyricist-singer, Alex Moore, Rickenbacker-slinging guitarist, Scott Concepcion, drummer, Ryan Durrans and the increasingly mysterious ‘Bass Mon Jon’, just need the first chink of light on the return to live to set their summer on fire.

The full list of The Lathums 2021 UK Headline Tour dates, including a huge SOLD-OUT return to the North West at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse, plus debut shows at Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom and London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town, are as follows:

Sat 24 Jul Sheffield, Tramlines
Thu 5 Aug Leeds, Millennium Square w/DMA’s
Wed 11 Aug London, Omeara w/BBC Introducing
Sat 28 Aug Portsmouth, Victorious Festival
Sun 5 Sep Warrington, Neighbourhood Weekender
Fri 10 Sep Glasgow, TRNSMT 2021
Sun 26 Sep Manchester, Castlefield Bowl – w/Snow Patrol
Wed 29 Sep Newcastle, O2 Academy*
Thu 30 Sep Birmingham, O2 Institute*
Sat 2 Oct Nottingham, Rock City*
Sat 3 Oct Liverpool, Sound City
Mon 4 Oct Cambridge, Junction
Tue 5 Oct Brighton, Concorde
Thu 7 Oct London, O2 Forum Kentish Town*
Fri 8 Oct Southampton, The 1865
Sat 9 Oct Bristol, SWX
Mon 11 Oct Sheffield, O2 Academy*
Tue 12 Oct Leeds, O2 Academy*
Thu 14 Oct Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom*
Sat 16 Oct Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse* SOLD OUT
Fri 12 Nov Hull, Social – SOLD OUT^
Sun 14 Nov Leicester, O2 Academy 2 – SOLD OUT^
Mon 15 Nov Stoke, Sugarmill – SOLD OUT^
Tue 16 Nov Cardiff, Globe SOLD OUT^
Wed 17 Nov Oxford O2 Academy 2 – SOLD OUT^
Fri 3 Dec Dunfermline, PJ Molloys – SOLD OUT^
Sat 4 Dec Dundee, Fat Sam’s^
Mon 6 Dec Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree – SOLD OUT^
Tue 7 Dec Edinburgh, The Liquid Room – SOLD OUT^

*Upgraded and Rescheduled Dates
^Rescheduled Dates

Tickets for all venues sold via www.gigsandtours.com, www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.thelathums.com. All previously purchased tickets remain valid for rescheduled dates.

The Lathums also pick up rearranged arena tour dates with Blossoms and accept the invitation from Paul Weller to open his UK-wide run of shows later this year.

Having completed their debut album at Parr Street, produced by The Coral’s James Skelly, the band looks forward to revealing more new music before hitting the road.

For future release news and updates about sought-after tickets for The Lathums’ live shows, connect with the band online at:

https://www.thelathums.com
https://twitter.com/TheLathums
https://www.facebook.com/thelathums
https://www.instagram.com/thelathums

July 15, 2021 0 comments

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REDHOOK REVEAL FRENZIED ACCOMPANYING VIDEO FOR ‘KAMIKAZE’

by the partae July 15, 2021

written by the partae

SUPPORT FOR ‘BAD DECISIONS’

“‘Bad Decisions’ sees the group furthering their reputation as one of the country’s most compelling bands.”
Rolling Stone (AUS)

“Fucking epic. Can I swear? Oh well, just did.” – 5/5 stars
Bridget Hustwaite – triple j (AUS)

Added to Spotify playlists ‘All New Rock’, ‘The Rock List’, ‘Top of the Rock’, ‘Pop Punk’s Not Dead’, ‘New Noise’, ‘Fierce Femmes’, ‘New Music Friday’ (AU/NZ), ‘Rock Idag’, ‘PopRox’, ‘Most Wanted Rock’, ‘100% Rock’ and ‘Rock Out.’ (Cover Artist)

Added to Apple Music playlists ‘New Music Daily’ (AU/NZ) ‘New in Rock’ and ‘The New Rock’

Added to Amazon Music playlists ‘Breakthrough Rock’ (Cover Artist) and ‘Fresh Rock’ (AU/USA/JPN/BRA)

‘Cure 4 Psycho’ premiered on triple j’s Good Nights

Title track ‘Bad Decisions’ premiered on triple j’s Home & Hosed

Sydney-based alternative-rock trio RedHook have just unveiled their hyperactive video clip for ‘Kamikaze’ featuring Will King from Windwaker – filmed, directed and edited by Brandon Lung (Stand Atlantic, Polaris) with assistance from Yeah Rad Creative (The Dead Love, FANGZ).

Shot at various locations around Sydney’s inner west, the clip features all three band members performing the song in a flurry of feverish visuals, including kaleidoscopic effects and hysterical strobe lights. Featuring frantic quick cut shots, a penetrating colour scheme and extreme energy, the music video is a thrilling encapsulation of the song’s chaotic nature.

Lead singer Emmy Mack comments on the clip:

“Because this song is so rapid-paced and aggro, we shelved our trademark kooky narratives and went for a more aesthetic, performance-based clip to capture some of the intensity and haywire energy of our live show and the song itself. The frenetic camera movements and dizzying lighting techniques reflect the themes of impending danger as the song’s protagonist hurtles towards their destruction.

Embarrassingly, I ended up in the ER after we filmed it from going a bit too hard trying to do a bunch of jumps and kicks in these giant emo platform boots and stacked it big time – thought I’d fractured my hand!”

RedHook’s ‘Bad Decisions’ EP has ticked up close to 2 million streams on Spotify, while singles off the EP have been further comprised by the likes of Apple Music and Amazon Music, with ‘Cure 4 Psycho’ being added to rotation on triple j, along with further radio support from Kerrang! Radio (UK), SirusXM (US), triple j Unearthed, The Faction, 4ZZZ and Aussie Music Weekly. The tracks have also received praise from blogs Rock Sound (UK), New Noise Magazine (USA), Rolling Stone (AUS), Pilerats, Music Feeds, HEAVY Mag, Maniacs and Hysteria Magazine, with multiple video clips being added to rotation on ABC’s Rage.

RedHook recently embarked on an EP headline tour throughout April and May, including multiple sold out shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. They will be appearing at Halloween Hysteria in Queensland, as well as part of the music line-up of Sydney extreme sports festival District X alongside Hands Like Houses and Hooligan Hefs in October, before joining the likes of Northlane and In Hearts Wake at the inaugural Full Tilt Festival in Sydney in late November.

‘Kamikaze’ is available worldwide now

REDHOOK
UPCOMING SHOWS

SAT OCT 23 | HALLOWEEN HYSTERIA, MANSFIELD TAVERN QLD
FRI OCT 29 | DISTRICT X, SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL REGATTA CENTRE NSW
SAT 27 NOV | FULL TILT FESTIVAL, BELLA VISTA FARM NSW

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July 15, 2021 0 comments

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CAROLINE POLACHEK RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE ‘BUNNY IS A RIDER’

by the partae July 15, 2021

written by the partae

Photo by Nedda Asfari

PRAISE FOR CAROLINE POLACHEK

“One of the greatest musicians of our time”
i-D

“In its highest register, Caroline Polachek’s voice sounds like it
might have slipped loose from the circuits of a synthesiser”
NPR

“Love songs about the moment of surrender, the pain preceding it, and the euphoria after”
Pitchfork

“Polachek’s constant evolutionary drive within indie, pop and electronica is unlike that
of many other musicians in the commercial public sphere“
Pilerats

“Superbly put-together pop record… that hits like a southpaw’s hook”
The Guardian ★★★★ (4/5)

“Playful experimentalism and dazzling vocals”
NME ★★★★ (4/5)

“An impressive pop record”
Paste ★★★★★★★★ (8/10)

“One of the most captivating records of the year”
Clash Magazine ★★★★★★★★★ (9/10)

Caroline Polachek returns today with her brand new single ‘Bunny Is A Rider‘. The track is her first release since her recent cover of The Corrs ‘Breathless‘ and her first original music since her critically acclaimed 2019 debut solo album PANG. LISTEN TO ‘BUNNY IS A RIDER’ HERE.

Following the track’s premiere as Annie Mac‘s Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1, Caroline has also released a breath-taking official video for ‘Bunny Is A Rider‘, linked below. Of the release, Caroline shares, “’Bunny Is A Rider’ is a summer jam about being unavailable. Bunny is slippery, impossible to get ahold of. Maybe it’s a fantasy, maybe it’s a bad attitude. But anyone can be bunny, at least for three minutes and seventeen seconds. The song features a scorching bass performance from producer Danny L Harle, plus his baby daughter’s first vocal cameo.”

The single release follows the announcement of three huge shows across the US and UK this year. Polachek will grace stages at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles (August 5th) with support from Alex G and Molly Lewis, The Roundhouse in London (October 28th) with support from oklou before closing out the year at Terminal 5 in New York (December 2nd) with support from oklou and Arooj Aftab, notably historic in LA as one of the first shows booked after it’s 2021 reopening. TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE.

Polachek picks up just where she left off after the release of her critically praised album PANG, with a live set sure to highlight singles ‘Ocean of Tears‘, ‘Door‘ and ‘So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings‘, the latter of which she performed on her late-night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! By 2020, Polachek released four new remixes as single b-sides from the album, an extended version of the track ‘Gate‘ and a cover of The Corrs‘ 2000 hit ‘Breathless‘, performed live on the Late Late Show with James Corden. PANG was given high praise NPR, Pitchfork, The FADER, Paste, NYLON, and VICE and was named the #1 album of the year by Dazed. Locally the record saw Caroline receive widespread support from Vogue Australia, Rolling Stone, Frankie Magazine, Happy, Pilerats, Purple Sneakers, triple and Double J, FBi Radio, and more.

‘Bunny Is A Rider‘ is out now, buy/stream it here.

Stay connected with Caroline Polachek:
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Solo Career shares new single ‘Movie’; announces debut EP The Sentimentalist out September 17

by the partae July 15, 2021

written by the partae

PEOPLE SAY

“[Solo Career] has carved a comfy niche in the scene with her heady and mood-soaked creations.” – Weirdo Wasteland

“Hypnotic.” – VICE

“Delivering bedroom pop in a 100% original way with plenty of production tricks, but never in a way that overcooks it. All in all, it’s balanced and beautiful.” – Abby Butler, triple j

Today bedroom pop act Solo Career, the project of Dharawal / Illawarra artist Annabel Blackman (also known as singer/lead guitarist in acclaimed rock group, Body Type), shares her first official single ‘Movie’, alongside news of her debut EP The Sentimentalist, due September 17 via Dinosaur City Records.

Listen to ‘Movie’ HERE.

Written, recorded, produced and mixed by Blackman at her DIY home studio, ‘Movie’ features an icy guitar line, motorik drums and a driving bassline, with Annabel’s brusque vocals floating listlessly in the thick of the mix.

On the story behind the track, Blackman reveals:

“I wrote ‘Movie’ after seeing ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’. It was an idyllic afternoon; I walked into the old movie theatre at Bulimba in QLD with my family looking forward to an enthralling experience. We left the cinema an age later. Grandpa looked wiped, everyone was quiet, and then the bickering started and didn’t stop till we settled down at home and watched a movie starring Beyonce. The whole experience sent me into a doom spiral and made me question the integrity of my family unit.”

Talking about the songwriting process, Blackman adds:

“I started writing this song a couple of years ago. I had an idea for the guitar line when I was walking home from work and tried to make it work for ages. It wasn’t until I wrote the lyrics that I was able to mash it together into something I was happy with.”

Solo Career is the late night bedroom pop project of Annabel Blackman – architect, artist and singer/lead guitarist in acclaimed rock quartet Body Type. With Body Type, Blackman has toured Australia, the USA and the UK, supporting acts including Fontaines D.C, Pond, Alex Cameron and Unknown Mortal Orchestra on their national tours in Australia, and playing festivals SXSW, The Great Escape, Hit The North and Live At Leeds, Fairgrounds, Gizzfest and Sydney Festival off the back of releasing two highly praised EPs.

Amongst all this, Blackman has written, produced, recorded and mixed new material for Solo Career while making a name for herself across Sydney’s burgeoning music scene, opening for acts including Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Goon Sax, Good Morning, RVG and Sasami, and landing a dinnertime slot with online music festival Isol-Aid in 2020. Live, Blackman is joined by Cecil Coleman (Body Type) on flute, a development that occurred after living together and recording a flute part late one night.

In 2020, Solo Career released two covers: Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ and ‘I.M.R (In My Room)’, a synth-soaked take on the Beach Boys classic, which was added to rotation on FBi Radio and Edge Radio, and saw praise from NME Australia, Beat Magazine, Deafen County, Verve Magazine and US music magazine, New Noise, who lauded it as ‘Bandcamp of the Day’.

Previous release, ‘Feelings’, featured on Dinosaur City Records Mixtape #4, was added to a string of Spotify editorial playlists, placed in AMRAP Metro Charts top ten tracks ordered for airplay by metropolitan community broadcasters in Australia for three weeks in a row, and added to high rotation on FBi Radio.

Keep up to date with Solo Career on Facebook, Instagram and Bandcamp.

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