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Premiere: Humble are ‘Wasted on Purpose’ as they exclusively reveal the psychedelic video for the low-fi track.
Kiama band Humble exclusively reveal for us their new video for the track ‘Wasted on Purpose’ from their debut album ‘There’s Still Time’, recently reviewed by Backseat Mafia. ‘Wasted on Purpose’ begins in a haze of feedback and chaos – a sort of Velvet Underground psychedelic fog, before drifting into a Dinosaur Jnr style slacker …
News: Melbourne quartet The Toads leap into the pond with announcement of debut album and the spring loaded single ‘Nationalsville’.
The Toads have captured our attention with their new single ‘Nationalsville’ as they announce the release of their new album entitled ‘In The Wilderness’, out on 9 June 2023. This is one bunch of amphibians you need to kiss: ‘Nationalsville’ is a sprightly low-fi garage pop delight with an insouciant attitude that jangles and fuzzes …
Album Review: Pilotcan – No More Shan Goodbyes
Edinburgh’s Pilotcan has just released their fifth album ‘No More Shan Goodbyes’ and it is an absolute delight. Bringing together elements of nineties low-fi simplicity with a touch of eighties pop grunge, the common thread is a bunch of haunting, wistful intelligent songs. Of the album, front man Keiron Mellotte notes that he was writing …
Track: Gena Rose Bruce – Rearview plus album news
We’ve long been a fan of Melbourne’s Gena Rose Bruce’s style of fuzzy, raw emotion and studied cool, melding a Hope Sandoval vocal style with a low fi Jesus and Mary Chain-attitude. This was no more evident than in last year’s spectacular single ‘The Way You Make Love’. Bruce has just released a new single, …
Track: Chakra Efendi – Grow Up
Brisbane-based artist Chakra Efendi came to our attention with his excellent debut single ‘Waste of Space’ earlier this year. He’s back with a new release ‘Grow Up’ which is a fitting companion to the earlier release as it farewells the adolescent themes inherent in ‘Waste of Space’ and welcomes Efendi’s melancholic low-fi somewhat reluctant transformation …
Track: Chakra Efendi – Waste of Space
At the age of 18, Brisbane-based artist Chakra Efendi had already attracted considerable interest on his SoundCloud page for his series of self-produced homegrown demos. These demos clearly indicated a talent for low-fi, enigmatic and deeply personal songs as well as a bright future ahead for Efendi. ‘Waste of Space’ represents his first official release …