Acclaimed singer-songwriter Carla Geneve today shares the second cut ‘Euthymia’ from her upcoming album HERTZ out 27th October – ‘Euthymia’ is Geneve at her most authentic. The track lands alongside news of the expansion of her national tour. As the clinical term for a state of balance within bipolar disorder, ‘Euthymia’ embodies its namesake – Geneve’s angelic, yet reserved tones float across bobbing acoustic guitar, later joined by restrained drums and licks of electric guitar. She shares “This song is about peace, growth...
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Gena Rose Bruce quickly follows up her critically acclaimed album Deep Is The Way with the announcement of the Lighting Up EP to be released on September 1st. Alongside the news she shares an enchanting reworking of ‘Destroy Myself (Avoid Myself Orchestral Version)’. Bruce enlists the Budapest Art Orchestra to breathe new life into the single, elevating it to new emotional heights with the haunting cacophony of strings. Pre-order / Pre-save Lighting Up EP here.Stream / Download ‘Destroy Myself (Avoid Myself Orchestral Version) here.
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Carla Geneve expands on her narrative with the announcement of her second album alongside first single ‘Bills’ out now. The omnibus titled HERTZ marks a fresh chapter for the multi-award winning artist and will be released on Friday, 27th October. Encompassing pop, indie, alt-country and a catchy-as-hell hook, ‘Bills’ reflects on the stress of a relationship that’s being ruled by finances. HERTZ marks a change in perspective for Geneve, informed by major life changes and intense growth brought to life with her signature brutally...
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Combining forces with a multitude of queer artists and friends, HANDSOME today releases her collaborative project HANDSOME GANG: Every Second We Try, via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. Named in Rolling Stone’s ‘Ones To Watch’, HANDSOME melds electronic beats with her co-conspirators indie-pop and singer songwriter tendencies to form a collection of dance floor anthems. Each unique track sees HANDSOME pair up with at least one other artist, from ‘Dumb it Down’ with EGOISM and Chloe Dadd, to ‘Running Out of Time’ with flowerkid and St South, ‘Delirium’ with Hope D, and most...
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After a slew of collabs, HANDSOME announces there’s more on the horizon with the forthcoming release of HANDSOME GANG: Every Second We Try. The project featuring HANDSOME’s friends and family will be released on 23 June via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. Another teaser dropped alongside the announcement in the form of ‘Pulse’ featuring Boorloo producer St. South, an uplifting, ambient tune punctuated by a solid pulsating beat – really elucidating its name. The track gathers steam before bursting into a dance-floor heater challenging any...
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The next in a line of stellar collaborations from HANDSOME comes ‘Delirium’, the result of a team up with confessional songwriter Hope D. It’s new territory for both artists, melding mellow production with electric guitar. HANDSOME says of the tracks evolution “It was such a pleasure to work with Hope. She really has a way of writing that no one else does in this country. I really wanted to write something that felt really wordy – and...
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Swiftly following up her acclaimed sophomore album, Gena presents brand new single ‘Lighting Up’. Thoughtful and powerful vocals are the centrepiece of this mesmerising track that sees the songwriter at her most vulnerable and intense. “For a long time I would just suppress how I was feeling and would give off the fake ‘I don’t care about anything’ vibe” says Gena. “But I came to a point where I was just numb. You stop the pain, you stop...
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HANDSOME is back with her first release for 2023 – ‘Dumb It Down’, this time working with producer and songwriters Chloe Dadd, and Olive Rush from EGOISM. Gang vocals and wicked heavy bass-line dominate this dance-floor ready pop anthem, while HANDSOME, Chloe and Olive exchange barbs. On the track’s theme, HANDSOME shares “To me, this song is about the breakdown in understanding between two people. Trying to catch someone’s eye at...
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Off the back of Soaked Oats debut album comes the release of the official music video for sublime album track, ‘Pink Beach’ featuring the gorgeous harmonies from Ōtautahi/Christchurch multi instrumentalist, Motte. Filmed by Oscar Mein’s brother, Jake Mein from sunrise to sunset, across two days in Cape Foulwind, Aotearoa/NZ. The video features Paul and Romilly Mein – Jake’s father and Jake’s child and edited by Oscar. Oscar reveals, “Jake told me he wanted to make a video for this song, and it didn’t take much to...
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Ahead of the release of their sophomore album Sentimental Still on Friday, 3rd February, Melbourne-based genre-melders Huntly reveal their final single ‘My Limits’. The slow-burner is a raw track reminiscent of their 2019 AMP and AIR Award-nominated debut Low Grade Buzz. Dreamy and delicate, ‘My Limits’ employs a sparse synth-scape alongside a sample of children playing as the bed for vocalist Elspeth Scrine’s modulated lyrics. Scrine says of the track’s meaning “It’s just a raw journal entry really, capturing me figuring out my limits –...
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Taking time out of her stacked summer festival appearances, producer, artist and DJ Memphis LK today reveals her Too Much Fun EP via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The EP lands in the same month she was named SpotifyAU/NZ’s EQUAL ambassador, following in the footsteps of Meg Mac and KYE taking over billboards and playlists. The title-track is a play on tempos featuring floating, silky vocals atop a bed of energetic, forward-thinking production. It was co-written and co-produced by Pharaoh Vice and Vendr (of multi-platinum collective Internet Money)...
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With the release of her second album on the horizon, Gena Rose Bruce shares one final insight in ‘Harsh Light’ before the full record release on Friday, 27th January. Her appearance at Meadow Festival in March will be one of the first chances to hear new album Deep Is The Way live. Centred around Gena Rose Bruce’s distinct vocals, ‘Harsh Light’ is one of the more up-tempo songs in the collection with Bruce confessing “Originally I wrote this song...
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Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Gena Rose Bruce offers further insight to her anticipated sophomore album with the release of ‘Misery And Misfortune’. Her sophomore album Deep Is The Way will be released on 27 January 2023 via Remote Control Records. Following her recent collaboration with iconic singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, ‘Misery And Misfortune’ is a slow tempo, vulnerable cacophony of guitars and synths. Gena Rose Bruce opens up on the subject matter explaining “This song is about feeling grateful and appreciative for when you can actually feel your feelings. Even if some of...
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HANDSOME today releases ‘Running Out Of Time’, a collaboration with fellow producer and songwriters flowerkid (Eora) and St. South (Boorloo). The concept is part of a larger collaboration album to be released in 2023. Living more than 4000km away from each, HANDSOME, St. South and flowerkid have been fans of each other’s work for a long time and concocted this partnership over the last couple of months by slipping into each other’s DMs. On the partnership, St. South shares “HANDSOME and flowerkid are two of my favourite artists. I look...
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Memphis LK announces her EP Too Much Funout Friday, 13th January 2023. Memphis LK continues to push genre boundaries with the club-fuelled, pop anthem ‘Coffee’. One to scream along to on the dancefloor, ‘Coffee’ captures the conflicting emotions of being in a situationship, combining silky soft vocals, with energetic, UK underground-inspired production. A self-taught DJ and beatmaker already, Memphis LK has turned her attention towards building herself as a producer, fleshing the knowledge she already had out into a fully realised passion. With...
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Australian trio Telenova cap off another landmark year by unveiling their late-night alter ego – Telenoir – a beats driven side project delivering a deeper, darker take on the band’s shadowy brand of alternative pop. Telenoir has reworked the band’s lauded Stained Glass Love EP into a brand new project out today via Remote Control Records, reconstructing it with dark dance floors and smoky speakeasies as inspiration. Modern trip-hop, breakbeat...
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