With the vibrant indie music scene in Australia and New Zealand constantly outshining much of the output from their British and American cousins, Little Indie picks our weekly bunch of some of the best new tracks on offer.
DEAD LITTLE PENNY - DEPRESSION
After last year's 'U 4 Me' and
'Honeycomb', and ahead of upcoming debut album 'Urge Surfing', Auckland, NZ electro shoegaze/dreampop duo Hayley Smith and Simon Buxton share this catchy fuzz-pop textured single, out January 25. "I wrote this song about falling in love, with both parties battling their own mental health issues and demons," says Hayley, of the song's lyrical inspiration.
THE BROADBENT BROTHERS - GREEDY MAN
Wait till this latest appealing track from the multi-instrumentalist sibling duo from Western Australia opens out and you might be surprised to learn that Tom and brother Ned are just 15- and 13-years-old respectively. The laid-back number in the alt-indie folk-roots genre sounds surprisingly mature, and if this title track from their debut EP (out on January 26) is indicative of the rest of the record, these two are in for the long haul.
CONTRACT LOVE - WHITE RABBIT
Taken from the Adelaide-based alt-psych rock trio's - Jamilla Xujali (vocals), Connor Cowie (drums), Thai McGill (guitar, bass) - debut EP, 'Tonight I Burn', released January 16. Described as "one of the darkest songs on the album", the five-minute track is helmed by Jamilla over weighty, often off-kilter, instrumentation.
RATHEAD - SICK OF MY BRAIN
Fast, furious and frazzled track that first made its debut last year, from the two-piece punk combo formed in Shepparton, Victoria now based in Melbourne. Taylor Bain (vocals, guitar) and Sam McPherson (drums, backing vocals) deliver a scorching, grunge-tinged three minutes of mayhem.
SHORELINES - STILL BREATHING
Formed in 2017 with 'New Heights' bringing them to recognition, the Brisbane alt-rock quartet - Harry White, Dylan Thompson, Sean Fisher and Shaman Grayson - pull out the punches in this new powerfully melodic, five-minute-plus single.
METHYL ETHEL - TRIP THE MAINS
The new single taken from the Perth-based psych-pop outfit's - fronted by Jake Webb, who also takes the production chair - third album 'Triage' out on February 15 via 4AD. "Behind every eye-twitch, a depleted mainframe barely pulses," he says. "'Trip The Mains' is my moment of short circuiting," states Webb.
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