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.
AMAMELIA - HOT BITCH DOT ZIP (feat. Baby Zionov + bb gurl)
Credit: Karin Yamasaki
Amamelia, the electronic house project of Auckland, NZ's Amelia Berry, heads up to her debut album ,'WOW!', out on October 2, with 'Hot Bitch Dot Zip', a collaboration with guest vocalists Aaliyah Zionov aka Baby Zionov and Che Ebrahim of bb gurl. The club bop opens with the question "What's it like to suck / what's it like to be a bitch?"
ELLA BELFANTI - HOLD YOU IN
The slow and rhythmic 'Hold You' showcases Brisbane-based singer/ songwriter Ella's bewitching and expressive voice with acoustic strummed guitar. "I wrote 'Hold You In' after my first ever relationship came to an end. It's about knowing that you need to let something go, but wanting to hold onto it despite knowing it's not right for you. When it eventually became clear we weren't right for each other, I went through a sort of grieving over what could have been. I wanted to hold onto what we had, to hold him in, even though I knew I was fighting a losing battle by hanging on. We both knew we had to let it go, but it was still difficult."
DAYLIITES - BOYFRIEND
Melding lo-fi hip hop with sweet pop melodies, Queensland/New South Wales duo Dayliites follow up their 'Diamonds' debut with 'Boyfriend'. Producer Mikey Perry, aka Paces, and vocalist Cloe Terare combine to form an alluring mix.
THE BUSH - TWO THINGS
Released this week, Melbourne four-piece The Bush deliver chilled indie pop on the follow up single to their debut EP 'Ricotta'. “'Two Things' is about falling in and out of love with someone and the way these two feelings roll into each other from one minute to the next…or even at the same time. It’s about loving someone so much you want to squeeze them to death, but then flipping and hating their guts – usually when you’re PMSing hard. It’s about that indecisive feeling of wanting two (contrasting) things at the same time."
PRETTY UGLYS - DREAMLAND DELUSION
'Dreamland Delusion' is the first single off the upcoming second EP titled 'Party Friends', by Busselton, WA trio - Jaxon Alp (vocals, guitar), Jack Mitchell (drums), Jean-Luc Mason (bass). Blasting out an infectious energy in the punk-meets-alt-rock number, which they say is "about having wacky dreams, sometimes it's a fun experience, sometimes not so fun, either way, we've all had them right?"
LOW KEY CRUSH - BEEN WAITING
Melbourne duo Tim Haines and Taycian Lord have just dropped this fuzzy, indie pop-rock single, ‘Been Waiting’. The melodic, reverbed, surf-styled track shows the two kicking out with the punchy drums of Taycian anchoring Tim’s fuzz laden guitar and call and response vocals, as he sings of impatience in love and literally waiting for the other person get home to him, the chorus proclaiming “all my life I’ve been right about what could exist." Catch an online single launch show this Friday, September 25 on Instagram.
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