Meanjin/Brisbane-based band First Beige have shared their long-awaited and highly-anticipated debut album Doplar. The record marks a triumphant moment for a band who have continually won...
Emerging towards the end of 2016, Obongjayar has been called many things – a soul singer, future afrobeat, nu-jazz –...
"We were coming out of a period that felt quite suffocating and restrictive. We just kind of regrouped and re-energised and did it ourselves."
“The world feels strange and in turn making pop music feels even stranger. A healthy dose of levity had to be employed in order to find meaning in the process.”
“It was a shit time to be a band, but it was great to have a vessel to channel all our anxieties and pent-up energy into. I think the album has all that fucked-up 2020/2021 energy in it.”
"For me, I think maybe there’s someone who might not even realise that they're being abused until they listen to these songs."
"Erasers manifest a deeply sensual dreamscape that constantly feels like it’s dissolving at its seams."
"Wet Leg was originally just supposed to be funny.”
"'Process' is a momentous leap forward into full-force post-punk empowerment, with 10 songs engaging with the fractures in so-called ‘Australia’."
"...we’ve come out stronger, more loving, more peaceful and better friends.”
