Chitra shares new single 'Go Easy'

Chitra, the Naarm / Melbourne blossoming indie vocalist returns today with her latest single ‘Go Easy’, ahead of her BIGSOUND showcase next month. LISTEN HERE.

Patient and restrained over wrung-out guitar strums, 'Go Easy' although more languid than the recent ‘In My Opinion’ speaks to the frustration in moments of impasse. “Go Easy is a song I wrote about sitting on a feeling when you’re hesitant to act on it. Anticipating the worst but being drawn to it constantly,” she reveals. Calling to mind the commanding alternative-indie sound that forged Jack River and MAY-A's paths, Chitra speaks with dismay to the opportunities that never materialise in voicing your thoughts aloud.

On 'Go Easy' she plays with the archetypes of indie-leaning stereotypes, often riddled with introspective anxieties that coddle rather than empower, especially when particularly far from reach. Instead of floundering in their turmoil internally, she considers moving on from their debilitation with a shared ability to play with perception and expectations as boygenius. In charge of her own path here, Chitra leaves dismay in the back of her mind with a call to keep calm and carry on, singing "I don’t wanna find what I know that I can’t hold... A call to change is never answered quick." Not to be misread as needing to be left alone to pluck up the courage, but rather, to move on from spiralling in the "what if".

Chitra’s music is the vessel for navigating growth and the world with a firm lens of the present. Wide-eyed at the prospect of discovery and opportunity, crossed with a jubilant and carefree upbringing in the Bellarine Peninsula. Her magnetism lies in catching listeners off guard with her astute observations of relationships, the world, and Chitra’s place amongst it all. ‘Go Easy’ follows her earlier sample of the fruit born from a period of steady reflection, the confident ‘In My Opinion’, triumphed by Rolling Stone, triple j Unearthed, Northern Transmissions (Song Of The Day), Pilerats, RAGE, FBi Radio and more.

Today with her feet planted firmly on the ground, Chitra is not mincing words and she’s not letting anyone off the hook. Through a careful shedding of the folk-pop from her earlier work in favour of a sound that represents a “rockier, bolder, a bit more solid” impression of her artistry unlike before. The sound of a revered young songwriter taking herself apart and putting herself back together even stronger will come closer into focus later this year - experience its formal preview at BIGSOUND this September.

Elizabeth Shares New Single 'Love Is The Easiest Salvation'

Beloved patron of sad girls Elizabeth celebrates her birthday today with the release of ‘Love Is The Easiest Salvation’, a cinematic pop song that reflects on the devotion within love as a concept of worship, and the first cut from her highly anticipated, to-be-announced second album coming in 2024. ‘Love Is The Easiest Salvation’ sees Elizabeth reunite with The Wonderful World of Nature producer John Castle with mastering by Ruairi O’Flaherty - whose incredible ear for pop music has seen him work with Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift and Sam Smith - and marks the start of a bold and confident new chapter for Elizabeth. ‘Love Is The Easiest Salvation’ is out everywhere now through Our Golden Friend, stream HERE.

Elizabeth will be performing ‘Love Is The Easiest Salvation’ and previewing her new album for the very first time at BIGSOUND 2023. She’s armed with a brand new live show, and her new band that features Ryan Strathie and Graham Ritchie from Holy Holy. 

This isn’t the first time Elizabeth has released music on her birthday; the first single from her debut album, the iconic ‘Beautiful Baby’ also had an August 9 release. Arguably the most Leo move to release music on your birthday - Leos love to be the centre of attention after all - Elizabeth shares, “I like putting songs out on my birthday because I always think about dying on my birthday and songs live forever.” 

The parallels between the sense of belonging found in relationships and faith found in religion forms the backbone of ‘Love Is The Easiest Salvation’. She was richly inspired by Sappho’s poetry and Anne Carson’s Eros the Bittersweet, and wrote the song on the electric piano she first learned to play when she was 11 that came preloaded with 00s sounds. Elizabeth shares, “Love is the Easiest Salvation holds that love is worship, we build our lives around finding connection. It’s a guiding light and sometimes something that leads us into darkness. I have never belonged to any kind of religion, but I know how to fall in love.” Love really is her church.

‘Love Is The Easiest Salvation’ was recorded in kanamaluka/Launceston alongside co-producer John Castle (Cub Sport, Angie McMahon, Hatchie) with whom Elizabeth worked on across her debut album The Wonderful World of Nature. Castle added live drums, guitar, and additional synth to create such a heavenly, pop-driven track, with mastering by Ruairi O’Flaherty, one of the most in-demand pop music engineers who has worked alongside Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Denzel Curry and Lana Del Rey. The release of ‘Love Is The Easiest Salvation’ marks the start of a striking new chapter for Elizabeth, as she confidently steps forward towards the release of her new album due out in 2024.

Elizabeth captures the reckless thrill of romance like no other. On her debut album The Wonderful World of Nature, she stepped away from a messy divorce like a world-weary heroine pulling herself from the wreckage of a car crash: broken glass shining like glitter, bloodstains smearing like blush. Contrasting lush dream pop haze with visceral, disarmingly truthful lyricism, it was a pop record out of time - glamorous and tragic, ultra modern and undeniably timeless, a queer answer to nihilistic, powerfully feminine pop heroes like Lana Del Rey and Lorde. In 2022 she released her Suite of Singles - three, interconnected songs and accompanying visuals by Nick Mckk that expanded and complicated her richly alluring world - and earlier this year released the Live at Thornbury Theatre EP, recorded at her curated event A Night With Elizabeth as part of Always LIVE. Elizabeth’s Suite of Singles - 'Happier Now', ‘Sweet Connection’ and ‘If You Died’ - saw support from triple j, Unearthed, FBi Radio, MTV Australia, rage, NME Australia, Notion, The Music, Music Feeds and many, many others. 
 

Listen to 'Love Is The Easiest Salvation' HERE

RVG NEW ALBUM BRAIN WORMS OUT TODAY + HEADLINING THE FORUM JUNE 14

RVG’s highly anticipated third studio album Brain Worms is out today with a spotlight on the album’s most pop-leaning track ‘It’s Not Easy’.
 

~ BUY/STREAM BRAIN WORMS NOW ~
 

After a momentous first five years — finding critical acclaim for debut A Quality of Mercy, landing on countless end-of-year Best Of lists, and playing alongside some of the world’s biggest acts in Pixies, Kurt Vile, Pete Doherty, Sleaford Mods, Camp Cope, Shame, and more — RVG released second album Feral as the world was locking down. Feral was called “masterfully executed” by The Big Issue, “the record of a lifetime” by Rolling Stone Australia and given four-and-a-half stars by the Sydney Morning Herald.

But between the four bandmates — lead singer and guitarist Vager, guitarist Reuben Bloxham, drummer Marc Nolte and bassist Isabele Wallace — this is the most confident they’ve ever felt in RVG. They’ve moved past their influences, pushed themselves, and tried new things. And they have made a record they can, by all accounts, call their best.

“Hype is scary. After two years of Covid it felt like the hype had gone down so we were able to just do stuff,” says Vager. “This time around we were like, this is what we’re doing, we’re taking control, we’re taking risks, and we’re going to make an album that sounds big so that when we hear it on the radio we want to hear it again.”

“If we could only make one more album, it would be this one,” says Vager.

All throughout Brain Worms, it’s apparent that this is a band in very fine form. Album opener ‘Common Ground’ sets the tone for what’s to come; a shiny, thrilling, punch of an album, with all the beloved RVG hallmarks. Vager’s voice is unfiltered and commanding as ever when delivering her clever, not-quite-ironic lyrics. Here, though, those lyrics feel so much less resigned to yearning, and so much more defiant and joyous.

New focus track ‘It’s Not Easy’ opens with the refrain: ‘For a minute now / let’s not talk about you / and how you wanna crumble.’ Before launching into a sparkling, laidback pop rock jam about a hauntingly familiar story; watching a friend self-destruct.

‘Tambourine’ is the only Covid song Vager wrote when “trying not to write Covid songs”, and it’s a painfully honest portrait of grieving mid-isolation. ‘Brain Worms’ tells the all-too-familiar story of a person falling down the internet rabbit hole and finding comfort in conspiracies.

‘Nothing Really Changes’ is a keys-heavy new wave-ish thing, while closer ‘Tropic of Cancer’ sparkles with Vager’s self-assured new manifesto: I know what I’m like, and I know how I get. If you think I’m strange, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

A hurtling rock song, ‘Midnight Sun’ deals in matters of disbelief, and what it feels like to live in a culture that often prefers to argue the semantics than save the world from burning. Aptly furious and defiant, frontwoman Romy Vager cuts through the chaos singing ‘my city is in ashes / but I’m still burning bright / Hangin’ here like a lantern / in case you change your mind’.

Bloxham, Nolte, and Wallace are flawlessly adept in bringing Vager’s songwriting to life. Recorded in London at Snap Studios with James Trevascus (Billy Nomates, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, The Goon Sax), all ten tracks surge with lush sounds and clear intentions — and the magic of an acoustic guitar once owned by Kate Bush, given to her by Tears for Fears (who, legend has it, wrote ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ on it). RVG recently returned from SXSW (Austin, USA) and The Great Escape (Brighton, UK) where they also toured with Billy Nomates. Back home now, the band are throwing a very special instore event at SoundMerch in Collingwood, before they go on to play Rising Festival, Dark Mofo and Splendour in the Grass.

2023 is the year of RVG and the release of Brain Worms is just the beginning.
 

Listen to Brain Worms now here.

ELIZABETH SHARES LIVE AT THORNBURY THEATRE EP + SHARES LIVE VIDEOS FROM THE NIGHT

Today beloved patron saint of sad girls Elizabeth shares her magnetising Live at Thornbury Theatre EP. A sparkling collection of songs from her enchanting performance at her 2022 curated mini festival A Night with Elizabeth that ran as part of ALWAYS LIVE. The EP is out now via AntiFragile Music and Our Golden Friend. 

~ WATCH / LISTEN TO LIVE AT THORNBURY THEATRE HERE ~

Recorded and engineered by Bonnie Knight and mixed by Liam 'Snowy' Halliwell the EP captures the live magic of Elizabeth's new band. The accompanying videos by Andrew Watson of Semi Conductor Media paint a mesmerising picture of a pop heroine claiming her space on her elaborate home stage. Presented as part of ALWAYS LIVE the mini festival saw Elizabeth surrounded by makers and creatives amidst the glimmering grandeur of the theatre stage.

The EP explores the depths of, as Elizabeth puts it "the what if that always hangs over a relationship that's broken down irreparably. As in, I can't keep you but what if you're gone forever."  The final videos from the show, including 'Happier Now' and 'Sweet Connection' are live on Youtube HERE.

This Live EP sees Elizabeth return to the stage, bringing a swish of neon taffeta and a glimmering sultry honesty, seen through her 2022 Suite of Songs. The three, interconnected singles and accompanying visuals expand and complicate her richly alluring world. The first single from the Suite 'Happier Now' was added to FBi Radio, MTV Australia and rage, received airplay on triple j, Unearthed, Double J, RRR and 4ZZZ, with NME Australia, Notion, The Music, Music Feeds and more all singing its praises. The lyrical motifs of her debut album The Wonderful World of Nature (2019) are recast in neon on the Suite, their old prismatic glow replaced by a dangerous, alluring coolness. 

Elizabeth captures the reckless thrill of romance like no other. On The Wonderful World of Nature, she stepped away from a messy divorce like a world-weary heroine pulling herself from the wreckage of a car crash: broken glass shining like glitter, bloodstains smearing like blush. Contrasting lush dreampop haze with visceral, disarmingly truthful lyricism, it was a pop record out of time - glamorous and tragic, ultra modern and undeniably timeless, a queer answer to nihilistic, powerfully feminine pop heroes like Lana Del Rey and Lorde. Capturing hearts and minds of media and fans across the globe, the record saw widespread acclaim from The Saturday Paper, FADER, Wonderland, frankie, Pilerats, The Music and Tone Deaf, amongst others, and was included in Album of the Year lists across The Guardian, The Saturday Paper and the Herald Sun.

808s & GREATEST HITS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM OUR LORD IN EXILE OUT 15 SEPTEMBER + SHARE SPLIT SINGLE 'ANOTHER LIFE / AUTHORITARIAN BLUES'

Today 808s & Greatest Hits unveil their fourth album Our Lord In Exile out September 15th 2023 via Our Golden Friend. To celebrate the announce they have shared a two track single 'Another Life / Authoritarian Blues' out now on all digital platforms.

~ STREAM / DOWNLOAD 'ANOTHER LIFE' / 'AUTHORITARIAN BLUES' HERE ~

Starting as a three song suite that was intended for 2021's Social Bubble, the album charts the journey of a dystopian king and the downfall of a despot through heavy prog influences and dark synths. Mixed by John Lee at Phaedra and mastered by David Walker at Stepford Audio the album was woven together from songs swapped back and forth between members Skube Burnell, Ronnie Frew, Lochy Funston and Nathan Nicholson. 

Our Lord In Exile sees 808s & Greatest Hits dive deep into a narrative concept, creating their most ambitious and collaborative album yet. The double A side singles explore the intricacies of power struggles and control, a dystopian landscape masterfully captured across the tracks.

808s & Greatest Hits, initially the recording project of Melbourne’s Skube Burnell has grown into a collaborative maelstrom of local creatives. 808s & Greatest Hits’ recorded material and live shows feature a revolving cast of friends and collaborators who allow the project to take unconventional and exciting detours along the journey. They have released three albums, 2019's Cabin Vibes, 2020 album Greatest Hits II and Social Bubble in 2021. Previous incarnations of 808s & Greatest Hits have seen Burnell collaborate with a 5-piece band and other recordings and performances have captured 808s at its most intimate and introspective from Skube alone.

Our Lord In Exile will be released September 15th 2023.
You can pre-order the album HERE.

RVG RELEASE NEW TRACK ‘COMMON GROUND’ + NEW ALBUM BRAIN WORMS – OUT FRI JUNE 2

Revered Melbourne band RVG present ‘Common Ground’, the fourth and final track from their forthcoming and highly anticipated third studio album, Brain Worms – out Friday June 2.
 

~ BUY/STREAM 'COMMON GROUND' NOW ~
 

The opening track of Brain Worms, ‘Common Ground’ aptly sets the scene, introducing us to a record that leaves no stone unturned in the pursuit of self-dissection, analysis, and ultimately, plaintive acceptance. “Something that Sarah from Camp Cope said to me years ago has always stuck with me; ‘No matter what we do, they’re still going to hate us.’”- Romy Vager

Sonically, ‘Common Ground’ rocks back and forward melodically, as if to comfort its listener, as Romy’s forthright and penetrative lyricism cuts through synth laden crescendos with earnest poignancy. It’s a journey that culminates in a transcendent instrumental outro, punctuated by silvery, 80’s-esq percussion.

Watch 'Common Ground' HERE.

The accompanying 'Common Ground' video is directed by Tom Campbell, and features RVG performing in the round as dancer Jayden Lewis performs the striking choreography of Zoee Marsh. “Together we wanted to do something that was stripped back, reduced to its simplest form, with only the most basic and essential features,” says Campbell. “There is no contrivance, no attempt to cover up or hide the infrastructure of the band’s instruments or our film gear, we embrace that chaos, but we also wanted to play with our audiences expectations to land somewhere in the middle of narrative and performance. Visually, I wanted to represent the struggle I heard in the lyrics in a physical way. How we fight these feelings, how we try to beat them down, or free ourselves from them. These feelings get inside us, under our skin - ridding ourselves of them, or exorcising them from within, becomes a kind of exercise in healing.”

The new offering follows previous album singles ‘Midnight Sun’, ‘Squid’ and ‘Nothing Really Changes’, which featured across The Guardian AU, NME AU, Tone Deaf, Music Feeds, plus received a slew of local radio adds, DSP playlist covers and debuted at #3 on Top 10 Singles Chart at specialty radio in the U.S. Last month’s follow up ‘Squid’ was one of Rolling Stone’s ‘Songs You Need To Know’ and praised by Brooklyn Vegan’, Culture Fiend, Femmusic and Glamglare, with Austin Town Hall calling the track a “a powerful display that delivers a wallop to the listener’s ears”.

After a momentous first five years — finding critical acclaim for debut A Quality of Mercy (2017), landing on countless end-of-year Best Of lists, and playing alongside some of the world’s biggest acts in Pixies, Kurt Vile, Pete Doherty, Sleaford Mods, Camp Cope, Shame, and more — RVG released second album Feral (2020) as the world was locking down. Feral was called “masterfully executed” by The Big Issue, “the record of a lifetime” by Rolling Stone Australia and given four-and-a-half stars by the Sydney Morning Herald. But in new album Brain Worms, this is the most confident the band has ever felt in RVG. They’ve moved past their influences, pushed themselves, and tried new things. And they have made a record they can, by all accounts, call their best.

RVG recently returned from the UK and Europe where they toured with Billy Nomates and showcased at The Great Escape between headline shows. The band are now set to play Rising Festival, Dark Mofo and Splendour in the Grass.

Pre-order Brain Worms now here.

CHITRA ANNOUNCES FIRST SHOW FOR 2023 MONDAY 22 MAY FOR SOCIAL SANCTUARY AT NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB

Today Naarm/Melbourne-based singer-songwriter, Chitra announces her first show of 2023 playing Northcote Social Club as part of their free Social Sanctuary series on Monday 22nd of May. She'll be joined on the night by Hot Glue and Local Derby, more info can be found here.

The night will see Chitra taking to the stage anew, fresh from two years spent writing and reflecting, in the process stepping away with an enigmatic new sound. It will also mark the debut performance with her new band and the first glimpse into her world of new music coming out later this year.

Chitra creates transportive music that footnotes her contemporaries - Julia Jacklin, Angel Olsen, and Adrianne Lenker - and fuses their influences onto a bed of sparkling rock. Late 2021 saw the release of single ‘Give Up’ which followed Chitra’s self-titled debut EP, released right at the dawn of the pandemic in February 2020. A three-year in-the-making endeavour, Chitra’s music is the vessel for an old soul growing up and navigating the world with a firm lens of the present.

Growing up in the Bellarine Peninsula, her adolescence as a coastal kid - jubilant and carefree - shines across her vocals and production work. Though the instrumentation and melodies appear as breezy, catchy jaunts, Chitra’s magnetism lies in catching listeners off guard with her astute observations of relationships, the world, and her place amongst it all. Stay tuned for more Chitra coming soon. 

RVG RELEASE NEW TRACK ‘MIDNIGHT SUN’ + NEW ALBUM BRAIN WORMS – OUT FRI JUNE 2

Today, revered Melbourne band RVG present their poignant new single ‘Midnight Sun’, lifted from their highly anticipated third studio album, Brain Worms – out Friday June 2. ‘Midnight Sun’ comes with a single-take video shot in Melbourne’s Templestowe.

~ BUY/STREAM 'MIDNIGHT SUN' NOW ~

A hurtling rock song, ‘Midnight Sun’ deals in matters of disbelief, and what it feels like to live in a culture that often prefers to argue the semantics than save the world from burning. Aptly furious and defiant, frontwoman Romy Vager cuts through the chaos singing ‘my city is in ashes / but I’m still burning bright / Hangin’ here like a lantern / in case you change your mind’.

Of the song Romy says “I wrote this around the time of the Australian bushfires in 2019 when it felt like everything precious about this country was being destroyed by climate change. There were all these talking heads trying to play down how much of a disaster it was, instead focusing on how much they hate immigrants or queer people. I thought - the world is literally on fucking fire and this is what you choose to use your platform on? The song is contrasting these two things, and how sick we are ideologically that we can’t identify what real problems are.”

This urgency and passion are heard on Vager’s heaving vibrato and vivid lyricism, capturing both her pervasive fury, yet undeniable yearning for empathy and inclusivity. ‘I’ll do my best to be kind,’ she accentuates over the band’s signature post-punk symphony.

Watch ‘Midnight Sun’ HERE

The new offering follows February’s album lead single ‘Nothing Really Changes’, which featured across The Guardian AU, NME AU, Tone Deaf, Music Feeds, plus received a slew of local radio adds, DSP playlist covers and debuted at #3 on Top 10 Singles Chart at specialty radio in the U.S. Last month’s follow up ‘Squid’ was one of Rolling Stone’s ‘Songs You Need To Know’ and praised by Brooklyn Vegan, Culture Fiend, Femmusic and Glamglare, with Austin Town Hall calling the track a “a powerful display that delivers a wallop to the listener’s ears”.

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After a momentous first five years — finding critical acclaim for debut A Quality of Mercy (2017), landing on countless end-of-year Best Of lists, and playing alongside some of the world’s biggest acts in Pixies, Kurt Vile, Pete Doherty, Sleaford Mods, Camp Cope, Shame, and more — RVG released second album Feral (2020) as the world was locking down. Feral was called “masterfully executed” by The Big Issue, “the record of a lifetime” by Rolling Stone Australia and given four-and-a-half stars by the Sydney Morning Herald. But in new album Brain Worms, this is the most confident the band has ever felt in RVG. They’ve moved past their influences, pushed themselves, and tried new things. And they have made a record they can, by all accounts, call their best.

RVG recently returned from SXSW (Austin) and are currently touring the UK with Billy Nomates, which will be followed by a short headline tour in Europe across May. The band will then return home to play Rising Festival, Dark Mofo and Splendour in the Grass.

If you do one thing today, let it be listening to ‘Midnight Sun’.

Pre-order Brain Worms now HERE.

GOOD MORNING ANNOUNCE INTIMATE EUROPEAN TOUR IN DUO MODE THIS JULY

Photo by Nick McKk

Good Morning today announce a short, sweet, and intimate UK and European tour in duo mode this summer. Fresh off the back of their first ever duo shows, including two sold out nights in LA plus a very special show at Pappy and Harriet's, Good Morning are jumping to do it all again. This time they'll bring their show across to Urtecht, Paris, Brighton and London, recreating the magic of their SoCal shows and giving a sneak peek of a bunch of new songs to audiences this July. Tickets go on sale Friday 21st April.

SEE ALL TOUR DATES BELOW.

These shows will be their first in the UK and Europe since their 2022 tour in support of sixth album Barnyard. Having played sold out duo shows earlier this year in Southern California this will be a rare opportunity to see Good Morning members Liam Parsons and Stefan Blair up close and personal playing a mix of fan favourites and never-before-heard tracks. 

In their near decade long tenure, in the wake of Barnyard's release Good Morning have been internationally celebrated, with widespread acclaim from Rolling Stone, NME, Stereogum, The Line Of Best Fit, Consequence, Alt Press, Paste, DIY Mag, Music Feeds, The Music, Northern Transmissions, KCRW, BBC 6 Music and many more, including a warm embrace across local community radio stations Triple R, PBS, FBi Radio, 2SER, Edge Radio and SYN. The album's release also tracked New Music playlist support upon release across DSPs, alongside tastemaker editorial. They spent 2022 touring across the UK, Europe and North America.

Formed as a recording project in 2014 by Stefan Blair and Liam Parsons, the band’s presence in their lives has expanded slowly but surely over the better part of a decade. Due in part to a few strokes of luck, and a mysteriously unflinching desire to write and record music, Good Morning have been able to expand their scope from the lounge rooms and pubs they began recording and performing in to playing shows to people all across the globe. They return to the stage as they formed, in duo mode, bringing a whole new suite of tracks alongside fan favourites.

All tour dates listed below, with tickets available from Friday 21st April HERE. 

EUROPEAN  TOUR DATES

Wed 5 July - Brewpub Kromme Haring - Urtecht, NL - TICKETS
Thu 6 July - Supersonic Records - Paris, FR - TICKETS
Sat 8 July - Green Door Store - Brighton, UK - TICKETS
Sun 9 July - Moth Club - London, UK - TICKETS

RVG RELEASE NEW TRACK ‘SQUID’ HEADLINE THE FORUM FOR RISING FESTIVAL (JUNE 14) + NEW ALBUM BRAIN WORMS – OUT FRI JUNE 2

Photo by Izzie Austin

Revered Melbourne band RVG release ‘Squid’ – the next glimpse into their highly anticipated new album Brain Worms – out Friday June 2. The new song arrives following the announcement of their headline show at The Forum (Melb) on Wednesday June 14 as part of Rising Festival, joined by Danish rockers Iceage and a once in a blue moon show from Batrider.
 

~ BUY/STREAM 'SQUID' NOW ~

‘Squid’ powers through the walls of realism and out the other side, imagining what might happen if we were to go back in time, step on something, and … become a squid. “I didn’t intend to be // Some hideous turquoise thing // Some hideous third thing,” Vager sings, bringing an earnestness and desperation so real that feelings suddenly cut through the song’s absurdity.
 

Of the single Romy says "Squid is a song about going back in time and stepping on a Tiktaalik and then going back to the present but you have the same job, the same problems you had before except you’re a squid. We jammed it on a whim and it ended up coming out really well. I left a large chunk of the lyrics till the last minute, finishing them off in Finsbury Park at 6 in the morning before I could get into the studio and record my vocals."

The new offering follows last month’s album lead single, ‘Nothing Really Changes’, which was hailed by The Guardian, The Music, Brooklyn Vegan and more, received a slew of local radio adds, DSP playlist covers & debuted at #3 on Top 10 Singles Chart at specialty radio in the U.S.

All throughout Brain Worms – made up of post-punk band of lyricist/frontwoman Romy Vager, guitarist Reuben Bloxham, drummer Marc Nolte, and bassist Isabele Wallace – it’s apparent that RVG is in very fine form. Named for the recognisable experience of each day bearing witness to a world of private obsessions being aired out in the infinite, Brain Worms may not be wholly new territory, but this time around, there’s a newfound radical acceptance glistening overtop everything.

Recorded in London at Snap Studios with James Trevascus (Billy Nomates, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, The Goon Sax), all ten Brain Worms tracks surge with lush sounds and clear intentions. RVG have moved past their influences, pushed themselves, and tried new things. And they made a record they can call their best.

RVG found critical acclaim upon release of their debut A Quality of Mercy (2017), landing on countless end-of-year Best Of lists, and playing alongside some of the world’s biggest acts in Pixies, Kurt Vile, Pete Doherty, Sleaford Mods, Camp Cope, Shame, and more. The band followed up their debut with the incredibly received Feral (2020), called “masterfully executed” by The Big Issue, “the record of a lifetime” by Rolling Stone Australia and given four-and-a-half stars by the Sydney Morning Herald.

RVG have just landed back in Australia following eight performances at last week’s SXSW(Austin), and will head overseas next month to tour the UK with Billy Nomates followed by a short headline tour in Europe across May. They will return to Australia for their album launch at The Forum on June 14th as part of Rising Festival. 
 

Pre-order 'Brain Worms' now here.

RVG BILLY NOMATES TOUR DATES 2023

Mon. Apr. 17 - Cardiff, UK @ Tramshed (w/ Billy Nomates) - TICKETS HERE

Wed. Apr. 19 - Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms (w/ Billy Nomates) - SOLD OUT

Thu. Apr. 20 - Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall (w/ Billy Nomates) - TICKETS HERE

Fri. Apr. 21 - Leeds, UK @ LUU-Stylus (w/ Billy Nomates) - TICKETS HERE

Sat. Apr. 22 - Glasgow, UK @ QMU (w/ Billy Nomates) - TICKETS HERE

Mon. Apr. 24 - Newcastle, UK @ Boiler Shop (w/ Billy Nomates) - TICKETS HERE

Tue. Apr. 25 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute Birmingham (w/ Billy Nomates) - TICKETS HERE

Thu. Apr. 27 - London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town (w/ Billy Nomates) - TICKETS HERE

Fri. Apr. 28 - Brighton, UK @ CHALK Live (w/ Billy Nomates) - TICKETS HERE

Sat. Apr. 29 - Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory (w/ Billy Nomates) - TICKETS HERE

RVG EUROPEAN TOUR DATES 2023

Tue. May. 2 - Paris, FR @ Supersonic - FREE
Thu. May. 4 - Rotterdam, NL @ V11 - TICKETS HERE
Fri. May. 5 - Haldern-Rees, DE @ Haldern Pop Bar - FREE
Sun. May. 7 - Nijmegen, NL @ Merleyn - TICKETS HERE

RVG MELBOURNE HEADLINE SHOW

Wed. Jun. 14 - Melbourne, VIC @ The Forum - TICKETS HERE