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Don’t Let Me Go

lullabies, im drunk

stick + poke

Following her two impeccable releases, debut single "Vanilla" and most recent cut "All I Do", Sydney artist Moody Beach unveils her highly anticipated debut EP Moody Beach, out August 4 via Personal Best Records.

One of this year's brightest new acts, Moody Beach aka Melissah Marie, tells all in her blissful four-tracker. While each track is a stand-alone stunner, together they make for 11 and a half minutes of some broody-sweet listening. Her debut single "Vanilla" instantly setting the mood with it's 90s riff and shoe-gaze vocals. "All I Do" comes next, in a hazy continuity of neo-psychedelia. A tempo change is introduced with "I Should Exercise" with an absorbing slow-fuse, and once more with "Hawaii", a Best Coast-style love song, rich in texture, bringing the EP to an emotional end.

Starting out as a bedroom project, Marie has watched Moody Beach evolve into a full band with a growing live presence. After moving to Sydney from Adelaide and wanting to find more spaces to play live and develop her sound, Marie began curating Cult Club; a quarterly party held at Hair by Tommy J, a local barber shop near her house in Redfern. Cult Club prides itself on showcasing emerging artists from Sydney's underground who play to a crowd no bigger than 100, and is one of the spaces where Marie solidified her Moody Beach project.

The Moody Beach EP masterfully showcases the disparate influences ranging from Roy Orbison and The Cure to Blondie and The Pixies, interweaved into dream-pop melodies. Her hazy psychedelic guitar lines and enigmatic lyrics create a transfixing new take on alt-indie-pop.

Marie is currently working on her new and improved live show, as well as directing and producing her own visuals for an EP cut. Be sure to keep an eye out for Sydney's indie darling in a live setting and sink your teeth into her debut EP.

MOODY BEACH EP IS OUT AUGUST 4 VIA PERSONAL BEST RECORDS

Moody Beach - Hawaii

The second track off of the "House Plants" EP

COAST

written and produced by ashley koett
mastered by michael stein

bye bye baby

5/4 gruv in the key of butt

Tortoise Shell

waves

i was taking a bath and i was listening to my mnl sound playlist then i thought... hmm i wanna cover manila
so here it is
might edit a vaporwave version idk,,

manila

Lyrics:

Doubt creeps in
Easy things will always end
And if I’m feelin’ bad about it when they do
At least I wouldn’t fold my arms and warn her from the corner of the room

Sitting tight
Easy things I know I like
But something in the audio just won’t give in
Kinda convoluted but you can’t remember when it hasn’t been

What a selfish summer I had with my friend
What a selfish summer I had with my friend
What a selfish summer I had with my friend
I’m doin’ it wrong again

Why stop now
Easy things I’m not allowed
Take me till I’m sorry, make me something mean
Courage wasn’t doing what I wanted when I wanted how I pleased

What a selfish summer I had with my friend
What a selfish summer I had with my friend
What a selfish summer I had with my friend
I’m doin’ it wrong again

Wrong Again

Annie Blackman