Pylons

"Photo Booth" is the second single from Avery Friedman's 'New Thing' LP (April 18th via Audio Antihero): https://averyfriedman.bandcamp.com/album/new-thing

"Photo Booth" Lyrics:

Give you a little look

Truth-or-dare pupils 

And there’ll be a little line 

If you want to change your mind 

You can hold it in your hand

You can see what you’ve done



And the curtain can’t hide it

When all the music quiets

Four strikes and you’re out

Photo Booth blood magic



(mmm, mmm)

(mmm, mmm)



You hold it in your hands

Remnants of the flashes 

You can try to fold it away

But exposure’s in your gaze 

Thigh-to-thigh in black and white

Circle the full moon tonight



And the curtain can’t hide it

When all the music quiets

Four strikes and you’re out

Photo Booth blood magic



(mmm, mmm)

(mmm, mmm)



And the curtain can’t hide it

Photo Booth blood magic 

And the curtain can’t hide it

Photo Booth blood magic 

And the curtain can’t

And the curtain can’t 

And the curtain can’t

New Thing

Photo Booth

Sometimes I think “this is a song of hope!” and other times I think “this song is a little tragic!” “My Train Is Coming” is about a character who is down on his luck, but he knows a better life is ahead. He feels it so strongly that he’ll stop at nothing to get it...

My Train Is Coming

Imaginary love is a song that looks at an idealised scenario coping mechanism, fantasising about love, to provide a temporary escape from the pressures and challenges of reality, particularly when feeling unfulfilled and lonely.

Imaginary Love

Business

Keep You Close

Ordinary Things

ONE MORE TIME

Owelu Dreamhouse (pronounced Oh-WAY-lew) is a new collaboration from vocalist Nkechi Anele and arranger and multi instrumentalist Nic Ryan-Glenie rekindling the musical relationship they forged in iconic Melbourne soul band Saskwatch. Writing and producing together in collaboration with old and new friends Nkechi and Nic’s new body of work is a sonic combination of cinematic soul, psychedelia, and Afrobeat, weaving through the complexities of cultural ties, gender and identities between generations. The band's namesake is a play on Nkechi’s grandmother's village — Owaelu — in Nigeria; a symbol of Nkechi honouring her ancestry and stepping into a place of heightened authenticity. New single ‘Tourist’ plays into the third-culture kid experience of feeling out of place, whilst musically showcasing the full spectrum of the Owelu Dreamhouse sound. Tourist is released on Thursday 4th September via Hopestreet Recordings.

Tourist opens with a sweeping, evocative melody played by an army of a band - all who happen to be widely active musicians within Naarm/Melbourne’s music community. Woven into the verses are real experiences from abroad, highlighting the profound connections you make when travelling and the sheer excitement of being somewhere new, whilst simultaneously feeling at odds within your own home. “It’s the quintessential third-culture kid experience – a complex inversion of the norm with both its drawbacks and freedoms. Growing up, the constant feeling of difference often carried a heavy resentment. Luckily, my 20s brought the realisation of the sheer beauty in this unique position” says Nkechi. Tourist is driven by polished musicality combined with a searing sense of place and nostalgia, co-produced and engineered by Henry Jenkins (Karate Boogaloo, Surprise Chef, Ella Thompson) and tape-operated by Alex Bennett (Sound Recordings).

Former Saskwatch bandmates, Nkechi and Nic cut their teeth at the helm of the Melbourne soul resurgence, earning a reputation as one of Naarm's most electrifying live acts. Appearing at major festivals across the world (Glastonbury, Edinburgh Fringe, CMJ, Splendour in the Grass, BluesFest, WOMADelaide, Falls Festival), Saskwatch released four albums, sold out tours and supported Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Maceo Parker, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Earth, Wind and Fire. These vast musical experiences have set Nkechi and Nic in the perfect place to share something new together via Owelu Dreamhouse.


Owelu Dreamhouse - Tourist

Names

Golden Haze

In 2020, Charlee Remitz put out her final pop album, admitting to a complicated love affair with pop music and leaving it in the hopes of finding something simpler. Four years later, inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin's concept of "self-loss," Remitz returns as the genderless, ageless Blue Monkey, carving out a space in the indie continuum for eleven-minute debut, “Pylons,” a song about transcendence, endurance, and the fatigue of dreaming.