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Indie BANGERS 25 💥

TikTok Girl

Thanks Drive & Spice, Spider Rob, Cass, Zeeloo, Muglord Q, Christian - you're all the best.

Recorded in Roundhead Studios
Music written by Jefferson Chen, Mareea Paterson, Andrew MacLaren, Christian Tjandrawinata 
Lyrics by Jefferson Chen
Produced by Christian Tjandrawinata and Jefferson Chen

Performed by Mareea Paterson (bass), Andrew MacLaren (drums), Christian Tjandrawinata (piano), Robin Chen (strings), Jefferson Chen (guitar, vocals, keys), Callum Lee (bvs), Mathilde Polmard (bvs)

Artwork by Quentin Lind
Funded by NZ On Air Music  
Released through AAA Records

Full Music Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfohvFhHlfA

Lyrics
I know that we lose it all by holding on
50 different reasons to leave it and run
Now come on dear
Everyday's a bubble that we haven't burst in years
Water running under
An empty sink of fears 
Dishes stacked like towers
Close enough to feel the incoming departure 

(Chorus) I know that it never lasts for long
When you hold on forever 
Even when it's all gone
Leaving this place was expected
Easier said than done

Everybody sees the truth up close
Tell ourselves we're ready to let it all go
Now come on dear
Everyday's a bubble that we haven't burst in years 
Running undercover 

(Chorus) I know that it never lasts for long
When you hold on forever 
Even when it's all gone
Leaving this place was expected
Easier said than done

(Bridge) Na na na na na 

Never lasts for long
When you hold on forever 
Even when it's all gone
Leaving this place was expected
Easier said than done

Easier Said Than Done

What ya hiding

Someone Like You

Favor

Foam

Rocking dustbowl Americana - think Primal Scream 'Rocks', Kings of Leon, The Black Keys or Dinosaur Jr.  A tale of getting chewed up by the city and retreating to convalesce in small town East Coast America.

Lubec, Maine

Don't Walk Away

Poison Pear

Beyond

A Sun-Bleached Synth Anthem of Suburban Escape and Dreamlike Longing October 2025 — Texas synth-pop trio Don’t Get Lemon return with “Paid Holiday”, a sleek and emotionally charged single that channels the quiet frustration of modern suburban life into something stylish, shimmering, and deeply resonant. With its glistening synths, pulsing rhythm, and layered vocal delivery, the track plays like a sun-drenched postcard from a better life that always feels just out of reach.

The track carries a bold sense of swagger, confident and composed, but underneath there’s a clear emotional weight. The lead vocals are sharp and direct, with a clarity and urgency, reminiscent of Damon Albarn on a serotonin comedown, cutting through the lush production with purpose. At the same time, there's a theatrical restraint and detached wit at play, like Alex Cameron doing his best suburban Bowie impression, giving the performance both grit and glamour. Midway through the track, warm harmonies rise behind the lead, evoking the ecstatic lift of Primal Scream and the loose, dreamlike swirl of Happy Mondays. It's a sonic contrast that creates tension and releases movement and memory caught in the same breath.

Drawing on pop sensibility with emotional nuance the sound is polished but never sterile, retro influenced, but forward facing, balancing act between fantasy and reality, where each synth line feels like an escape route. “Paid Holiday” continues Don’t Get Lemon’s signature approach: emotionally honest, aesthetically refined, and sonically immersive. It’s a soundtrack for anyone who’s ever stared out a window and wondered if there's more waiting beyond the parking lots, cul-de-sacs, and endless routines and for those who dream, even when they know they probably won’t leave.

Paid Holiday

Changing Tides

Thanks for checking out What If?, the fifth single from my upcoming album Underground Sky. The album will be released one song at a time throughout 2025. The video for this track will be out on YouTube on October 10th.

What If? is one of the most introspective and reflective tracks I’ve made. It sits somewhere between alt-pop and classic singer songwriting, opening with stark piano chords and vocals before unfolding into layered acoustic guitars, intimate strings, pedal steel, jangling riffs, and cascading harmonies. It’s about questioning choices, imagining alternate paths, and confronting those quiet “what if” moments that linger in your mind.

Every part of this recording was done independently in my home studio. No label, no filters, no one else’s fingerprints.

Written, produced, performed & mixed by Heron @ Cracked Analogue
Artwork by Heron @ Cracked Analogue
Mastered by Toby Campen

What If?

Done

Peachtree

an upbeat song mixing references of relationships into a love of 3 of my favourite bands. 

Hurricane

Retro strings with raw nostalgia in an indie bop about losing faith in someone you once adored. Think post-romance euphoria in an 80s pop-inspired earworm.

Lyrics:

If you keep trying to hold us back
Our time won't move along
A perfect front and lie for what you want

(So out of reach)
I know it’s not the same, but
I want you to lie to me, lie to me

(Still out of reach)
Something’s gotta change,
Sweet nothing, you’ve got me, got me
(Holding on to all that you said)

You left it all
Lovers left to chance
Ignite a fire to watch it dull
I’ll move along from echoes of the past
Your silence repeats on 
And on, and on, and on, and on
As my Idle Idol

Could think about it once or twice,
But three is not my thing
If we’re faking here, we’re fools of shame

(So out of reach)
I know it’s not the same, now
You want me to lie to you, lie to you

(Still out of reach)
Something’s gotta change,
Sweet nothing you’ve got me, got me
(Pulled in by your words left unsaid)

You left it all
Lovers left to chance
Ignite a fire to watch it dull
Yes, I’ll move along from echoes of the past
Your silence repeats on 
And on, and on, and on, and on
As my Idle Idol

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Written by Brian Fire
Recorded by Damon Moon
Produced by Damon Moon and Brian Fire
Mastered by Ryan Dulude

Indie BANGERS 25 💥

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