Last To Leave

Taken from 'Younger'.
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Arriving in a locked-down UK in 2020, Australia-born Kim Ven makes warm indie pop music, flavoured with folk and americana. Kim is an uplifting and empathic songwriter, writing about self-discovery and the impermanence of youth, influenced by Maggie Rogers, Leon Bridges and Lana Del Rey. 

A modern take on 60s romantic pop, Why Didn’t You Call? tells the familiar experience of being left hanging by the person you like, but still waiting by the phone for their call. “I've realised that I deserve a love better than that, and I hope anyone who listens realises that too” says Kim.

Why Didn't You Call?

Sydney indie rock three-piece Crystal Cities continue to build momentum as they release “The Strangest Dream”, the 3rd single from their forthcoming 3rd LP, I Should Have Known That This Was War. The single marks a return to the band’s earlier more dark and brooding material with lyrics like:
Yeah, I had the strangest dream
Yeah, the one I’ve had a million times
Yeah, the one where I wake before I die

Spacey dreamscape verses turn into thundering choruses as the track unfurls. New drummer Neel Shukla makes his presence known as he digs deep into his rolling chorus pattern, gradually  building in intensity and complexity. Jared King’s bass also gets a moment to take centre stage in verse two as the instrumentation is pared back to just a synth pad, bass and vocals. A beautiful moment ensues as the bass and lead vocal dance around each other before the song explodes once again into an anthemic but ominous chorus that The National would be proud of.

“'The Strangest Dream' is about a recurring dream I was having where I was fighting for my life against some kind of foe. Some nights the dream would become so intense that I felt like there was no escape and that I was looking death right in the eyes. It was always then that I would be awakened.”
⁣- Geoff Rana (vocals/guitar/keys)


Lead vocalist and guitarist/keyboardist Geoff Rana has been spending days on end in his self-made studio where he’s been writing, producing and engineering the band’s latest material.

While the band’s previous effort - their sophomore album Hold Me Close Hold Me Tight - was an exercise in hard-hitting alternative rock that could rattle a live audience, the band’s third LP, I Should Have Known That This Was War, feels more explorative and colourful (at least from the two singles released from the band thus far, the first being “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore” and the second being “I Should Have Known That This Was War”). 

This new album also marks the departure of previous drummer Daniel Conte and the arrival of new drummer Neel Shukla. Neel, Geoff and Jared have a long-standing relationship that spans all the way back to when they all studied Contemporary Music Performance together at The Australian Institute of Music in Sydney.

Long-time Crystal Cities collaborator Paul Lani (David Bowie, Prince) was once again tapped to handle mixing and mastering duties for the recording.

SInce the band’s formation in 2016 they have released a highly praised EP - Who’s Gonna Save Us Now (2017) - and two critically acclaimed albums - Under The Cold Light of the Moon (2019) and Hold Me Close Hold Me Tight (2021). There is no scheduled release date for the band’s forthcoming third album.

I Should Have Known That This Was War

The Strangest Dream

152bpm, A#maj
Written by MyKey
Produced by MyKey
Mastered by John Greenham

Lyrics:

Let it all go
High without a kite
Yeah I don’t know
You’re not around me also
I can never work so it’s been
Every little thing I worry
Every little thing I worry
I can be your one and only
Cause I
Don’t know how to reset things
I Don’t know how to receive things
Cause I don’t want anything
Ever want everything
If you want everything
Cause I don’t know what will make it go away

Let it all go
High without a kite
Yeah I don’t know
You’re not around me also
I can never work so it’s been
Every little thing I worry
Every little thing I worry
I can be your one and only
Cause I
Don’t know how to reset things
I Don’t know how to receive things
Cause I don’t want anything
Ever want everything
If you want everything
Cause I don’t know what will make it go away

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