AUSSIE AUDIO: Emerging Australian acts you need to discover!

From new Indie gems and explosive Rock acts to intimate Folk songwriters and singer songwriters, we'll be showcasing our favourite Aussie acts and their new releases...

Layer Cake

Australian Indie band Layer Cake’s latest single ‘sunnyboy’ is a track destined for everyone's summer playlist. Bursting with instrumental sweetness and a lyrical tale of nostalgia and young love, Layer Cake crafts a sunset of a song where golden guitars shed gentle yet moving melodies, drums form cheery beats, and beautifully toned vocals carry us through. Beginning in tranquility, reminiscent lyrics like “So I wonder where you go by now / And if someday I’ll run into you somehow” set the sentimental tone amongst the serene guitars as we are centred by the band's soulfulness.

Soon disrupted, the chorus takes the track to a higher place where its joyous energy is cranked up to the max, putting an instant smile on listeners faces. The way the track evolves resembles that of a blooming flower, where from the first note played, it is clear that it is going to be something colourful, heartwarming, and packed with radiance. Leaving our ears treated by this Indie-Pop delight and the urge to go out and frolic in the sun, Layer Cake’s ‘sunnyboy’ is certainly a song to soundtrack not just the season, but for anytime there is a need to feel their flowering, gleaming sound!

Words by Haldana Juhl

Harley

Brisbane’s indie-rock artist Harley has just released his new single ‘Tell Me You Love Me’, an up-beat track blending infectious vocals with compelling storytelling. The single wastes no time introducing the ultimate vibe of the tune with the first two lines serving as a hook to entice the listener.

Harley takes inspiration from Sam Fender and the 1975 for this track, using vibrant riffs to share a story of self-doubt. The rhetorical questions throughout the song engage the listener in a really special way, giving us an insight into the artist’s headspace through his heartfelt lyricism. It has a raw and emotional feel but with a feel-good energy creating something impossible not to sing along to. ‘Tell Me You Love Me’ is something a little different compared to the singers other releases. He delves into bright, energetic indie-pop melodies, giving his fans a fresh taste of what he’s capable of.

Words by Jasmine Butler