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Like the soundtrack of a kindled romance, born out of two people meeting in a bar, both drunk and dancing in the corner, only to never see each other again the day after.
Life is an intertwining of dreams, emotions, feelings and behaviours. How do you chop up the pie?
1. Groove 2. Grit
Feeling both spacious and intensely intimate, acoustic sounds drenched in lush reverb take the fore on Lifetime, with a particular focus on live drum breaks; chopped and reversed to perfection.
From baile funk to drill, dancehall to gqom, VARVIE WORLD is tapped into the city it was created in and deeply inspired by the scenes Sydney connects to around the globe.
It’s not easy to summarise their sound, and maybe that’s the point.
An almost Gen Z form of folk-tronica – hyper-folk maybe – threading auto-tuned vocals, stretched-out guitar and synths with goofy jersey club samples and poetic lyricism.
"This sounds like what friendship feels like.”
Jay Marie, Comfort Me feels like a constant exploration of uncharted territory. It’s a rainy afternoon, drenched concrete sidewalks enveloping your feet, ambling towards a destination you don’t know, in a city you’ve never been in.
hexed! is a cold shower: startling, but refreshing too. Despite its gritty and aggressive textures, it's hypnotizing.
At times sedated and boozy, at others energetic and sweaty, JACUZZI pays homage to the ebb and flow of a night out; both at the club, and in your friend’s parent’s hot tub at the afters.
Less eshay, more LB; billies are out, menthols are in (the TNs stay, but they’re pink).