Gold Coast loveable ratbags Radolescent unveil details about their sophomore EP ‘Excellent People’ and release their new single ‘Home’ today. The EP also features Triple j Unearthed favourites ‘Couch’ and ‘Calling Out’.
‘Home’ showcases the band’s distinct blend of fuzzy rock and punk vibes which have been fine- tuned from playing at sold out shows supporting Dune Rats and Beddy Rays. The five-piece have also toured with the likes of Press Club, Ruby Fields, Bad//Dreems and The Chats.
The band’s five-track sophomore EP is a reflection on their fast-paced lifestyles, getting old and the mental and social consequences of past actions.
The EP name was initially just the band joking around with titles and finding abbreviations for EP. Many months later a box of old polaroids appeared from Rachel’s closet (Rachel Gilligan: Vox and Guitar), and the name was cemented with “many old images containing all of our friends from the past decade, countless memories of festivals and parties, birthdays and cruisy Sundays.”
Radolescent spent the year of COVID recording and mixing the EP, beginning with the drum tracks at Blind Boy Studios, where the group recruited the help of their close friend Ben Wade of the Beddy Rays to track the drums.
“Isaac then recorded all remaining parts in his 11th floor apartment during state lockdown, taking turns of having Kerrod and Lachie over to track their parts. Upon Rachel joining the band they then tracked the vocals and sent the stems to Greg Reitwyk from Lunchroom Records in Melbourne. Finally the help of Dan Walker in New York was enlisted to master the tracks and the record was complete.” Radolescent