Jervis Bay duo Debbies unveil their new single ‘Sinner’ today. The new track illustrates why this young Aussie surf punk band have in 2 short years already achieved so much – winning the Yours and Owls Festival (2019), Triple j Unearthed High Finalists (2019) as well as performing at Falls Festival and Bigsound.
When writing the single, Debbies wanted to capture a more ‘word-painting’ esque vibe by incorporating the river scenery throughout the verses which stemmed from a real experience of when they went to a party a few years ago.
“Sinner deals with the struggles of getting caught up with trying to be someone you’re not and coming to the realisation that you don’t have to be anyone but yourself. The whole time we felt like we were trying to be people we weren’t (which felt like a sin) so we left the party, walked down the road and found a riverbank where we spent the rest of the night drinking and having a good time by ourselves. We actually had the chorus for the song for ages, and then after mucking around with the guitar line at the start and trying to write about that experience at the river, everything just fell into place.”
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‘Sinner’ is the follow up to Triple j favourites ‘Money’, ‘Influencer’ and ‘Waking Up In L.A.’ The track came together at Defwolf Studios Sydney with mixing and mastering by George Georgiadis.
“In the studio we wanted to really make the bridge a special moment in the song so we played around with different synths and ways of layering drums and vocals that we had never done before. The result felt like some dreamy vocal layered questioning of “is it hard to be like somebody else” that snaps out into an answer in the last pre chorus.”
Don’t miss Debbies supporting Teenage Joans on their tour later in October!
MON 4 OCT – THE BRIGHTSIDE, BRISBANE – SOLD OUT
THU 7 OCT – LION ARTS FACTORY, ADELAIDE – SOLD OUT
SAT 23 OCT – CROWBAR, SYDNEY – SELLING FAST
FRI 29 OCT – THE TOTE, MELBOURNE – TICKETS ADDED
SUN 31 OCT – THE TOTE, MELBOURNE – SELLING FAST