Behind You announce forthcoming Friendship Bracelet EP out April 2024 + share ‘Dreading ft. Marcus Whale’
PRAISE FOR Behind You
“Intense in the best way… their sound defies categorisation”
“Unique blend of punk, rap and electronica”
“Arguably one of the country’s most electrifying and fascinating experimental outfits”
“At no point is it quiet, with bellowing bass and smashing drums catapulting throughout. At no point is it patient, as they come right out the gate with fiery raps and a shouty cadence”
“Behind You make music that will have you losing control of your breath”
“Pure AV chaos in the best possible way”
“Amidst the murky diatribes you’re still in store for their signature assault of the senses with plenty of dark-techno and drum n’ bass breakdowns, aggressive tonal punches and a low-end thats going to be felt far and wide”
“Behind You break all the rules in the best way possible”
“Behind You blends together the diverse styles of each of their collaborating artists with the help of slightly unhinged jump cuts, a little AI smarts and the textural softness of a Hi-8 camera”
‘Dreading ft. Marcus Whale’ is out now, buy/stream it here.
Incendiary punk-hip-hop-hybrid Behind You today announce their next EP Friendship Bracelet due April 2024, with the release of their latest single ‘Dreading ft. Marcus Whale’. LISTEN HERE.
‘Dreading’ takes Behind You into a deeper dial of the taut electro of their discography, experimenting with delay, drone and destructive vocals as frightening as Ho99o9 to clipping. Bridging goth with hardcore, acid with ambient, ‘Dreading’ finds reprieve through guest verse by Marcus Whale flung between the dissonance of vocalist Harry Welsh’s hardest skramz performance yet – a split that harks to ‘Dreading’s narrative dichotomy.
A continuation from the themes ruminated on ‘The Well ft. Rako, Teether & BAYANG (tha Bushranger)’, the new single they reveal is about “When seeds of self-doubt poison the well, everyone is a suspect. Dreading is about trust and doubt. The voice in Dreading is in conflict with itself – desperate for connection but suspicious of everyone. The track explores that tension – failing to reconcile a yearning for the other with the doubt that creeps in and leaves the ego overlapping on itself like stumbling like synth lines that don’t resolve.
“Cut short; the ego gets ahead of itself and can’t make the connection,” Behind You continue. “Our 3rd EP, ‘Friendship Bracelet’, is set to drop in April 2024. The world of ‘Friendship Bracelet’ is one of desperate connections, and Dreading is a key piece of the puzzle – pushing B.Y’s boundaries sonically and narratively.” Of the collaboration, Behind You reveal, “Marcus has been an inspiration from the moment we started making music, and it was thrilling to have him feature on this song. He recognised the thematic heart of the song in a short but arresting verse, and a melancholic, longing outro.”
Behind You’s premier collab ‘The Well ft. Rako, Teether & BAYANG (tha Bushranger)’ brought the group a steady stream of heat: Feature Video on RAGE through to triple j Unearthed’s Top 5 Songs of the Week as “one of Behind You’s more accessible tracks. This band is constantly surprising you, they are the definition of ‘f**k around and find out’… and more often than not they make it work”; amongst praise across Pilerats, Acclaim, Music Feeds, FBi Radio, Edge (Hobart) and more.
Rounding out the critical acclaim that has followed the group from Rolling Stone, ABC Arts, Resident Advisor, VICE, Beat Magazine, Home and Hosed’s Ash McGregor and more across ‘Aries’, ‘Neck Work’ and ‘Big Buck’, coupled with recent showcases across SXSW Sydney and BIGSOUND, the three piece’s profile continues to break through to mainstream support. Insofar as The Music proclaiming of the later “Australia isn’t going to give a s**t about Behind You until they break overseas. Not because they don’t deserve local recognition – tonight’s incendiary, unrelenting set proves they very much do.”
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