Behind You bear the fruit of time spent quietly scheming today with the announcement of their forthcoming EP Friendship Bracelet, independently due Aug 18. With the news comes their latest release, the languid ‘Bloom’ featuring longstanding collaborator Antonia Gauci (GAUCI). LISTEN HERE.

‘Bloom’ is weary, forlorn yet hopeful. One of the more restrained moments on the EP, ‘Bloom’ cascades against taut percussion and mania to the reprieve of misty vocals from GAUCI member Antonia. Wading through troughs, barriers, and bleary-eyed hurdles – “it opens, it closes” – pushing through to opportunity and chance. Indicative of Behind You’s experimental origins, menacing vocals, synths and drums thrust forward to their most lucid and direct, ‘Bloom’ preludes Friendship Bracelet daring with structure and an all-new frontier.

Of ‘Bloom’, Behind You explain, “We wanted a sharp turn: from industrial grumbling vocals to a serene, ethereal chorus. That dichotomy excited us, and the more we leaned in, the more it paid off. The final act blends both worlds—snarling vocals with Antonia’s harmonies, drifting into early Mount Kimbie-style ambience. We’ve worked as our mix engineer with Antonia for years, and her pop background brought a fresh perspective to our previous experiences. That contrast became a strength. After playing Bigsound 2023 together, we started shortlisting tracks, and this one immediately stood out.”

Friendship Bracelet bellows with Behind You’s creative strength throughout. As by design, reflective of the tie Harry Welsh, Joe Goddard and Dylan Clay are bound with; and by custom, on record and the live arena – purpose built to be worn out and pushed to their fullest extent in honour of the labour in its making, yet wholly reflective of their robust partnership. Frenetic soundscapes and dissolutions of character and culture, 808s and beatscapes side by side with rugged vocals. Clear in execution and work ethic, visibly felt – visions of RSI, sweat, chapped lips – though never unruly.

Agitated punk dotted with digitalism and coarse, alt-hip hop influenced vocals – theirs is a sound of dark romance. Behind You’s brand of controlled furore channels local legends as Low Life and Total Control with the endeavour of Friendship Bracelet dotting their influences in IDLES to V*agra Boys throughout. Their singular practice collides sound and video to birth a surreal fantasy, where nihilism and extreme subversions of character, distorted with bad habits, beg the consideration of humanity’s base values and behaviours.

Rising above the arcane prescriptions of their sound, Behind You have collected critical acclaim from a variety of champions in Rolling Stone, ABC Arts, Resident Advisor, VICE, triple j’s Home & Hosed, RAGE, Acclaim, fbi.radio and others. Connecting the dots of their community in features with newcomers as 1300’s Rako, Too Birds’ Teether, Grasps to underground leaders as BAYANG (tha Bushranger) and Marcus Whale, Behind You promise to push subculture to widespread recognition.