Folk B*tch Trio announce signing to Jagjaguwar + share ‘The Actor
PRAISE FOR Folk Bitch Trio
“Boygenius if it was from the 40's or something”
“Design a new folk-pop sensation? Oh wait, it already exists”
“There’s just something so delightfully unexpected about a group whose music is resplendent in such gorgeous harmonies and confessional songwriting having such a prickly name. Folk Bitch Trio wish to upend expectations.”
“There is a playful air to Melbourne’s Folk Bitch Trio, a group that serves its laid-back acoustic sound with a shot of vodka rather than a cup of coffee... Gracie Sinclair, Jeanie Pilkington and Heide Peverelle sing of bad habits and moments of weakness as their harmonies lock together and their spirits carry them through to the next untimely slip-up”
“Compelling storytellers on and off-stage”
“Folk Bitch Trio are something else”
‘The Actor‘ is out now, buy/stream it here.
Naarm / Melbourne based group Folk Bitch Trio – the group of Gracie Sinclair (she/her), Jeanie Pilkington (she/her) and Heide Peverelle (they/them) – today share their latest single ‘The Actor’, alongside the news of their signing to Jagjaguwar. LISTEN HERE + WATCH HERE.
As a band with an undeniable point of view, Folk Bitch Trio pull from traditional forms throughout their vocals, song themes, and compositional structure. Their harmonies are rich and timeless, but what stands out the most with Folk Bitch Trio is their distinct lack of fear. They’re unafraid to get a little scuffed up, to be funny, to take risks, to subvert the genre’s expectations and pull it into the present. The result is lively, layered and beautiful; thoughtful and playful in the right places; serious, but never humourless.
This is on full display on today’s returning single, ‘The Actor’. There’s honest, confessional storytelling delivered via their signature resplendent three-part vocals, laced with humour and in-jokes of shared experiences. As they explain it, ‘The Actor’ is a song about “falling hard and fast and breaking down quick too,” through lyrics that “flow down from affectionate details you notice about someone when falling in love, fighting and fucking, and ultimately the demise of a relationship at your partner’s solo theatre play.” The song’s accompanying video was co-directed by Bridgette Winten and the band.
WATCH: The Actor (Official Video)
Folk Bitch Trio formed five years ago, and its members have been inseparable since. “We have three individual voices,” they say, “but the story we tell is unified because our hearts are very melded”. Their music comes from the deep connection and collaboration that evolves between the three of them, encapsulating the growing pains they felt as people and a band in their early adult lives, touching on, as Heide says, “loss, fear, sex, rage, elation but most importantly love and laughs.”
After a 2024 which saw the release of breakthrough single ‘God’s a Different Sword‘ and worldwide shows from SXSW to support slots for the likes of Alex G, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Julia Jacklin and Courtney Barnett, the band are currently readying their debut album.
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