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Check out the best new music from Aussie acts released between April 20th-26th below!
Kita Alexander — “Tell My Friends”
Kita Alexander leans into messy post-breakup honesty on “Tell My Friends”, a sleek, emotionally sharp duet with Christopher lifted from her forthcoming album RAGE. Built around the awkward reality of rekindling with an ex after you’ve “overshare[d]” to your friends, the single turns relationship fallout into something relatable, with Kita framing anger as something that can “leave lasting marks” if left unchecked.
BOY SODA — “Chase Your Tail”
BOY SODA extends the world of his debut album SOULSTAR with “Chase Your Tail”, a smooth, introspective groove produced alongside MXXWLL that digs into the cycles and habits we struggle to break. Framed around what BOY SODA calls the “multiple repeats of lessons” we live through before understanding them, the track offers a soulful first taste of SOULSTAR Deluxe, dropping June 19th.
Joan & the Giants — “Mamma Don’t Cry”
Joan & the Giants deliver one of their most vulnerable songs yet with “Mamma Don’t Cry”, an aching but hopeful single about surviving abuse and finding safety on the other side. Led by Grace Newton-Wordsworth’s luminous vocal, the track turns personal trauma into quiet resilience, capturing what she describes as “finding freedom, peace, and a sense of self again.”
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Bachelor Girl ft. Darren Hayes — “Blind”
Bachelor Girl reimagine “Blind” as a brooding electro-pop slow burn, joined by Darren Hayes for a long-awaited collaboration that adds fresh emotional gravity. Tania Doko calls it the album’s “most transformed tune,” and with Hayes’ “insatiable” new hooks, the track feels less like a remake than a striking reinvention. The track is the second lifted from their forthcoming redux album, Waiting for the Day: Artist Sessions.
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers — GLORY (deluxe)
It’s Teen Jesus as you’ve never heard them before. The ARIA-winning indie rockers release GLORY (deluxe), the extended version of their acclaimed second album.
The deluxe version features new songs (“Bath Water” and “Go Waste My Time”) along with stripped-back reworking of fan-favourite tracks (“Talking”, “Daylight”, “Mine”, and “Wonderful”).
Marlon — “Blood in the Water”
Marlon’s debut solo single doesn’t miss. Renowned for his ongoing work with Aussie hip-hop royalty, the singer-songwriter (aka Marlon Motlop) is going out on his own.
“’Blood in the Water’ speaks to the age-old analogy of ”out of sight, out of mind’ making reference to the human habits of not acknowledging and speaking to things that do not affect us,” he explains. “As humans, many of us walk, play, live in multimillion dollar cities, and walk past homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, and disadvantage. More often than not, it is the disadvantage of my people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that we remain to be silent on, in a system designed to break them.”
Genesis Owusu — “LIFE KEEPS GOING”
Genesis Owusu returns with “LIFE KEEPS GOING”, another taste of his upcoming album REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE, out Friday, May 15th via OURNESS.
