Foley have released their third single of the year, “Time of My Life.”
Now based in Sydney, the Aotearoa pop duo of Gabe Everett and Ash Wallace recorded the song in Auckland before moving to their new home base. They worked with a collection of impressive creatives, including Hamish Patrick (Gretta Ray, Blusher) and Sam Moses (Emili Sandé) on mixing and mastering.
“We are so confident now in what Foley’s sound is after releasing our first album… ‘Time of My Life’ is a pivotal part of that because it’s so joyous, so unapologetic, and so genuinely aspirational,” Foley share. “The song starts from a place of wanting more for yourself than the mundane day to day life you are living. It’s truly born from ambition and dreaming of a ferociously chaotic and AWAKE life.
Wanting to really lean into the feeling of craving excitement, Foley went big with their lyrics: “At the end of the night, I kind of feel like I’m dying” is just a taster of the theatrical and excitable songwriting on show in “Time of My Life.”
“The song is a craving for new memories, new stories, and letting yourself be free to make mistakes and learn from them,” Everett and Wallace add. “The production is just as chaotic and loose as the song’s meaning which was such a pleasure to work on. Josh Naley, our wonderful producer, absolutely let it rip and made the song such a joy to listen to and play because it feels so free.”
“Time of My Life” follows previous single “Low and High,” which followed Foley’s debut album, Crowd Pleaser, which we highly praised in a four-star review.
“Aotearoa’s current Y2K-era pop movement is being kicked into overdrive thanks to Foley,” our review read. “The duo turn things up a notch following 2021’s Vacation EP with this debut effort.
“Foley show off their production chops with a synth-driven pop-sugar rush. Standout tracks ‘Killing Me Babe’ and ‘What Got Into You’ — which sounds like a cross between Betty Who, Dagny and vintage Pixie Lott — explore the complications of human connection. Sharp, analytical, and deeply confessional, Crowd Pleaser reminds you of the kind of trouble you welcome with open arms.”
Crowd Pleaser also made it to #16 on our Best New Zealand Albums of 2023 countdown.
“Crowd pleaser by name, crowd pleaser by nature,” we praised. “Popular Auckland duo Foley brought Y2K-era pop to the 2020s on their highly anticipated debut album, which combines sugar-rush production with deeply confessional songwriting. There’s a reason Ash Wallace and Gabriel Everett’s fun-to-the-fore anthems went down a storm at this year’s BIGSOUND.”
Foley’s “Time of My Life” is out now.
