POPPONGENE 'FUTURES UNSURE' REMIX EP OUT DIGITALLY TODAY

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Today Poppongene, the alias of Melbourne multidisciplinary artist Sophie Treloar shares the remix EP of her debut EP 'Futures Unsure' digitally via Our Golden Friend. 
 

STREAM/DOWNLOAD/PURCHASE FUTURES UNSURE REMIX EP HERE


The EP was premiered this week on Purple Sneakers who had this to say about the Remix EP "Each rework has so much love and care attached to it, respecting the fragility of its original song and honing in on whatever it is that drew the artist in in the first place. A similarly blissful body of work compared to that of Poppongene‘s EP, this remix EP is something seriously special."


After Poppongene released her debut EP 'Futures Unsure' earlier this year to critical acclaim and extensive community radio play, Poppongene sent the call out to friends and collaborators to give the tracks from Futures Unsure their own spin and rejig. This resulted in a swirling collection of eclectic versions of the tracks from the EP.

Sophie from the band on the Futures Unsure Remix EP:

"It’s so refreshing to hear the songs from Futures Unsure reimagined by all of these talented sweethearts. They’re all so unique and I can hear pieces of each artist in all of them. It was a really fun collaboration project to complete while in isolation and made me feel more connected to my friends and my community."

Poppongene has already shared two tracks from the Futures Unsure Remix EP - 'I Can't Be What You Need' from friend and collaborator Sunbeam Sound Machine HERE and the second remix, 'Already Gone' from upcoming producer and musician Market HERE. Both of these tracks were released with accompanying visuals shot by Sophie of the band and Lee Hannah of Market on Mini DV, providing some well needed sunny respite for the current climate. 

The collection of musicians featured on the EP are Sunbeam Sound Machine, Dianas, Snowy Band, Market, Bonnie Knight & Good Morning.

The remix EP is out now digitally via Our Golden Friend.

Watch Poppongene's Already Gone (Market remix) HERE

Poppongene's recently released EP, Futures Unsure, marks a distinct step forward in the artistic development of Poppongene, the alias of Melbourne multidisciplinary artist Sophie Treloar. The eight track EP was created in collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Tim Harvey (Jade Imagine, Gena Rose Bruce, Lisa Mitchell, Emma Louise).  With Futures Unsure, Poppongene closes a difficult but rewarding chapter in her personal life whilst discovering a newer, queerer self.  As a heartfelt document from this time, the listener is beckoned to walk alongside her on her blooming musical journey. Futures Unsure is out now on all streaming services, and can be purchased on limited edition cassette. 

Stream/ puchase/ download Futures Unsure here
 

Originally from Byron Bay, Treloar is now based in Melbourne, and plays as Poppongene both solo and with a five-piece band, with Skube Burnell, Gemma Helms, Justin Kuchel, and  Deanna Ramsey.

Poppongene has played significant shows, supporting Lucy Dacus (US), Weyes Blood (US), and Slow Dancer, and also showcased at industry music conference BigSound in 2019. Poppongene’s music is drenched in the sun’s rays but still isn’t afraid to embrace all seasons. With this project, Treloar masters a glistening sound all her own - poppy and phosphorescent, furnished with catharsis. Poppongene makes music for moods, ebbing and flowing down the river of figuring it all out.

POPPONGENE SHARES I CAN'T BE WHAT YOU NEED SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE REMIX + ANNOUNCES 'FUTURES UNSURE' REMIX EP

 
 

Today Melbourne based artist Poppongene is excited to share a remix of I Can't Be What You Need a track that features on her recently released debut EP Futures Unsure. I Can't Be What You Need was remixed by long time friend and musical collaborator Sunbeam Sound Machine and is the first remix to be released from the forthcoming Futures Unsure Remix EP out digitally on Friday 4th of September via Our Golden Friend.
 

Stream/ Watch/ Download 'I Can't Be What You Need (Sunbeam Sound Machine remix)'


The remix was premiered yesterday on Pilerats with a glistening, sun drenched video created by Sophie Treloar and Lee Hannah and edited by Lee Hannah. The video was shot on the land of the Kaurna people. With picturesque moments caught on Mini DV and featuring glorious scenes of a breezier time, the video is a welcome respite from the current climate of life.

Of the remix, Poppongene says:

"Nick asked me if he could do a remix of I Can’t Be What You Need after the first time hearing Pops play it live. And after playing in Sunbeam with Nick for the past seven years, I was quite interested to see what he’d make my music into! The result is a fun/absurd Poppongene X Moby X Sunbeam X Janet sandwich. And I love it. Eat it up!

Sunbeam Sound Machine had this to say about working on the remix:

'I wanted to make this remix from the first time I heard Poppongene play the song live. That hook got stuck in my head but the song wasn’t recorded yet so I couldn’t listen to it. Instead the hook kept repeating and I made up some other stuff to go around it. Once it was recorded Soph was kind enough to indulge me and let me have a tinker with her lovely song. It was inspired by some ambient stuff from the ‘90s I’d been listening to, as well as Janet Jackson’s 2001 smash hit ‘All For You.’

The remix is the first taste of the Futures Unsure Remix EP. Poppongene sent the call out to friends and collaborators to give the tracks from Futures Unsure their own spin and rejig. Artists featured on the remix EP are Sunbeam Sound Machine, Dianas, Snowy Band, Market, Bonnie Knight & Good Morning.

The remix EP will be released digitally via Our Golden Friend on Friday the 4th of September 2020.

POPPONGENE DEBUT EP 'FUTURES UNSURE' OUT NOW!

 
Photo by Zoe Eley

Photo by Zoe Eley

Today Poppongene shares her long awaited debut EP Futures Unsure on cassette and digitally via Our Golden Friend, which premiered yesterday at The Music. With this body of work Poppongene closes a difficult but rewarding chapter in her personal life whilst discovering a newer, queerer self.  As a heartfelt document from this time, the listener is beckoned to walk alongside her on her blooming musical journey. 


STREAM/DOWNLOAD/PURCHASE FUTURES UNSURE HERE
 

Futures Unsure was recorded with producer Tim Harvey (Jade Imagine, Gena Rose Bruce, Lisa Mitchell) throughout 2019 predominantly at Sound Park studio and Electric Dreams studio in Melbourne. The EP highlights Treloar as principle songwriter, vocalist and guitarist and welcomes collaborators Gemma Helms (bass), Deanna Rumsaviche (Juno keyboard, backing vocals), Damien Meoli (drums, percussion) and Tim Harvey on backing vocals and guitar. 

Poppongene and producer Tim Harvey quickly established a nurturing, creative and uncomplicated approach to recording Futures Unsure, and the EP’s dreamy and hypnotic textures are testament to this. Wanting to engage her influences but remain entirely unique, Treloar and Harvey begun the recording process by mapping songs out with an initial mood eg. “You're laying in a hammock in your backyard eating Pavlova”. Their collaboration furnishes an entirely bespoke sound, an example of this being Tim’s masterstroke suggestion to use the charming Juno keyboard.   

Though tinged with brightness and pop, Futures Unsure ultimately captures the complexity and chaos of emerging red-eyed from a breakup. Relationship breakdowns are like a spinning coin. On one side faced with sadness, grief and frustration. But, once we spin it and ourselves, the underside shows us cathartic release and a rallying call of hope and strength that can come from heartbreak. Like a group of mates swinging to the rescue after a breakup, Treloar’s collaborators give her the support of a thoughtful, subtle wall of sound, allowing her lyrical explorations to remain experimental and honest.

From soft and inquisitive to fierce and biting, Poppongene is hip to the Gemini style of processing an event. The EP embraces musical space, allowing thoughts and ideas to breathe through the pain. The process of creating Futures Unsure allowed Poppongene to digest and explore herself and let go of cynicism and allow feelings of optimism shine through. Hearing it will do the same for you. 

 

Poppongene is multidisciplinary Melbourne artist Sophie Treloar. Poppongene makes music for moods, ebbing and flowing down the river of figuring it all out. Poppongene’s music is drenched in the sun’s rays but still isn’t afraid to embrace all seasons. With this project, Treloar masters a glistening sound all her own - poppy and phosphorescent, furnished with catharsis.  

Poppongene captures the emotional tug of war within all of us. Whilst Treloar remains an optimist, she never shies from candidly expressing the challenges of love and realities of living on spaceship earth. Her simply-wrought pop is flecked with many influences: 70s organs, twanging guitar pop, artful synths and Spector soundscapes nestle up against contemporary influences Deerhunter, Aldous Harding & Sharon Van Etten. 

Growing up in Byron Bay and handed a guitar as soon as she was tall enough to hold it, Poppongene has been musically inclined from childhood. Treloar begun her journey with band Sunbeam Sound Machine, heading out on tour and performing at CMJ in 2014 allowed Poppongene to cut her teeth in a live setting and gain the confidence to strike it out alone. Working both solo and in collaboration with a rotation of musical cast mates, Poppongene has become an outlet for Treloar to express personal and universal feels, explore new sonic textures and pave her own path.  

POPPONGENE SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE 'DON'T EVEN KNOW'

 
Image by Zoe Eley

Image by Zoe Eley

 

Today Poppongene premieres the animated video for new single Don't Even Know, via YouTube. The incredible video, by Carolyn Hawkins (School Damage, Parsnip), was created using stop motion over many hours during the isolation period.  Don't Even Know is the fourth single from long awaited debut EP Futures Unsure, ahead of its release on Friday 3rd July.  
 

Watch Don't Even Know


The video's animator Carolyn Hawkins says of the video, "Being quite a labour-intensive technique, it was the perfect all-consuming iso project... The materials I used to create my hand cut elements came from sources I already had around the house, such as coloured card, wrapping paper, and an old book entitled ‘The Earth and Its History’. [Poppongene] and I spent a bit of time brainstorming and coming up with some imagery that related to the song, centering around the tensions between nature and the city, geological shifts, and how these things can act as visual metaphors for the changing nature of relationships."

On the themes of the single Poppongene says "Don't Even Know was written in the midst of a relationship breakdown. It follows the subtle observations of change and disconnection. It's punchy and direct, both lyrically and tonally. I distinctly remember feeling particularly irked when I wrote this song, a feeling which translates suitably. It feels like a small step away from the usual dreamy nature of my music which is a refreshing change."

Taken from upcoming EP Futures Unsure, Don't Even Know  marks a distinct step forward in the artistic development of Poppongene, the alias of Melbourne multidisciplinary artist Sophie Treloar. The seven track EP was created in collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Tim Harvey (Jade Imagine, Gena Rose Bruce, Lisa Mitchell, Emma Louise).  With Futures Unsure, Poppongene closes a difficult but rewarding chapter in her personal life whilst discovering a newer, queerer self.  As a heartfelt document from this time, the listener is beckoned to walk alongside her on her blooming musical journey. Futures Unsure will be available to purchase on cassette, and can be pre-ordered now via Bandcamp HERE.

Originally from Byron Bay, Treloar is now based in Melbourne, and plays as Poppongene both solo and with a five-piece band, with Skube Burnell, Gemma Helms, Justin Kuchel, and  Deanna Ramsey.

Off the back of the success of her singles Wet Towel, Eternally Alone & Not Wrong thus far, Poppongene has played significant shows, supporting Lucy Dacus (US), Weyes Blood (US), and Slow Dancer, and also showcased at industry music conference BigSound in 2019. Poppongene’s music is drenched in the sun’s rays but still isn’t afraid to embrace all seasons. With this project, Treloar masters a glistening sound all her own - poppy and phosphorescent, furnished with catharsis. Poppongene makes music for moods, ebbing and flowing down the river of figuring it all out.

POPPONGENE SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR 'WET TOWEL'

 
Photo by Zoe Elgy

Photo by Zoe Elgy

 

Poppongene has shared the video for most recent single 'Wet Towel' via Deafen County. Directed by Roxanne Halley (Hachiku, Pillow Pro) the video was filmed by Poppongene and her housemate  and creative collaborator Roxanne at their share-house home in Northcote, Melbourne during the isolation period.

Watch 'Wet Towel' video premiere at Deafen County
 

Released at the very tail end of 2019, Wet Towel is the third single lifted from Poppongene's forthcoming debut EP 'Futures Unsure', set for release on Friday 3rd July 2020.  The seven track EP was created in collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Tim Harvey (Jade Imagine, Gena Rose Bruce, Lisa Mitchell, Emma Louise). “Wet Towel” is a pop elegy for a relationship, frustrated but ultimately accepting.

Of the song and video, Poppongene says:
"Wet Towel describes the disconnect and parallel release at the end of a relationship. It’s a punchy and sparse song about the multitude of feelings loss brings. At its core, Wet Towel snapshots the frustration of not being able to help someone you love - and the bittersweet realisation that you’re not responsible for anyone other than yourself." 

"The Wet Towel video was made in isolation, with my dear housemates, namely director Roxanne Halley. It tells a simple narrative of a woman wistfully washing, drying and folding her ex’s sheets and clothes, only to throw them straight into the trash. It’s a cheeky “fuck you” farewell veiled by the dreamy and airy atmosphere of a perfume campaign."

Of the video, director and DOP Roxie Halley says:
"Making this video in isolation meant I had to keep the concept really clean and simple. It didn’t take long to come up with a solid idea to bring the lyrics to life by focusing on getting beautiful shots that accentuate the music."

~ Listen to Wet Towel here ~

Poppongene has announced the release date of her long awaited debut EP 'Futures Unsure' for Friday 3rd July 2020. Futures Unsure will be available to purchase on cassette, and can be pre-ordered now via Bandcamp HERE. 

Poppongene is multidisciplinary Melbourne artist Sophie Treloar. Originally from Byron Bay, Treloar is now based in Melbourne, and plays as Poppongene both solo and with a five-piece band, with Skube Burnell, Gemma Helms, Justin Kuchel, and  Deanna Ramsey.

Off the back of the success of her first three singles, Poppongene has played significant shows, supporting Lucy Dacus (US), Weyes Blood (US), and Slow Dancer. Poppongene’s music is drenched in the sun’s rays but still isn’t afraid to embrace all seasons. With this project, Treloar masters a glistening sound all her own - poppy and phosphorescent, furnished with catharsis. Poppongene makes music for moods, ebbing and flowing down the river of figuring it all out. 

RVG NEW ALBUM 'FERAL' OUT NOW

Credit: Anna Cunningham

Credit: Anna Cunningham

Today RVG share their highly-anticipated sophomore album Feral unto the world. Following their beloved 2017 debut A Quality of Mercy, RVG perform the tricky alchemy of combining rock’s urgency, punk’s anarchy, and pop’s empathy to create a record that feels vital. 
 

Album available today to stream on all platforms and to own on vinyl here (LINK HERE)
 

Recorded at Head Gap studios with producer Victor Van Vugt (PJ Harvey, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Beth Orton), this is RVG’s first full-length release in three years and marks the beginning of a new era for the band. 

To Romy Vager, RVG’s lead singer and lyricist, to feel feral is to feel outside of everything. Throughout this album that feeling of isolation is incited, but it never feels hopeless: these songs channel the raw energy of despair and frustration into melodies that often feel victorious, perhaps only because they so aptly supply a soundtrack to the end of days. 
 

RVG live is Romy Vager, Reuben Bloxham, Marc Nolte and Isabele Wallace.