5. April 2019 By Walter Price 0

Struggle Is Real WKND SPIN: GORDON HOLLAND – “Melbourne Bitter” (single)

Gordon Holland – “Melbourne Bitter” is available @ SoundCloud.

Setting out on your own, chasing a dream is often daunting, disconcerting and more often than not, can bring you to your knees. Australian singer-songwriter Gordon Holland (The Naysayers) has a scintillating new single, “Melbourne Bitter”, which is a personal and bittersweet ode to the plight of a struggling musician. Holland, pulling textures from various genres to build a layered, yet stripped-down sound. Thoughts of Jangle, Southern Cali psych-pop, and 80s era Austin alt-country. Easier to understand, imagine if Robert Earl Keen were to become the co-vocalist of The Blank Tapes. Only if…

In a short backstory for the track (via SoundCloud), “Melbourne Bitter…Recorded in L.A. with Luke Tierney (Silver Jet, Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants) mastered by Tom Beard (Deluxe Mastering) and with lead played on a guitar owned by Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters) ‘Melbourne Bitter’ is a country-tinged song about self-confidence, disappointment and living away from family.”

And for Naysayers fans, Holland assured me, “We’re going well and have been hunkering down writing some new material after a bit of a break so that’ll be out down the track.”

Check out the fresh new track below, add it to your weekend spin playlist, and keep up the good fight.