Dear Seattle | "Feel The Weight"

This week we are crushing on ​​​​Australian Indie Rock favourites Dear Seattle, and their latest single “Feel The Weight,” a track revealed to fans via a special performance on their Youtube channel. This concept was also inspired by bands of the ’60s and ’70s who performed their music live instead of the traditional music video. Alongside the single release, the band announced details of their highly anticipated second album Someday, out June 17 via Domestic La La. 

“Feel The Weight” is a middle finger to Dear Seattle's collective tendency for self-sabotage, something each of the band – completed by Brae Fisher, guitarist Lachlan Simpson, bassist Jeremy Baker and drummer Josh McKay – have grappled with. Punchy and memorable, “Feel The Weight” embodies the roller coaster-like journey each individual has endured in recognising their tendencies to internalise pressures, criticisms and negative thoughts before actively choosing to flush them out. In their words: "This song is a reminder that we can always use a brain cleanse. You can see a lot of joy in this world, and it’s much easier to see when you clean the lens you’re looking through."

On top of the track’s dense lyrical themes, the music on Someday is just as uplifting and anthemic as ever. Dear Seattle have a knack for taking something personal and bringing it to the masses, and fans of previous releases will feel right at home amid the festival-ready and heart-on-your-sleeve sing-alongs stacked throughout this record.

Someday, matched by the bittersweet sentiment behind its title and lyrics, as Brae shares: “It's aspirational and has this feeling of hope for being better someday,” he says of the album name. “But at the same time, it shines a light on how myself and the band have often caught ourselves living too much in the future “someday” and not enough in the present.”

He adds: “The process of wading through your own struggles and crap is also bittersweet because you need to go through some really heavy stuff, but when you push through that you come out more aware, responsible and accountable for your habits and tendencies and ultimately feeling lighter and better on the other side.”

We are absolutely loving the new track and we can’t wait for their album Someday, out June 17 via Domestic La La.