Naarm/Melbourne’s Radio Free Alice kickstart their 2025 with ‘Empty Words’ ahead of performances at SXSW Austin and a long stint based in the UK over summer 2025. ‘Empty Words’ was written and recorded during some downtime between shows while Radio Free Alice were in London last year, and the first cut taken from a yet to-be-announced body of work due out in 2025. The new single folds synths and the occasional saxophone into Radio Free Alice’s New Wave swagger. The band share:
“’Empty Words’ came out of a jam like most of our songs do. It was in some downtime between shows while we were in the UK last year. Lyrically it’s about the feeling of social stagnation that I think a lot of young people in our generation feel.”
The new track coincides with Radio Free Alice’s debut US shows this month at SXSW Austin, a performance accompanying a runway show at Melbourne Fashion Festival and a stop at this year’s Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Georgia this September alongside Lucy Dacus, IDLES, Pixies and more – with plenty of European dates yet to be announced.
Formed in Gadigal Land/Sydney in 2020 before making the move to Naarm/Melbourne, Radio Free Alice – Noah Learmonth (he/him; vocals, guitar), Jules Paradiso (he/him; guitar), Michael Phillips (he/him; bass, saxophone), and Lochie Dowd (he/him; drums) are already making their mark, now including their debut in the US this month at SXSW Austin with more dates on both sides of the Atlantic to be announced this year.
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