Radio Free Alice are a Melbourne indie rock band with a sound that can make you feel instantly nostalgic. Depending on when you had your formative experiences, they might remind you of '00s blog-rock, '80s college rock, or any combination of those things. Their full-length debut What's In Between comes out later this month, and we've already posted singles like "Rule 31" and "Kick In The Shins." They've got another new song out today, and it's got a special guest.
Big Ideas' latest is a sweeping jangle called "Big Ideas," and it's got absolutely lovely counterpoint vocals from Rachel Brown, the half of Water From Your Eyes who's also Stereogum's Australian culture correspondent. Brown and Radio Free Alice leader Noah Learmonth sound really, really good together. Here's what Learmonth says about the collab:
From early on we felt that a second vocal would work well with the song, a kind of call and response. We had loved Water From Your Eyes for years, and had gone to their show when they came to Melbourne. We felt like Rachel would be perfect; they have such an interesting, distinctive voice.
"Big Ideas" first came about in a time when we felt we were in a creative lull. We were writing a lot, but nothing good. "Big Ideas" was the first song in a while we were pleased with. It was written in our storage unit in Melbourne where we rehearse. The riff came first, and then the bassline.
Director Owen Schatz shot the "Big Ideas" video last week, as the band went to LA to play a surprise pop-up show. Check it out below.
In other news, Rachel Brown was recently named one of New York's most eligible singles.
What's In Between is out 10/30 on Atlantic.
