Perfect timing. No sooner do we catch and fall head over heels for the talents of Melbourne’s Olympia, her debut album Self Talk is announced and the new single ‘Smoke Signals’ is here to satisfy our cravings for this mighty artist.
Smoke Signals is about someone’s internal and unseen chaos, inspired in part by Japanese reality TV show Sweepstakes Life. A contestant (Nasabi) was locked naked in an apartment stocked only with Sweepstakes magazines. Millions tuned in daily to watch his declining mental state and increasingly emaciated frame.
Recorded with Burke Reid (Courtney Barnett, Jack Ladder, the Drones, DZ Deathrays, Sarah Blasko), it’s an album of brilliant metaphors, filmic soundscapes and a weight that belies its writer’s feather-light voice.
The album is definitely a collaboration between Burke and myself. There were conscious sonic choices and considered influences but it was mostly influenced by the process of making it: the people involved, the instruments and equipment we used. It reflects the almost collaged way the songs were written. I like the symmetry in that.
OLYMPIA
SELF TALK TOUR
THU 26 MAY – NEWTOWN SOCIAL CLUB, SYDNEY
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FRI 03 JUN – BLACK BEAR LODGE, BRISBANE
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SAT 04 JUN – SOL BAR, MAROOCHYDORE
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SAT 11 JUN – PRODUCERS BAR, ADELAIDE
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SAT 18 JUN – NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, MELBOURNE
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FRI 24 JUN – AMPLIFIER BAR, PERTH
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SAT 25 JUN – ODD FELLOW, FREMANTLE
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