Folk Bitch Trio — the Melbourne/Naarm-based band of Gracie Sinclair (she/her), Jeanie Pilkington (she/her) and Heide Peverelle (they/them) — release the new single/video, ‘Moth Song,’ from their debut album, Now Would Be A Good Time, out July 25th via Jagjaguwar. On the heels of ‘Cathode Ray,’ hailed by Rolling Stone as a “gem [that] expertly showcases their heavenly harmonies,” ‘Moth Song’ is about unrequited love.
In Sinclair’s words, the song is about “being so spun out by everything that you feel like you’re delusional and hallucinating crazy things.” They sing, “I see twin birds when I think of you most times / And opals fill my eyes, I guess / I wanted more from / What I saw.” The song forms the album’s sparse centerpiece, with Anita Clark’s undulating violin part drifting in and out of focus as if from a dream. The accompanying visualizer was edited by the band from a behind the scenes video from the recording of the album.
Now Would Be A Good Time tells vivid, visceral stories. Folk Bitch Trio’s music sounds familiar, built on a foundation of the music they’ve loved throughout their lives–gnarled Americana, classic rock, piquant, and clear-eyed balladry. Yet the songs are modern and youthful, with the trio singing acutely through dissociative daydreams, galling breakups, sexual fantasies and media overload— all the petty resentments and minor humiliations of being in your early twenties in the 2020s.
The songs on Now Would Be A Good Time were workshopped on tour and written specifically with their shared connection in mind. Recording in Auckland with Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, Marlon Williams) during winter 2024, the band built out these songs with minimalist, idiosyncratic arrangements, and, with voices and guitar taking center stage, recorded to tape as the final missing thread in bringing the album to life.
The strongest link between the trio, aside from friendship, is music. “We all talked about loving music when we were growing up, and knowing we wanted music to be a big part of our lives,” says Pilkington. “But for me at least, when I looked into the future, it was this relatively mysterious thing.” Joining forces as a group demystified that future. That feeling—of music as an innate calling, as opposed to hobby or folly—was justified. Folk Bitch Trio have already toured across Australia, Europe and the US, supporting bands as disparate as King Gizzard, Alex G and Julia Jacklin. They’ve signed with Jagjaguwar, a home for singular icons and iconoclasts, and found their first fans with their dazzling harmonies and acerbic lyricism that transcend genre expectations and audience lines.
Praise for Folk Bitch Trio
“[Folk Bitch Trio is] the latest treasure in a long ancestry of folk ministers.”– Paste
“‘Cathode Ray’ [is] a lovely cascade of harmonies and twinkly guitar sounds […] this is indie pop, more or less, but with lush Crosby, Stills, & Nash-esque vocals lifting everything up.” – Stereogum
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