Melbourne’s cheeky rock rascals, The Pretty Littles have slipped a sneaky single past the keeper this week, releasing the follow up to their much-loved slow burn anthem, ‘Pride’. ‘Sleeping In Water’ is the 2nd single to be taken off the band’s forthcoming album and precedes a run of headlining tour dates this November.
Premiering on triple j’s Home and Hosed last night, ‘Sleeping In Water’ is another signature Pretty Littles gem, heartfelt and deeply unpretentious, it’s a brutally honest love song guised in lo-fi garage grunge.
The Littles, usually inclined to drip feed music and hit the road on a whim, record on occasion and tour sporadically, have been uncharacteristically regimented in 2016. The release of ‘Pride’ and it’s instantaneous uptake by FBI, 2SER, 4zzz and triple j precursored a partnership with 123 Agency and a tour with beloved rockers Delta Riggs this winter.
The Littles even found themselves in the thick of political controversy in June when their track ‘Sam’s Mob’ perfectly articulated what a large slab of the football world felt following Eddy McGuire’s distasteful comments about footy journalist Caroline Wilson.
LP Soft Rock For The Anxious will be the band’s third album, and the culmination of many months of intermittent writing and recording. Showcasing signature Pretty Littles lighthearted larrikinism, the album is not without it’s thoughtful moments though they are rarely acknowledged live on stage where the band are too busy geeing up a giddy audience to be particularly stern.
Audiences Australia-over will be privy to such a show later this year as the band take in Ballarat to Manly, Byron Bay and more on what is more than likely to be a debaucherous run of dates.
THE PRETTY LITTLES
SOFT ROCK FOR THE ANXIOUS ALBUM TOUR
Saturday 22nd October – Kennedys Creek Music Festival, VIC
Friday 28th October – Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC
Saturday 29th October – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 3rd November – Rad Bar, Wollongong, NSW
Friday 4th November – Moonshine, Manly, NSW
Saturday 5th November – Brighton Up Bar, Sydney, NSW
Friday 11th November – Cats @ Rocket Bar, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 12th November – The Loft, Warrnambool, VIC
Friday 18th November – The Northern, Byron Bay, NSW
Saturday 19th November – The Bearded Lady, Brisbane, QLD