New Music: Melbourne

            

Howling Bells return with another sublime slice of melancholic dream pop from the trio’s Strange Life album, "Melbourne" has a soothing and reassuring ambience to it for all that, one that is embroidered with sadness but possesses an innately beautiful essence to it, thanks to the prose that is brought to life by vocalist and guitarist Juanita Stein. I'm listening to The Triffids and The Go-Betweens a lot right now; it's very January mood music for living in the UK, and Strange Life is likely to join them in as a soundtrack to my emotional hibernation period. Stein explains about the events that led to the song's creation, "Melbourne" is a song about deep yearning and ultimately grief. It explores a unique inner conflict many of us feel when we leave our homes and families to start anew somewhere else. This aching can be especially intense when we’re faced with something traumatic and all we want is the safety and warm embrace of the familiar." The video has been shot by Safiyya Lea and starring - Tilly Woodward.