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Novocastrian Atlas Franklin Alexander returns with his most polished tune to date.

While the tracks on from his debut Enter Echo EP are like a door into a K-hole of psychedelic electronica, ‘Crave’ is feels like more of a rounded version what he can offer. Here, guitar hooks, a relentless beat and a darkwave-flavoured chorus combine with his signature vocoder vocals and powerful falsetto – like if Daft Punk and The Cure had a baby.

“I’ve been writing this track and my second EP for the last 12 months. I have a little DIY studio in my house, and I’ve just been tinkering away. ‘Crave’ started on my acoustic guitar one evening, the chord progression, anyways,” Atlas says. “The vocal hook was written when I was driving to work one morning. I have a million voice notes on my phone that I randomly need to record when something comes to mind. They gelled well together, and ‘Crave’ was born.”

According to Atlas, “the storyline [of the video] is open to the viewer’s interpretation”, with the artist having directed it himself, enlisting a bunch of mates to feature in the DIY visuals. Regardless of your decoding, it seems being left on the outer is a big theme both in the song and visuals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgj3yPbiNJ0

To celebrate the release of ‘Crave’ AFA will be playing shows in Sydney and Newcastle at OAF and The Cambridge. If you’re from Newy, and you missed out on tickets to the Cambo’s big closing event, we really recommend you get yourself to BandAid which will feature strictly local artists including a headline performance from Atlas. Tickets and info here.

 

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