Sydney’s
VETTY VIALS
celebrates the release of
much anticipated debut album
CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF
+ VETTY’s
track by track review
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Praise for VETTY VIALS
“Hi-octane energy with plenty of heart and guts. Good combo all round, Vetty Vials!” – Triple J, Declan Byrne
“A dynamic blend of garage rock and nostalgic indie tones that at times recalls the punky shimmers of femme 90s alt rock with a glossy garage backdrop, and ultimately signals a confident step into some renewed sonic waters.” – The Soundcheck
“Slick and shiny, so smooth it’s like it’s running on rails. This is the sound of rock hair flailing, of hands raising, and of singing along into your hairbrush to the glorious chorus. Hackles, raised.” – The Underground Stage
“There is a raw and captivating presence in Vetty Vials which is hard to ignore.” – Happy Magazine
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Off the back of unleashing the evocative ‘Pride’ single earlier this year, Sydney songwriter Vetty Vials returns to continue the story, with the release of her debut studio record, Conversations With Myself. A record a long time in the making, Conversations With Myself captures the heart and essence of Vetty Vials and her band as they explore a strengthening band dynamic. For the songwriter herself, this album is a culmination of lessons learned and observations gained through navigating those crucial years of early adulthood.
Written over the last three years, Conversations With Myself shines with honesty and candid execution. Perspectives and standpoints change creatively and personally over time, and what Vetty Vials does with this album is wear her maturation and creative development on her sleeve. “
I was lucky enough to co-write some of the songs on this record with Tim Maxwell from Loser; that really changed the writing process for me as it gave me a fresh perspective on changing some of my old habits and getting a new sound.” Vetty Vials
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‘Pride’ proved an early example of the direction Conversations With Myself was to head in. Continuing to thread strong indie rock influences with pop-punk tenacity (‘Too Much To Ask’, ‘Nowhere Feels Like Home’), the record bursts with a very natural energy.
Fans of Vetty Vials first became aware of this young songwriter’s talent back with her debut EP I am okay, I promise in 2017 – this album is a fitting graduation. Across the course of eight tracks, Vetty Vials’ unique voice flourishes (‘Say’, ‘Tired’).
“The line ‘Conversations with myself’ in the lead single ‘Tired’ stuck with me and became the inspiration for the record as a whole, because that’s essentially what songwriting is to me. Another way to get your feelings out when you feel no one will listen.” Vetty Vials
The release of Conversations With Myself this February will also see Vetty Vials on tour, performing the record in venues along the east coast and South Australia. Having already built an impressive reputation supporting the likes of Press Club, The Bennies and The Lazy Susans in previous years, Vetty Vials has truly come into her own. Catch her headlining at a venue near you soon!
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VETTY VIALS
TOUR DATES
Thursday, February 6th
Blind Bear Cronulla
Acoustic Show
FREE ENTRY
Friday, February 7th
Botany View Hotel Sydney
with Jack R. Reilly, Raised As Wolves
FREE ENTRY
Saturday, February 8th
Exeter Hotel Adelaide
With Seabass, Down and Out
FREE ENTRY
Saturday, February 15th
Transit Bar Canberra
With Paint Store, Cathy Diver, Hope Wilkins
Tickets
Friday, February 21st
Old Bar Melbourne
With Pocket Money, Apprehensive, Quinton Trembath
$10 Door
Saturday, February 22nd
Tramway Melbourne
Acoustic Show
with Gavin Styles
FREE ENTRY
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Conversations With Myself is released Friday, February 14th.
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“CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF”
TRACK BY TRACK
1. Face It
Coming out of a three-year relationship I felt quite lost for a really long time, there was a lot of walking on egg shells to try and keep friendships that I wanted in my life and it felt like I couldn’t be really honest about how I was feeling. That’s where the lyrical inspiration for this song came from. “Face it now, you’re done, losing, losing all that you care about”
This song started with me just having the opening riff and first verse before taking it to the producer Tim Maxwell (Loser) in Melbourne where we nutted out the rest of the song in a day.
2. Say
Say was written after one of the most awkward completely silent car rides of my life. The lyrics came from the anger of wanting a person to just say what’s on the tip of their tongue and be transparent rather than being cold and abrupt. It’s one of those songs that was really effortless to write, majority of it was finished within an hour.
3. Pride
This was the last song written for the record by my producer Daniel Antix and I. We started with a vague idea of a chord progression that we worked through and then I took it away to write the melody and lyrics. Lyrically, the inspiration came from my fascination with people’s relationship with their Pride. Being someone who is generally not great at having a filter the song analyses my own battle with navigating my pride and the cost of keeping it.
4. Tired
I wrote “Tired” whilst trying to keep a friendship with an ex once they found someone new, it brought up a whole new set of emotions pulls you back to square one in a lot of ways.
The line “conversations with myself” stuck with me and became the inspiration for the record as a whole – because that’s essentially what song writing is to me, another way to get your feelings out when you feel no one will listen.
5. Too Much To Ask
The concept for Too Much to Ask came from my battle with the fact that everything in life has an expiry. It was written at a time where I was struggling with the fleeting moments I was sharing with people around me.
This song saw a few revolutions over the past few years, we originally nutted it out as a band, and then a year later made some melody and format changes with Tim Maxwell, but it wasn’t till we were in the studio layering the guitars that I think it really found its sound.
6. Dust
This was one of the last songs we wrote in the leadup to recording and it ended up being one of my favourites. My guitarist Matt O’Keefe wrote the music which gave it a whole different feel than starting out on my acoustic.
Lyrically it’s about feeling complacent about life and where I was at the time. “will I spend all my life, standing on this ground” “I look down, everything I own covered in dust”
7. Nowhere Feels Like Home
Nowhere feels like home is a product of listening to a lot of Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker over the past few years, I love the way they can make dark topics into such beautiful pieces of music. I was in a bit of a writing rut, and my producer Daniel Antix sent me a text saying I needed to get my heart broken again, which is where the first line “I don’t need you, to break my heart, I already did it, pulled myself apart” stemmed from.
8. Better Than This
Lyrically this song is about fighting for something and then coming to the realisation that you are the only one fighting anymore. I took the chorus to the band as I was really stuck on where the song needed to go, The structure and rhythm of the song ended up being so unique to anything we had done before as I gave the rhythm section full reign on where they wanted to take it.
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AMNPLIFY – DB
My nickname is “The Amnplifier”. Why? Because around here my focus is on being a conduit for providing greater outcomes that people come here for. My day to day “work” is living in the moment, and I love helping others concentrate on finding their connection to themselves through their experiences.
Why start a music environment? The truth is I love music, I love writing, and I love life. I work with musicians every day, and I feel certain that I will be until they put me in the ground. I have been managing people in businesses of some sort for over thirty five years so along the way I have developed some “wisdom” from my regular and constant “observations”.
Amnplify your experience. That is what we want you to do here, and if you want to let me know why you do, or don’t, shoot me a message on Facebook.
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