Off the back of playing his first ever shows supporting MAY-A and Flowerkid across the country, South Coast bedroom producer ioakim releases his new single ‘mess’ out now via Arcadia Records and Sony Music Entertainment Australia. The infectious track was self-produced by ioakim, with sleek finishing touches by Malcolm Besley (North East Party House). Today marks an extra special one for the artist as ioakim announces a debut EP titled feel something or nothing at all set for release on Friday September 16, pre-save here.

“I produced ‘mess’ in 2019 in my bedroom. This one is really special to me as it’s given me belief, healed me, and led to a lot of opportunities. Before ‘mess’ I was still figuring out how I wanted ‘ioakim’ to sound, however the moment this song was finished it all became clear. It subconsciously mixed elements of everything I love with hints of Phoenix, Empire of the Sun, The Strokes.” says ioakim of the track’s origins.

He adds:“‘mess’ is very literal in its meaning. It explores the confusion about the ending of a relationship that doesn’t make any sense to end on paper, but you know it’s just not right. The doubt between yourself and your emotions create a muddled and unbalanced situation that becomes emotionally unbreathable. The chorus lyric “lovely little mess” describes the bittersweet feelings of this kind of breakup.”

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ioakim – ‘mess’
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The track is accompanied by a colourful and literally ‘messy’ official music video which was shot on digital and VHS and then run through analogue visual synths. It was directed by Sydney visual arts creatives Passive Kneeling. Of the clip ioakim shares: “Instantly I was a huge fan of Tom’s (@passive.kneeling) work and could tell he would nail the vision. And that he did. I love the confused, glitched out state of confusion, overall chaos, and undeniably uncomfortable scenes that we created. Can’t say I enjoyed the last scene as much but I guess you’ll have to watch it to find out why.”