Artist News

Words: Matt Innes

They say to ‘write what you know’, and Cameron Wilson of Gold Coast band The Daisycutters knows a thing or two about heartache.

“Stephen King has horror, James Ellroy has crime in LA - I have melancholic love songs and I’m never going to change,” Cameron says.

“Melancholic love songs are what I’ve always done. It’s like a true crime writer or a fantasy writer - it’s just what I do, it’s my default.”

It’s a fair indication of what Cameron and The Daisycutters are working on with their next record, what is expected to be a five-track EP that will be released via MADCAP Global Music.

Get ready to dance. Where previous instalments of ‘Evolutionary Vibes’ have delivered chilled-out atmospheric excursions, volume six ‘The TENacious Years’ comes packing with a funky trunkful of instant party-starters.

The ‘Evolutionary Vibes’ series has consistently set a unique standard in Australian electronica, and the fifth instalment raises that bar to new heights. A premier selection of artists inhabits the playlist, running the gamut of electronic music in its various incarnations – breakbeat, house, electro and hip hop taking focus this time around.

Lock and load for the next instalment in the sprawling discography of Gold Coast indie rockers The Daisycutters, ‘Come Sweet Bullets’. This album continues in the same fast rock vein established on previous record ‘Awake Among The Sleepers’, setting the pace with opening track ‘Your Place Or Mine’ and continuing into ‘I Don’t Want To Be Who You Are’.

The Daisycutters like you’ve never heard them before. Kicking in hard with opening track and lead single ‘We Deserve Better’, The Daisycutters crank up the distortion on ‘Awake Among The Sleepers’ and put their rock chops on show.