DAMIEN BINDER RELEASES NEW SINGLE 'BRIGHT SIDE'
Perth-based New Zealand singer-songwriter Damien Binder releases his new single 'Bright Side', the title-track from his forthcoming and much anticipated new album, due out April 21st.
'‘Bright Side', the fifth single released from Damien's forthcoming fifth solo album, is a rhythmically rich song, with effervescent, chiming and jangly guitars.
This and precious singles 'Here It is', 'Everything But', 'Don't Know What' and 'Back To Me' introduced and showcased a new collaborative relationship with producer Matt Gio (Katy Steele, Birds of Tokyo, Abbe May, Rudimental).
'‘Bright Side' is the title track off the forthcoming album and kicks off with a wide open road feel - big driving bass & drums with some bell-like guitars," says Damien.
"Thematically it runs through rage, resentment and imagines someone trying to maintain tranquility, who's putting on a brave face while privately just barely holding it together - You know, living in the modern world and all that!"
"It's kind of a different approach from me in some ways in that I'm inhabiting a couple of different characters' viewpoints in the song and I love a good minor to major shift too!" Damien says, referring to the contrast of verse's dark inner monologue to the stoic resignation of the chorus.
'‘Bright Side' is out now via Bandcamp and all good streaming services.