Creativity is at an all-time high in the suburbs of Brisbane, as the traditional post-Hottest 100 explosion of indie bands is tearing through the garages and SoundCloud accounts of the river city this week.
Approximately 722 new bands will be formed this week, with hope in their hearts, guitars in their hands, and hastily-penned lyrics that look to balance a laidback, summery vibe with Edgar Allan Poe levels of pessimism regarding their relationships.
Such lyrics may include ‘I buy a drink and I buy you one too. You drink your drink and you drink mine too,’ or the endlessly poetic ‘My champagne dreams are your vodka nightmares.’
With Ocean Alley’s success at securing the Number One position, there has also been a fundamental move toward indie bands featuring a surfy, jam-band vibe. One such band, one of the 722 united by their use of the phrase ‘Yeah, I could probably do that’ when listening to the Hottest 100, have called themselves ‘Pacific Grin,’ although they also like to call themselves the cheeky nickname of ‘Specific Gin.’
Bazinga!
The members of Pacific Grin, after a Sunday Hottest 100 party at their mate’s house in Auchenflower, all rendezvoused next to the pool, brains flowing with creative energy, blood flowing with pretty disgusting amounts of pretty disgusting alcohol.
The pretty disgusting alcohol in question was their mate’s hastily-prepared goon punch, which coincidentally has inspired their first single, ‘Jack’s Goon Punch,’ which will be a danceable indie rock number that nevertheless addresses the enduring loneliness of being a 21-year-old adrift in this society.
Sound familiar? We’ve never come across this before, so we were pretty excited to interview Nick Lemon, the long-haired, mustachioed bassist regarding Pacific Grin’s plans.
‘Yeah, just writing, and working hard in the garage. We can’t play too much because my sister upstairs gets pretty pissed when I crank up the bass. So plenty of tinnies and ideas flowing mostly! Haha. We’ll be sweet.’
Wow. Let’s ride with these fine young men and one woman (because according Nick, ‘chick drummers are hot’) all the way to the top!*
*No more to come, as one day after our interview, Nick got bored and the band broke up.