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THE INDIGOS RELEASE ENCHANTING SLOW FOLK TUNE ‘BY YOUR SIDE’

“2020 taught The Indigos to accept the beauty of being alone.”

‘By Your Side’ is Melbourne indie duo The Indigos’ debut independent release.

This enchantingly personal bedroom recording is steeped in rich guitar tones

and entrancing vocals.

‘By Your Side’ is The Indigos’ cathartic rumination on the themes of longing,

belonging and loneliness that have been central to 2020. Set to release on the

1st of December 2020 it is their self-produced debut single, meticulously

produced over months of bedroom recording sessions throughout Melbourne’s

lockdowns, where the duo were unable to play music together but found solace

in creating ‘By Your Side’. The single brings the listener a deep sense of

connectedness, expressing the sense of yearning we have all shared throughout

2020.


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The lavish, plush melodies that reverberate through ‘By Your Side’ are

delivered with a bold sense of fragility straight from the heart of frontman

Kieran Rule. A listen to this introspective single takes exactly as long as it

takes to sit back with a cup of tea and think about all the reasons you love

the ones you’re missing the most.

Inspired by the lyricism and guitar driven sounds of Australian artists like

Angie McMahon, Julia Jacklin, and Gang of Youths, The Indigos are Melbourne’s

most tender songwriters. Their sound revolves heavily around lush production

and intensely vulnerable lyrics. Formed in 2020 by like-minded collaborators,

the duo consists of frontman Kieran Rule and guitarist Arthur Xafis who met

while studying Jazz at Monash University and bonded over a love of the great

rock, blues, and folk songwriters of the past. They cemented their musical

partnership whilst performing in a Janis Joplin tribute show, which won an

award at The Adelaide Fringe Festival. The two collaborated as a duo for the

first time during Melbourne’s 112 day lockdown, writing, recording and

producing ‘By Your Side’ from separate sides of the isolated city. These

two-of-a-kind musicians are putting a modern twist on the great songwriters of

the past.


Label: Independent

Written: Kieran Rule & Arthur Xafis

Mixed: Will Klep

Mastered: Adam Dempsey

Artwork and photography: Sarah O’Brien & Margaret Rule

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