SYDNEY INDIE POP ARTIST ASTRALS RELEASES NEW DREAMY SINGLE ‘INFINITY ROOM’.
Sydney songwriter and performer Astrals (Claire Simpson), creates soundscapes that twist and swirl. Today she delivers an indie pop tune ‘Infinity Room’ that fuses 90’s inspired guitars with her dreamy vocals, and lyrics that ruminate on her future and the idea of success by a certain age.
Speaking to the inspiration behind ‘Infinity Room’, Astrals says, “I’ve spent much of my time worrying about time. Wanting to have and be certain things by certain ages. Success and time always seemed to be inextricably linked in this way, with time wasted resulting in success being pushed further away. A future without any guarantee of success cultivates unease and uncertainty.”
Astrals enlisted an all girl posse “it was nice to pretend my 16 year old self’s dream of an all girl band came true for a bit”, to record ‘Infinity Room’. The track was recorded at Free energy device studios in Camperdown Sydney, mixing by Julia Goyen (Angus & Julia Stone) and mastered by Tahlia Rose Coleman.
‘Infinity Room’ is perfectly complemented by a charming DIY video, “This is the first music video I made myself. I was at my parents house on the mid north coast - the weekend all the floods were going down. I had to make a music video that weekend, and because of the hectic weather I had to make it indoors. So I got some stock footage and stood in front of the projector basically. I used a lot of space imagery as a visual reference to the largeness of life.”
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Developing her sound over the last three years has given Astrals the chance to solidify her sonic identity as one that is fresh and contemporary and ‘Infinity Room’ is the follow up to her singles ‘Daylight Drip’ and ‘Disappearing’, which she released in 2020 - an unpredictable year for all musicians who put their touring plans on hold.
“So basically ‘Infinity Room’ is about dealing with and calming down about time. There’s also a Walt Whitman lyric reference in the opening line of the song that I was happy to squeeze in: Be someone large - referring to ‘I am large, I contain multitudes’.”
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