My Giddy Aunt initially gives off notes of dreamy indie rock, but upon further consumption reveals itself to be a delicate baguette of flavoursome arrangements, tasty grooves, perfectly marinated melodies, and fresh tomato. Formed in 2021 in Melbourne, this alt-pop powerhouse serves up a delicious niche you never knew you needed, but now can't live without. The band’s debut project, the ‘All Things Come In Time’ EP, presents an eclectic and enticing sound hot off the my giddy press. With a blend of indie rock, folk, and everything in between, plus Rory’s signature whimsical lyrical style, this EP will stick with you long after listening.
By Kamil Bobin
Discovered via Musosoup
Hello My Giddy Aunt. What first got you into music?
Hello!! How’s it going?? Rory here. To answer your question, I’d say I’m lucky enough to be from a very musical family, so I was always playing and listening to music, credit goes to them! I’d also like to credit my music teachers all throughout my school experience, who were always able to answer the millions of questions I asked them.
What do you think your role is in this world?
To encode little messages into our music which when played backwards reveal secrets and hidden treasures aplenty.
Your latest track is 'Sunk'. Can you share with us the background of its creation and did any unusual things happen during its creation?
It came together very slowly and painfully, which isn’t necessarily unusual for us as we do tend to go over song arrangements in excruciating detail, but it was definitely more difficult than other songs. During the recording we hit a roadblock where we knew something was really not working about it. We ended up changing the verse to the low Cousin Tony-inspired sound you can hear now, where it was previously up sung up high, and that helped the song click together.
What is one message you would give to your fans?
I would say something that has helped me in my life, at risk of sounding cheesy, is just the mantra that ‘all things come in time’. Ironically enough, it became more useful as a mindset for me after we released the song with those words as the title and chorus, but it has really helped me put things in perspective sometimes when I’m stressed, so now hopefully it can help everyone else.
How do you spend your time?
We just hang out a lot as a group, whether we’re doing band-related things or not, so that connection makes music making really fun! The day-to-day work is always really varied, whether it be recording, writing, doing promotion, playing shows – it keeps things interesting all the time. Our favourite part of the process is probably when we get to spend time recording new songs we’re really excited about, which is what we’ll be doing a lot of very soon!
What are you most proud of?
Probably how far we’ve come as musicians and artists since we first started! When we started writing together back in high school several years ago, I wasn’t even a singer so it was really learning from scratch. Being able to self-produce this EP is also definitely not something we would have believed we could do back when we started, so it’s really satisfying to see the results of that growth!
If you could go open a show for any artist who would it be?
In our live act, we really want to create a memorable show full of energy and passion. In our opinion no one does that better than Gang of Youths, so I’d say them!
What are you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as an artist?
Listening to as much new music as possible and practicing as much as we can! The bread and butter. We also like getting new musical toys every so often to keep us engaged creatively and thinking outside the box. Most recently we’ve got a new baritone guitar! Her name is Pearl and she inspired a new song literally two days after we got her.
Do you think that technology is improving lives?
I don’t know if I’m qualified enough to talk about that hahaha! The only measly thing I can add is that in some ways technology has made it easier for artists to create music relatively cheaply and taken the power from big studios and labels. At the end of the day though, Capital is always going to use technology to accelerate its own ends, and in music it’s no different.
What are your plans for the future?
World domination and a small studio on the coast.