A sonically and emotionally charged indie rock/pop reverie, Leo’s “Tough Palms” is a uncooked inside reckoning of the best order, discovering the Melbourne/Naarm-based singer/songwriter dwelling in an intimate area of vulnerability and volatility.

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I’ve heard if I blink 3 times, say my title within the night time, possibly issues will flip proper…

Soaring, soul-stirring, and achingly visceral, Leo’s third single guarantees to get your blood pumping and your coronary heart racing. A sonically and emotionally charged indie rock/pop reverie, “Tough Palms” is a uncooked inside reckoning of the best order, discovering the Melbourne/Naarm-based singer/songwriter dwelling in an intimate area of vulnerability and volatility.

All of us harm sometimes, however for a few of us, that invisible ache is extra intense and extra frequent – a semi-permanent fixture in our lives; generally it by no means leaves us in any respect. In bringing their very own melancholy to life so vividly by music, Leo provides a lifeline to all who want it – and a way of connection to all who lengthy to be seen, to be felt, and to be heard.

you’ve bought tough fingers, you’ve bought calluses
you’re working within the enjoyable home
and that i’m in your canine home
you didn’t need to save me
and I wouldn’t need to save me, too
although I nonetheless love you
even once you’re given to…
you left me down by the road
once you weren’t meant to

Independently launched June 30, 2023, “Tough Palms” is the third single by Australian artist Leo McCloskey, who debuted their mononymous artistry simply final yr and has been steadily introducing themselves ever since. Following 2022’s darkish tempest “Physician” and this previous February’s immersive, intense upheaval “Half Unconscious,” “Tough Palms” finds Leo at their most energetic and cinematic, emulating friends like Bec Stevens and Angie McMahon while growing a sonic world that’s undeniably their very own.

Charismatic and churning, “Tough Palms” aches in all the best methods because the artist spills their soul on the web page, showcasing the unabating depth of melancholy and anxiousness by hovering guitars, dynamic, spirited melodies, and breathtakingly trustworthy and unfiltered lyrics.

Their refrain is a second of confession – a sonic cacophony and an emotional catharsis multi functional seismic climax:

and my ideas, they’re creeping in
and I’m screaming in my sleep
and my nightmares, they’re coming again
it’s an indication shit’s not going proper

calculating when can be my final night time
I’ve heard if I blink 3 times,
say my title within the night time,
possibly issues will flip proper

Leo initially wrote the music in 2018 about “somebody shut who moved away to promote cattle in rural Queensland,” however later re-wrote the observe to talk to not that loss, however to their very own inner sense of disarray and discord. They recorded the music with producer Jonathon Tooke (greatest often known as half of Cry Membership, but additionally for his work with artists like Bec Stevens, Eaglemont, Fairly Bleak and The Lazy Susans) at The Black Lodge Studios in Brunswick, with further vocal concord contributions from Eaglemont (Bridgitte Jessop) and drums from Nick Robinson.

So take what you need from me
I’m not dwelling so fortunately
I got here and I noticed
now I don’t have a lot left to stay for…

How typically does melancholy get its personal rousing, redemptive anthem?

“Tough Palms,” painful although it could be, is the type of music we are able to scream on the prime of our lungs. By marrying feverish indie rock instrumentation with extra tender indie pop-leaning vocal strains, Leo finds the candy spot between fracture and furor. The result’s a searing, gut-wrenching delight that guarantees to have us smiling and crying .

Leo’s journey remains to be simply getting began, but when “Tough Palms” is any indication, then we’ll be singing alongside to many extra of their songs quickly sufficient. Join with the Australian artist under, and get misplaced within the angst, cost, and allure of their lovely, breathtaking “Tough Palms.”

and my ideas, they’re creeping in
and I’m screaming in my sleep
and my nightmares, they’re coming again
it’s an indication shit’s not going proper

calculating when can be my final night time
I’ve heard if I blink 3 times,
say my title within the night time,
possibly issues will flip proper

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