Hurricane Fall - the fittest band in Australian Country Music (call them on it and you'll be challenged to a "lift off") - are back with a new single, on a new label with the modern country sound that is set to turn heads with a neck-snapping velocity in 2021. The success of their previous single
'Aftertaste' has seen them gaining national airplay across the country on stations including
Triple M Country,
Kix Country and
Today's Country 94.1. The single was also added to
Spotify's "Fresh Country" playlist, racking up over
120,000 streams. They have gathered their first
Golden Guitar nomination and a new record deal, ensuring that this year is shaping up as a big one for the boys.
Released on
Compass Bros via
Universal Music,
'Lost in Us' was written by master hook writers
Mitch Thompson and
Tom Jordan (
Seaforth) as well as
Lachlan Mitchell and
Phil Barton. The band says of the song:
"Lost in us is about falling deeply in love with that special someone. Being so caught up in the moment – so in love - that all the other times you thought you were in love, were nothing, compared to the love you have now."
The genesis of
'Lost in Us' proved to be very challenging for the band. The song was produced in Melbourne by
Michael Paynter and
Michael Delorenzis at
MSquared Studios, while the band were recording at home in Newcastle, NSW. The band says:
"Having a Melbourne based producer presented a huge challenge as the song was completed during the COVID pandemic - right when Melbourne was forced into the harshest lockdown anywhere in the world. We recorded parts and sent them to the guys to keep things moving. The vocals were recorded in [Pepper] Deroy's son's bedroom – over Zoom. It truly was a monumental technological feat to bring the song to life!"
Hurricane Fall have had a very colourful history for such a young band. They were given an exclusive televised gig to play a private show for
Sophie Monk during her star turn on
The Bachelorette. They have supported
Billy Ray Cyrus on his 2018 Australian Tour, as well as playing alongside
The Wolfe Brothers,
Kasey Chambers,
O'Shea and many more. They are regulars at the
Tamworth Country Music Festival,
New Zealand's Top Paddock Music Festival,
Deni Ute Muster, and they have plenty more gigs lined up for 2021. Oh, and singer
Pepper Deroy has fully recovered from his injuries in that 2019
Air Canada turbulence episode!
Hurricane Fall were nominated for their very first
Golden Guitar this year in the category of
"Group/Duo of the Year." Fronted by two extraordinary lead singers -
Jesse Vee and
Pepper Deroy -
Hurricane Fall are one of Australian country's hardest working live acts with an enviably young following. They are hitting the road in support of
'Lost in Us' throughout rural Queensland, Hervey Bay, throughout NSW, down to the south coast to the Illawarra and across the Snowy Mountains to
Tumbafest in Tumbarumba. Their exhaustive road miles will take in the
Deni Ute Muster,
Music in the Mulga, and the
Bush to the Bar Festival in the process.
Hurricane Fall's new offering
'Lost in Us' is guaranteed to get you lost in
them, and as they sing within: "We'll never give up". They will be so busy this year, so that's unlikely to happen in the near future, and with an earworm like this one, they'll unlikely be forgotten any time soon either.