He’s still a teenager, but Aodhan is already feeling nostalgic for his youth. The winner of JJJ’s Unearthed High Indigenous Initiative, the talented 16-year-old from Dharawal country recalls those good old days with his new single “Twelve Again.”
“Twelve Again is a song the reminisces on the carefree days of being a twelve year old. The song mentions things about me missing the best friends I ever had, acting careless and fracturing a bone for the first time, just all sorts of things having to do with that time of my life. Although it may have not been too long ago, I do really miss it,” Aodhan admits.
Aodhan recorded the track at Sydney’s Hercules St Studio. It was the first time he’s ever worked in a studio, but he seems to have taken to it like a duck to water. He plays acoustic, electric, and bass guitars and synths on the track, as well as handling the vocals like a champ.
“I had a really good time making it,” he said. “This was the first time I got to make some music in an actual studio so it was pretty awesome to have access to a range of amps and instruments I could just mess around with as well as an awesome producer [Ryan Miller] and an awesome drummer [Grant Garethy] to throw ideas around.”
He’s at such an early stage in his career, but already the future looks pretty bright for Aodhan.
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