I’m used to Anna Smyrk creating sweet folky ditties, but she’s embracing her inner rock chick with her new single “Human Condition.” There’s an appealing edge to this track which came out of the Melbourne lockdowns. The perfect pandemic anthem, it explores the way we connect, or don’t connect, in the modern age.
“The song is like a mash-up of experiences that me or my friends have been in. Seeing an old friend for the first time in a while and being shocked by how much they’re struggling, someone picking at their skin until it bleeds, someone presenting a beautiful life online while they’re actually being crushed by loneliness – these are all examples taken from real life,” she admitted.
“Human Condition” gives us our first taste of Anna’s forthcoming third EP. Hear a little more music from that release and her back catalogue at the following single launch shows:
29 May 2021 – Red Hill Hotel, Chewton (FREE 2 pm)
4 June 2021 – The Retreat Hotel, Melbourne (7:30 pm)
11 June 2021 – Handle Bar, Bendigo (FREE 8pm)
13 June 2021 – Tanswell’s Commercial Hotel, Beechworth
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