Eliza & The Delusionals are kicking off an action-packed 2022 with a brand new single, “Give You Everything.” This song is everything I love about the band, earnest and emotive with a floaty, fresh feel that encourages you to press play time and time again. It hearkens back to music from so many female singer-songwriters I loved in the ‘90s. If you had Lisa Loeb and Michelle Branch on regular rotation back then, I think you’re going to love this.
Guitarist Kurt Skuse and frontwoman Eliza Klatt started writing the song in Los Angeles with acclaimed US songwriters Sarah Aarons (Zedd, The Rubens, Childish Gambino) and John Hill (Cage The Elephant, Lykke Li, Charli XCX). Some refinements at home make “Give You Everything” the incredible track you hear today.
“We were sitting around John’s studio talking with Sarah about how we both have had similar bitter experiences within the music industry with certain people taking advantage of our benevolence,” Kurt recalled. “It was nice to be able to open up to someone who could also relate to that situation which made the whole writing process feel really natural and organic. It’s a collective favourite for us on the album and it really shaped the rest of the record thematically and sonically.”
As I hinted to earlier, Eliza & The Delusionals are preparing for a busy few months. They’ll support The Vanns on their national tour before taking their own lap of the country as headliners. Then they’re off to the United States to play Bottlerock alongside artists like P!nk, Twenty One Pilots, and Metallica. Their highly anticipated debut album Now and Then also drops on May 20. Here are all the dates you need:
5 March 2022 – Forum, Melbourne (supporting The Vanns)
6 March 2022 – Torquay, Hotel Torquay (supporting The Vanns)
12 March 2022 – Altar, Hobart (supporting The Vanns early show SOLD OUT)
12 March 2022 – Altar, Hobart (supporting The Vanns late show SOLD OUT)
13 March 2022 – Forth Pub, Forth (supporting The Vanns)
18 March 2022 – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle (supporting The Vanns)
19 March 2022 – Manning Bar, Sydney (supporting The Vanns)
25 March 2022 – Wollongong Uni, Wollongong (supporting The Vanns)
1 April 2022 – Kambri @ ANU, Canberra (supporting The Vanns)
9 April 2022 – The Leadbeater, Melbourne
17 April 2022 – The Brightside, Brisbane
22 April 2022 – OAF Gallery, Sydney (early show)
22 April 2022 – OAF Gallery, Sydney (late show SOLD OUT)
23 April 2022 – La La La’s, Wollongong
24 April 2022 – Huxley’s, Caringbah
29 May 2022 – Bottlerock Festival, Napa Valley
Image used with permission from Beehive PR; credit: Luke Henery