The always fabulous Joan & The Giants have just dropped a fantastic new single, “Beg.” As if that wasn’t exciting enough, it comes packaged with an old-school B-side, “Narcissist.” Get your ears around them both, because they’re brilliant.
“‘Beg’ was written about a breaking point in my own relationship where we had two choices: either fight to make it work, or it’s over,” recalled Joan & The Giants’ frontwoman, Grace Newton-Wordsworth. “You shouldn’t have to beg for someone’s love, and this song is about those last moments when you really don’t want to walk away from the person you love most in this world, but everything in your body and soul is telling you, you might have to.”
As for “Narcissist,” Grace said “I wrote this song on acoustic guitar and it was one of those experiences where the lyrics all came in about 10 minutes and the story was just there – it was complete. It was recorded raw in one to two takes and we kept it quite stripped back, which allowed space for the vulnerability of the lyrics to powerfully creep through.”
Fresh from dates supporting home state heroes Eskimo Joe, Joan & Giants have a few more local gigs. Catch them anywhere you can!
18 November 2023 – WAM FEST – Museum Stage, Boorloo/Perth
24 November 2023 – The Bird, Boorloo/Perth (“Beg” launch)
9 December 2023 – Music in the Park @ Bramston Park, Oor-dal-kalla Country/Burns Beach (FREE)
17 December 2023 – Sunday Music @ Fremantle Arts Centre, Walyalup/Fremantle (FREE with Stacey Ann)
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