Alice Skye has one of those voices that stops you in your tracks. This proud Wegaia woman has a tone that’s so rich and mature beyond her 20 years. With her single “60%” she shows she’s got a really big future ahead of her.
“60%” was one of several songs Alice penned during a flight from Melbourne to Alice Springs, where she recorded her debut album Friends With Feelings at the esteemed CAAMA Music studios.
“I did a lot of writing on the flight to Alice to distract myself from being terrified (I hate flying),” she explained. “At the time I was in a relationship where my anxiety was too much for the other person. So I had the line ‘swim out to me, I sink everyone that gets close.’ It was actually a really hard thing to go through and I think a lot of people would feel it in any kind of relationship. The feeling of wanting to talk and share things with someone but not wanting to overwhelm them. Not wanting to rely on someone … but also, wanting to rely on someone.”
We won’t see Friends With Feelings in stores until early 2018, but Brisbane will get a taste of the songs from it when Alice plays the Bigsound CAAMA Music Showcase at Ric’s Big Backyard on September 6.
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