Baker Boy, Dallas Woods, and Sampa the Great Team Up For “Better Days”

“Better Days” is an exciting new collaboration from Baker Boy, his regular musical partner Dallas Woods, and recent National Live Music Awards Best Live Act winner, Sampa the Great. The track, which incorporates English, Yolngu Matha, and Bemba dialects, was written in 2019. However, its release couldn’t be timed more perfectly.

This is just the kind of positive track about unity and getting through adversity we all need to hear during the pandemic. We might not be able to stop the rain, but at least if we’re together we’ll get through it.

“The whole studio time we had was amazing,” said Baker Boy. “The first time, seeing Sampa actually perform in the recording session, I got a surprise when she started singing. She’s got an amazing voice. I’ve always listened to her rap and to hear her sing, it was a whole other level. In the first part of Sampa’s verse, she’s rapping in language too, that inspires me as well.”

If you love the track, make sure you check out the cool Airwolf remix too.

The Meltdown: Hot New Soul Find

Melbourne soul outfit The Meltdown have sent my temperature soaring with their smoother than smooth new single “Better Days.” The accompanying video is actually the final live take of the song. Pretty fitting that an act with such a classic sound should take such an old-school approach to their music video, don’t you think?

“Better Days” is lifted from their EP which should be released next month. They’ll play a hometown show to celebrate its release at Shebeen on March 12. This is one of those times I’d kill to live in Melbourne. Hopefully they’ll travel north for some shows soon!