No one does a summer tune quite like Yugambeh Country/Gold Coast trio Bootleg Rascal. For their sexy new single “Drip Your Love,” they’ve enlisted the help of South Summit’s Zaya. The result is a smooth soul number that’s perfect for pool parties and summer road trips.
“It’s long, hot summer days spent by the pool sipping ice cold, extra strong, homemade margies,” Bootleg Rascal guitarist and dad-bod extraordinaire Jimmy Young said of the single’s inspiration. “It’s steamy nights spent with your new flame, picture the love scene from the OG Top Gun movie, ‘Take My Breath Away’ playing on cassette tape. It’s traffic jams spent sweating it out in your 1986 Toyota Corolla with busted A/C. It’s pretending to drown at the community pool just so you can get resuscitated by the hot lifeguard on duty, see Squints Poladoris in the ‘Sandlot Kids’. It’s trying to finish your Frosty Fruit before it melts in the blazing hot sun (aka impossible). It’s necking your first cold beer of the day so fast it feels like the liquid just evaporates before it even touches your lips. It’s slamming chip sambos at the beach, white bread/chicken salt/extra sauce. It’s hanging for summer to come around just to complain every day about how hot it is, then lament it when it’s all over for another year. It’s summer lovin’ just the way Olivia and John boy would want it.”
Bootleg Rascal will keep the summer vibes flowing after the season ends with their mini-festival, Booty Block Party. It’ll feature a revolving roster of guest artists including Dante Knows, Dear Sunday, Dizzy Days, and Tasman Keith. They’ve also got a few shows before that happens supporting Steel Pulse, so see them anywhere you can!
31 January 2025 – Metro Theatre, Eora/Sydney (supporting Steel Pulse)
1 February 2025 – The Green Room, Cavanbah/Byron Bay (supporting Steel Pulse)
2 February 2025 – The Triffid, Meeanjin/Brisbane (supporting Steel Pulse)
9 March 2025 – Booty Block Party @ The Espy, Naarm/Melbourne
14 March 2025 – Booty Block Party @ Crown & Anchor, Tarntanya/Adelaide
15 March 2025 – Booty Block Party @ Port Beach Brewery, Walyalup/Fremantle
22 March 2025 – Booty Block Party @ Darwin Railway Club, Larrakia/Darwin
28 March 2025 – Booty Block Party @ Altar, Lutruwita/Hobart
29 March 2025 – Booty Block Party @ The Brightside, Meeanjin/Brisbane
4 April 2025 – Booty Block Party @ The Basement, Ngambri/Canberra
5 April 2025 – Booty Block Party @ The Lansdowne Hotel, Eora/Sydney
Photo credit: Jared Hinz