NIDALA – Sounds of Oz

Byron Bay-based First Nations performer NIDALA has captured my heart with her gorgeous new single “Said Too Much.” It’s an earnest folky love song that is so disarming in its simplicity and rawness. I felt this one, and honestly, that’s the highest compliment I can pay a piece of music.

“’Said Too Much’ is about dating and how it collides my worlds together! My ancestral heritage sees partnership as a central part in human-nature relationships, and my tech-ridden modern existence plays it out through online dating in a culture that fears deep connection,” NIDALA explained. “It’s about being confused, and being able to dance it off. I chose this theme because I wanted it to feel relatable and deeply human, and I wanted to paint my Indigeneity in the colours of softness it so rarely gets to wear in white Australia.”

“Said Too Much” comes from NIDALA’s debut, carbon-neutral EP Colours of My People, which drops on September 2. NIDALA will donate 20% of the EP’s proceeds to programs for planting trees and another 20% to Indigenous-run mental health and creative mentoring initiatives. Preorders are available now through NIDALA’s Bandcamp page.

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Proud Djungun artist NIDALA is giving us a taste of her forthcoming EP with the release of her superb new single, “One of Those Days.” It’s such a cool track with a laidback folky feel and powerful emotional core. The stripped-back instrumentation is the ideal showcase for NIDALA’s incredible vocals. The lyrics are also a great reminder that rest can be just as vital as activism.

“This track is my ode to slowness,” NIDALA explained. “It’s about the days you can’t quite get to where you want to be, and everything feels foggy and hard. It’s a reminder that we all deserve some rest. I wrote this song after hitting a point I think all of us have felt through COVID. After routine went down the drain and we all tried to pretend like we could still match the outputs we achieved. It’s about the realisation that maybe it was time for us to just sit down and rest.”

“One of Those Days” comes from NIDALA’s EP Colours of My People. The release will be entirely carbon neutral and benefit some vital charities. NIDALA will donate 20% of proceeds to tree-planting initiatives and 20% to Indigenous initiatives including mental health services and creative mentoring programs.

Image used with permission from This Much Talent

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