The Sooks – Sounds of Oz

If The Wombats and The Kooks had a lovechild, it might sound something like The Sooks. Their new single “Never Gonna Go” is absolutely infectious. I know you’ll want to crank this song up and put it on repeat.

“This song is about a girl I saw at the beach a few months back. I was with some mates at the beach and I saw this really pretty girl. I didn’t have a guitar or anything but the song just seemed to write itself in my head,” said the band’s guitarist, Keenan Fitzsimons. “Naturally it has a really surf-rock, summer-pop kinda vibe, a contagious chorus that anyone can sing along to and a groovy riff. The first time we played the song at a show, the crowd was already singing along to the chorus by the end which is something we tried to go for. We really like the sing-alongy vibe of the chorus.”

You can guarantee you’ll be humming this one for the rest of the summer.

Photo credit: Tom Wilkinson

Winter’s chill might be setting in early, but I think there’s always a place for surf rock in our lives. Hailing from the west of Eora/Sydney, The Sooks are bringing back summer vibes with their new single “Burn Me Out.”

“‘Burn Me Out’ explores the feeling of being alienated from the things around you, being disconnected from the world and feeling like time is passing by when you are stood still,” the band said in a statement. “We all get that kind of feeling of being burnt out by something or someone, and this song is sort of a tribute to that universal frustration.”

Like so many of the best songs, it came together quickly for The Sooks.

“After realising that we had studio time booked in, we thought it would be a good idea to write a single a few days beforehand,” they laughed. “So we sat with acoustic guitars and put the song together in like 20 minutes from scratch, lyrics and everything. We were heaps thrilled to be tracking up in Sonar Studios in Tuggerah with Jack Nigro. We like his work and so we knew that the song would come together just fine. After a long day of tracking all the instruments, we waited for Jack to work his magic in the mixing studio and the song was done.”

Press play on this one and you can almost forget its trackpants weather. Almost!

Image used with permission from beehive; credit: The Sooks

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The Sooks Release Summer Smash, “Never Gonna Go”

The Sooks Drop Summery Single, “Burn Me Out”