Giddy up – RAT!hammock have today released their brand new single ‘Pick Up’, along with a Wild West inspired clip, ahead of their upcoming double-headline tour with Adelaide mates, Horror My Friend this November!
Another vulnerable and achingly honest track from the band,’Pick Up’ is a tune about navigating the delicate and complex emotions that emerge when a situation has no better solution than to meet an end. Frontman Jackson Phelan explained his writing process for the song; “I wrote it really quickly, which is unusual for me. I then spent months trying to refine it, to find a more accurate way to describe how I was feeling and not misrepresent myself.”
He describes the difficulties of wanting to cause the least harm, but knowing that discomfort was inevitable; “The first line I wrote was ‘Yeah I tried writing it down but the sentiment all got so twisted’ and, to be honest, through all the unpacking and repacking I never managed to get any closer.”
Working again with Mike Ridley, who also directed and shot the clips for ‘Ghost’ and ‘June’, the video for ‘Pick Up’ is no exception to the clever, slightly cheeky and overall heartwarming narratives we’ve come to expect from RAT!hammock. Instruments blazing, horses that look suspiciously like bicycles and cowboy ensembles that even Lil Nas X would envy.
As this year’s Chinese zodiac foretold, 2019 (the Year Of The Rat) has already been fantastically fortunate for the charming three-piece. Kicking things off in a big way by scoring a coveted slot on the Melbourne leg of Laneway Festival, following that with the national support slot for Brisbane indie legends Last Dinosaurs and then playing a few packed out single launch shows in support of their radio hit single ‘Ghost’ in June.
Fans have just enough time to learn all the words to ‘Pick Up’ before RAT!hammock play run of dates with SA mates Horror My Friend in November. The band will then be seeing out this bumper year at Spilt Milk festival, and welcoming 2020 at NYE On The Hill, billed alongside some of Australia’s most exciting artists.
An absolute match made in heaven, don’t miss your chance to catch RAT!hammock and Horror My Friend, two of Australia’s most hyped rising acts, as they tear through a city near you.
RAT!HAMMOCK + HORROR MY FRIEND
‘Pick Up’ + ‘Dopamine Waster’ Single Tour
Friday 1st November
Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
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Saturday 2nd November
Jive Bar, Adelaide
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Thursday 14th November
Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
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Friday 15th November
The Chippo Hotel, Sydney
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