‘Face of a Giant,’ the latest dispatch from The Electorate, signals a bold re-entry into the sonic fray. After five years of dormancy following their debut, You Don’t Have Time To Stay Lost (hailed by Rolling Stone with a 4.5-star nod), the Gadigal/Sydney trio of Eliot Fish, Joshua Morris, and Nick Kennedy return with a single that echoes their tenure across the sinews of Australian alt-rock. The band’s lineage weaves through acts like Big Heavy Stuff and The Apartments, a résumé that infuses their work with a deep sense of indie rock pedigree and the texture of lived-in riffs.
In “Face of a Giant,” producer Wayne Connolly (whose fingerprints grace everything from the Teskey Brothers to Underground Lovers) captured the band’s DNA with an unyielding crispness at Hercules St Studios. The song reverberates with an angular guitar line that nods to post-punk’s moody underbelly while being pushed forward by a rhythm section that compels movement, dragging the listener into its pulse. It’s all shimmer and shadow, a testament to the trio’s ability to shape tension and resolve into something that feels both immediate and timeless.
“This is about having an ethereal connection – an entwined synchronicity with someone that you can’t explain… either that or alien abduction. The song’s main riff, with my bass and Josh’s guitar pivoting on a simple octave came out of moment of weirdness in rehearsal and we almost wrote it entirely on the spot. It seemed to be beamed right to me and the words and melody fell out. Nick’s intensity with the drums sitting right in the pocket, shot it off into space.” – Eliot Fish
The Electorate will launch the single on 30 November at The Botany View Hotel, Newtown, playing with YEEVS.
Stream ‘Face of a Giant’ HERE.
