We are very honoured to bring you the stunning debut single ‘L.A. Perfume’ from Naarm/Melbourne COMEDY. Consisting of seasoned indie musicians, COMEDY’s experience and confidence shines through every note.
‘L.A. Perfume’ is a glam rock stomping delight brim full of swagger and attitude with an arched brow and a thousand yard stare. Guitars ring out with a jangle jangle sparkle, the vocals are louche and infused with a weary, sneery disdain that exudes cool with a ladle full of excess and debauchery. Just what the doctor ordered.
Guitarist Andy Campbell says of the track:
I wanted to create something strident, confident, large and a bit dangerous. Sometimes you make music to express a feeling you have within, but sometimes you make music that enables you to be someone else and feel things you don’t get to feel everyday. L.A. Perfume is the latter.
And as for the lyrics, singer Francis Glass explains;
I had a stopover in LA coming back from some time abroad. There’s something heavy about the air of that place, and everyone I knew seemed to be feeling kinda heady and sick of living lives filled with desire but structured by almost apocalyptic insecurity. The song’s about lustfully meeting amidst that muck.
The accompanying video, directed by Boaz Hunter Smith, captures the dynamism and insouciance of the band in performance, with a hint of bacchanalian excess and a whole lot of attitude.
‘L.A. Perfume’ is out tomorrow (5 December 2025) and you can download and stream via all the usual sites. The track marks the band’s first official outing and will appear as one half of a double A-side 7-inch, due early 2026.
You can catch COMEDY live in Melbourne with The Maggie Pills at:
The Toff In Town
Thursday 18th December (see detail below)
The ‘LA Perfume’ single launch will take place at:
Old Bar
Friday 16th January 2026, with support from Techno 666 and Grace Mitchell
COMEDY was formed in 2024 when Andy Campbell (AM Reruns, Nat Vazer) began swapping songs with singer Francis Glass (Francis Glass Band). What started as a remote experiment soon evolved; one song, two songs, before they knew it an album was taking shape. With a catalogue of tracks forming, Nick McGregor was recruited on drums and Citizen Zane (Signal Chain, GRUPS) was bought in on bass/Fender VI.
Feature Photograph: Bleddyn Butcher
