Maia Jelavic premiered her last single with us a few years back under the stage name Maia Marsh. She has made the decision to be true to herself and returned with another premiere under her birth name Maia Jelavic, and while the label might change, the imperial quality of her songwriting remains. We are therefore honoured to premiere her new single ‘Solid and Human’.
Delivered in her indie/folk gentle style but with hints of muscular guitars, the track features her delicate gossamer silk vocals, touched with a brush of melancholy and deep yearning. Pianos and twelve string guitars roll together in an arching riff that adds a restless movement that is compelling. There is a dreamy wistful quality that seems to coast through the ether, a veritable sonic journey that ends with an anthemic wall of shimmering noise before closing quietly with reflection.
‘Solid and Human’ is out tomorrow (Wednesday, 19 March) and will be available to download and stream here via all the usual sites.
Recorded with engineer and co-producer Charlie Tait, it’s the first track of Jelavic’s debut album, which was recorded over 3 days in Coogee Beach,Sydney.
Jelavic will be launching the single on 27 March at the Midnight Special in Enmore, Sydney – details below.
In her early twenties, Jelavic toured the US with Wisconsin-based band The Sharrows before
returning to Australia, where she immersed herself in the local music scene. She has
played guitar and bass for artists like Ainsley Farrell, Georgia Mulligan, Huck Hastings, and
Georgia Fair, fronted indie-rock band Motion Sickness (2019–2023), co-founded dream-pop
outfit Goodside, and now performs as one half of alt-country duo The Darling Hearts. A prodigious talent indeed.
