A fusion band who combine elements of rock, pop, funk, and alternative tones, TYDE's newest release 'Let The Dust Fall' details a personal story about a band member's horror interaction with the pharmaceutical and medical industry.
The 8-piece collective from Meanjin have steadily built a following the last 18-plus months, which has seen them perform at Brisbane International Jazz Festival and BIGSOUND recently, as well as open for The Cat Empire's Harry James Angus (who joined them onstage for a trumpet solo) late last year.With a number of live shows upcoming alongside a 5-show season at Woodford Folk Festival, 'Let The Dust Fall' is TYDE once again showcasing their socially-conscious roots with a song that takes aim at pharmaceutical companies who have created an environment built on dependence rather than solutions.
A delightfully playful, fresh, tropical melody overlays TYDE frontwoman Ella Belfanti's tender vocals, which voice a burning resentment born from personal experience, the sweet-sour effect creating an emotive song churning with passion that resonates vividly.
The stabby, vivacious horns, dynamically zesty drums, cool AF bass and guitars that purr with a sonic richness, the mix congeals into an entrancing rhythm.
Ahead of the song's release tomorrow (15 November), today scenestr is thrilled to premiere 'Let The Dust Fall'. Enjoy.
Written after Ella's horror-story experience with the medical system, 'Let The Dust Fall' lyrically explores how doctors ignored her concerns and gaslit Ella, leading to severe Topical Steroid Withdrawal that left her feeling at war with her own body.
"This song is about more than just my story – the medical system in its current form causes harm in so many areas by failing to look for root causes and preferencing bandaid solutions with side effects, and it leaves people feeling helpless," Ella says. "It also leaves people with a lot of frustration and anger, and no way to hold anyone accountable for the harm done to them.
"I wrote 'Let The Dust Fall' in the first six months of going through Topical Steroid Withdrawal – it was a truly unbearable state to be in and the first six months are when the symptoms are most extreme.
"My skin was so dry and thin that I couldn't move without it splitting open, I was pretty much living in a bathtub to try and manage this, I was experiencing bone-deep itching over my whole body, I wasn't sleeping more than half an hour a night, and I had this constant adrenaline-rush feeling.
"I knew that it would slowly get better over the following five years after studying up on the withdrawal process, but convincing myself that sticking that withdrawal out would be worthwhile was incredibly hard.
"I had so much despair and anger, and the problem in Australia is that TSW isn't yet really acknowledged as a real condition. I had to pretty much Dr Google diagnose myself. I am four-ish years through the process and I am mostly recovered, but still to this day no doctors have acknowledged that the steroid creams they prescribed me were addictive, or that these symptoms are a drug withdrawal.
"This is despite the fact that SO many publicly available studies have been done proving that topical steroids cause this addiction and withdrawal – the information just isn't being applied in the medical system here yet. . . perhaps because of bureaucracy?
"The lines that I've heard over and over from various medical professionals are, 'I've never had any of my patients come back with side effects like this before, sometimes eczema just worsens over time, you just need to be on steroids for life, you just need a stronger dose, maybe immunosuppressants too' – the list goes on.
"I think the system is broken because GP appointments are so short and doctors want to help – they give you something that will alleviate symptoms in the short term, but they don't have time to investigate root causes.
"Then on the other side, you have pharmaceutical companies making so much money off these creams that are so commonly prescribed.
"So it's hard to identify the addiction for doctors, and why would any of the pharmaceutical companies invest in developing an alternative treatment when the current one creates patients for life that need stronger and stronger doses over the decades, and so much of the addiction is unidentified?"
TYDE 2024 Tour Dates
Thu 21 Nov - The Brightside (Brisbane)* single launchSat 30 Nov - Distillery Rd Markets (Brisbane)* free entry
Fri 27 Dec - Woodford Folk Festival (Sunshine Coast)
Sat 28 Dec - Woodford Folk Festival (Sunshine Coast)
Mon 30 Dec - Woodford Folk Festival (Sunshine Coast)
Tue 31 Dec - Woodford Folk Festival (Sunshine Coast)
Wed 1 Jan - Woodford Folk Festival (Sunshine Coast)
