Melbourne band Franjapan are zinging to life on their latest single 'Stonewall', a track fans of Sam Fender and Catfish And The Bottlemen will dig.
Lo-fi jangly indie vibes quickly dissipate revealing a powerful, dazzling and harmonic bop-along, the pop-rock number filled to the brim with zesty, perky, animated tones that belies the song's lyrical themes of clashing egos or warring partners. "'Stonewall' is aptly named after those encounters between two people where any ideas and conversation are refused solely on the grounds of one's ego," Franjapan's Spencer Ward says.
"It can be typical in the last stages of a relationship where things have deteriorated to a point of loathing, or moreover between two artists trying to both convey a message they believe in with one or the other person not wanting to budge."
With the song released today, scenestr is amped to premiere the 'Stonewall' music video. Enjoy.
With bright pastels and quirky dance moves, the clip captures the band as they are naturally – the closest of friends in their own, small family.
"I was listening to 'Stonewall' and couldn't help but start bopping my head to the song and thinking to myself, 'this would make a fun music video'," adds band member Dennis Sehovic.
"And the idea started there and snowballed into what the video turned into. I really wanted to make the video bright, colourful and vibrant with the coloured backgrounds, and have no instruments with just us five being ourselves.
"I think it captures who we are as a band and more importantly as best friends and our own little family. It was a joy to film this one and bring it to life, and one we look forward to people seeing."
The follow-up to previous single 'Lucy', and a precursor to their EP 'Learning Futures' due next month, 'Stonewall' was self-produced and recorded in the band's home studio before being mixed by Cam Trewin (Rufus Du Sol, Pierce Brothers, Kingswood) and mastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer William Bowden (The Living End, Haiku Hands, Gotye).
"The EP 'Learning Futures' was written through 2022, between a hatful of songs we tried and tested, shelving the ones that didn't resonate the most with us," Franjapan says.
"We were collectively thrilled with the final five to make the EP, having played them at shows throughout the year and receiving some exciting responses from the crowd – this is super reassuring for unreleased material."
Franjapan launch the EP at The Espy (Melbourne) 16 June.
