Inactive for the better part of the last five years, Melbourne indie-pop sweethearts Redspencer are finally back with new music in the form of the charming 'All I Do'.
After arriving in Melbourne (from the Gold Coast) in 2013, Redspencer released a self-titled EP in 2015 before their debut album 'Perks' landed in 2016.Frontman and the band's chief songwriter, David McMilian took a break from the group around 2016 to drum for a number of other local acts like Dag, Caroline No, and Dodda Rivka.
But he also spent this time writing and crafting new tunes for a future Redspencer album; and 'All I Do' marks the first piece of this puzzle that will form their next album, titled 'Dreamworld' due mid-2021.
Saturated in new wave, twee pop melodies and tones that wouldn't be out of place on a Belle & Sebastian or Camera Obscura album, 'All I Do' is an instant ear worm.
The band have leaned on their DIY abilities to produce an accompanying music video for 'All I Do' that was shot and directed by Becky Salomons during Melbourne lockdown.
It takes the expression 'being one with nature' to a new level; scenestr is stoked to premiere it today. Enjoy.
"The song idea came in a stranger way than it usually would," begins David. "I was listening to a cover of Debbie Reynolds' 'All I Do Is Dream Of You', by this old flamboyant country busker from New York named Jimmy Packard.
"A beautiful song written in 1934 by Nacio Herb Brown and recorded by Debbie in 1952. Jimmy's cover came maybe ten years ago.
"So anyway, I'd been listening to this song and playing around with some jazzy chords and had Shaun Micallef's TV show 'Mad As Hell' paused on my computer, not that I'm a huge fan of Shaun or anything – just wanted to check it out as for some reason I had never really watched it.
"So straight out of nowhere I sing: 'All I ever do is dream of you, I must be mad as hell.' From there, the song kind of wrote itself. Well, it probably didn't write itself, but that's how it seems in memory. It took on a kind of grunge-y jazz feel to me and sounds nothing like Debbie and maybe that's a good thing.
"Me and my partner made the film clip in the peak of lockdown, when we weren't really allowed to do anything. I think it kind of captures the loneliness you get from the song (in a funny way I hope!). Humour is in the mouth of the laugher (or so they say)."
