Renowned Australian heavyweight post-punk rock band, Trophy Eyes, dropped a video for their new single ’OMW.’ The track is off the band’s new album ’Suicide And Sunshine,’ which debuted at No.8 on the ARIA album chart, No.2 on the ARIA Australian Album Chart, and No.1 on the ARIA Vinyl Album Chart.
Trophy Eyes’ John Floreani shares of the song: “‘OMW’ is a brief reflection on my battle with addiction, depression and self loathing, and the up-hill struggle of trying to change for those around me”.
Just like the title ’Suicide And Sunshine’, the band’s fourth album is about contrast. About light and dark. About beauty and tragedy. About the full spectrum of human existence, with each song plucked from the pages of frontman John Floreani’s life.
The album’s title comes from a lyric in the song ’Sean’, Floreani writing that it was sunny when he heard of his mate’s passing, and that the Uber that took him to a gathering of Sean’s friends was playing poppy Top 40 hits. It is, however, a concept that’s long inspired the singer’s work.
“It’s the tragedy and the beauty of life. When we did ‘Chemical Miracle,’ our second full-length, the logo for the album was a palm tree and a noose. That’s literally suicide and sunshine. It’s always been there on my mind. And I think I finally just phonetically set it out. That encompasses everything I’ve been trying to do my entire career”.
The singer’s willingness to dive so deeply into the most personal parts of his life is matched by the band’s desire to explore the very boundaries of the hardcore and punk genres, incorporating dark modern pop, electronic flourishes courtesy of co-producer Fletcher Matthews, and atmospheric, swirling synths.
“It’s where we are, it’s who we are just doing the stuff we like,” says the singer. “It was just the guys getting together and focusing on our relationships, being brothers, and being in a band again. And that’s what this record was for Trophy Eyes – a very happy revisiting of why the fuck we’re doing this in the first place.”