Drawing us in with a cosmic guitar soundscape and textured percussion with astral melodies, Ratfink! opens About Ya with a serene energy and a sense of dimensionality with atmospheric, situational prose.
The opus expands with cinematic nuance, making it perfect for a range of Hollywood synch deals, perhaps a coming of age movie, perhaps a sequel to Three Months. The piece holds a high emotional quotient, and feels relatable, whilst also manifesting a transcendental edge. In essence it is the perfect ode to a muse with the hook, “This song is About Ya, I wasn’t gonna tell you…”.The layered vocals are sublime, intricate, delicate and poetically charged.
We learn that Ratfink! is a music duo made up of Liv and Raph, who are old high school friends. They live together in a shared house in Brunswick, a suburb in the north of Melbourne, Australia where they write and record all their music themselves. That DIY energy comes to life here and really feels authentic.
Ratfink!‘s music talks about friends, love, being gay, the environment, and crazy geniuses. Their genre-fluid sound fuses rock, RnB, and dreamy pop. About Ya is the first single from their upcoming album WHEN U WERE MINE, set for release later this year!
Naturally, we have added About Ya to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS playlist, whilst we continue to stream the wider discography of Ratfink!, including Bird to the Sky, and Modern World.