Melbourne five-piece Buckley Ward have a new line-up and have just finished recording an album, to be released early next year. They recorded ‘So Pretend’, the first single off the album, at singer/guitarist Jimmy Allen’s home studio and it was mixed by Tony Espie (The Holidays, The Avalanches). Buckley Ward are about to tour around Australia as main support for Big Scary on their Vacation tour.
The dreamy, lush indie-pop goodness that is ‘So Pretend’ — with its bright, sunny finger-picked riffs and thumping toms — evokes images of a warm spring day in some sort of picturesque, green forest or park. Although there are not a lot of different parts to the song, it’s so cohesive and well-written that it manages to remain interesting and enjoyable throughout its entire duration.
