Brisbane band Dumb Things have a new single out called ‘Instant Coffee‘ and it certainly has an immediacy in terms of bittersweet hooks, jangly guitars and a gentle surge of energy that effortlessly lifts this way above generic indie fare.

Once it hits the chorus the guitar notes spiral off like chemtrails as the rhythm section takes a free range approach. Lovely stuff!

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Madeleine Keinonen says of the song:

“Feeling a hundred miles from others physically and mentally, I was in a habit of brewing too many cups of coffee to keep myself occupied. Steam would rise from the kettle and mist would settle around Mt Coot-tha, where I was living, and I’d be bouncing off the humid, mouldy walls.

“My ceiling was leaking, and the fog was constantly setting off the smoke alarms and interrupting Mess Esque, The Bats and Emma Russack. As always, the song improved dramatically upon bringing it to the band. Adam’s guitar cuts through the gloom, and that solo after the last chorus makes everything right as rain.”

Out now via Coolin’ By Sound ahead of a full album called Self Help mid-year!