Artist:Drown This City

Melbourne outfit Drown This City return with their thrashing new single and video 'New Burn Order' today after the track's premiere on triple j's short.fast.loud last night. The release marks the first taste of new music from Drown This City in 2021 and comes alongside the announce of new bassist/vocalist Toby Thomas joining the group. ‘New Burn Order’ paints a hauntingly stark picture of DTC vocalist Alex Reade’s rejection and detachment from her family at a young age. Listeners will find the song’s character breaking free from her abandonment to join a cult for a sense of belonging. Reade shares that writing from the perspective of a character to express herself ultimately allowed her to go to places she had previously been too uncomfortable to express. On the story behind the track she shares: “There's a line that says 'You said you were ashamed to share my DNA, I’m sorry to tell you we are counterparts – mirror image, blurred view'... I want to tell them we are cut from the ...