Artist info
Genre
Indie, Pop, Rock
band members
Arun, Danny, Kate 'Babyshakes' Dillon and Gabriella.
Influences
Lou Reed, Michael Jackson, Kevin Parker, John Lennon
Website
Bio
Australia’s sweetheart, Gabriella Cohen struck gold with the release of her internationally acclaimed debut record Full Closure and No Details in 2016. After extensively touring the album worldwide, fans and industry alike embraced the dreamy, fuzz-soaked popscapes produced by Cohen and long-time collaborator, Kate Dillon. The Guardian praised Full Closure and No Details as: “Seductive, broody and occasionally sinister”, while it drew four-star reviews from MOJO, UNCUT and Q Magazine.
In the summer of 2017, Cohen moved to a farm in countryside Victoria, Australia, to record and self-produce her second album with engineer and partner-in-crime, Kate ‘Babyshakes’ Dillon. There, amidst flocks of screeching white cockatoos and herds of Black Angus cows, they etched the beginning of Pink Is The Colour Of Unconditional Love. The record was almost complete when the band was invited to join Foxygen’s U.S tour, compelling the girls to finish the album on the road. Armed with a microphone and an interface, Dillon and Cohen captured the final touches of the album on a boat in England, and the coast of Portugal; in the mountains of Southern Italy, cafes of Mexico, and finally in Venice Beach, Los Angeles.
Pink Is The Colour has materialised as an expansive and exciting body of work, showcasing Cohen’s unusually refreshing twists on pop arrangements. ‘Baby’ was born in the graveyard of unrequited love, while ‘Music Machine’ became a swagger of sultry defiance set in LA. Throughout the new album Cohen (flanked by a choir of imaginary dolls that exist in her head) creates complex and sugary backing vocals. These signature vocal arrangements—contoured with classic harmonies and nostalgic melodies—form songs remarkable in their originality.
Cohen is renowned for her performances, and for her magnetic presence captivating audiences into a still surrender. To launch her debut album, she rocked back-to-back tours in the USA, EU, AUS and UK, appearing at hallmark events such as SXSW, BIGSOUND, and Vida Festival (SPN). Gabriella Cohen has shared the bill with musical heavyweights, The Flaming Lips, Marlon Williams, and Rodrigo Amarante, and continues to effortlessly romance audiences worldwide with the launch of her sophomore Pink is the Colour.
In the new album Cohen pays homage to her musical influences by inviting the listener on a journey: from the grooves of bossa nova, to the lilting sentimentality of strings, to kicking it back on the sprawling highways of rock’n’roll. Honest heartache is woven into glory throughout the record, and during eleven tracks a candid, almost ethereal self-portrait of its songwriter emerges. For Gabriella Cohen, it’s an epitaph of electric wonder, and a definitive fact: Pink is the Colour of Unconditional Love.
If Kate Bush, US Girls and Kim Gordon were to have a boozy, late night jam sesh, the result might sound a lot like Gabriella Cohen.
Tell us about your music. How did you develop your sound?
I have a three step program that I'm going to make available to the public once I master the third step. All in all, try to get as close as you can to nature.
What’s your greatest source of inspiration for making music?
L.O.V.E
What can punters expect from a Gabriella Cohen live show?
To be entertained. We are getting some fireworks for the album launch.
What’s the best advice you’ve been given and who was it from?
"Don't get into the music business" - said to me at a young age by a family friend.
What Australian track would you play to cheer up someone who was crying?
Shalala by Moses Gunn Collective.
What Australian track would you play to someone to make them cry?
Don't Disagree by The Jensens.
You’re the DJ at a party. The dance floor is pumping. What Australian track do you put on next?
Friday On My Mind by The Easy Beats
What was the last local gig you went to? How was it?
Lalic. They are a great band from Melbourne and one of my favourites. Brilliant songwriting.
You’ve recently moved from Brisbane to Melbourne. Tell us about the bands or people from the Brisbane music community that you wish you could’ve smuggled down with you in your suitcase.
Wish I could have taken The Furrs, The Family Jordan and Amela. Oh and The Jensens.
What are your plans for 2016?
Release Full Closure and No Details and another EP or 2. Play CMJ. Play Europe. Enjoy life.
Review
Remember hearing this lil boppie from your random Ballarat gig in 2016 and also Fairgrounds that year. I'm SO excited for your album tomorrow!
Remember hearing this lil boppie from your random Ballarat gig in 2016 and also Fairgrounds that year. I'm SO excited for your album tomorrow!
Review
You keep uploading songs from your brand new record & I just can't get over how lucky we are! Every song glows, sun-baking in warmth. You struck gold over and over again, Gabriella. The record is perfect and a favourite of 2018. Thank you!
You keep uploading songs from your brand new record & I just can't get over how lucky we are! Every song glows, sun-baking in warmth. You struck gold over and over again, Gabriella. The record is perfect and a favourite of 2018. Thank you!
Review
Mellow guitar pop with a 60s bop! It's another 5 stars from me, I think you are so fantastic.
Mellow guitar pop with a 60s bop! It's another 5 stars from me, I think you are so fantastic.