Electro-pop duos dominate the modern musical landscape ranging from the lush songs of Phantogram to the worldly soundscapes of Simian Mobile Disco. But what they are missing is a street cred of angular rhythms atop melodic beats. Enter Australia’s Boo Seeka – featuring best friends Ben Gumbleton & Michael May.
Since breaking out in 2015 with their debut hit ‘Kingdom Leader’, which has since accumulated over 15 million streams, Boo Seeka have dominated national consciousness — and for good reason. The pair’s dynamic energy both in the studio and on stage has allowed them to stand out amongst Australia’s thriving music scene.
Book Seeka’s 2017 debut album Never Too Soon was met with global acclaim with Triple J describing the record as a “beautifully crafted, worldly-sounding body of work”. The album earned the home-grown hero’s coveted spots on esteemed festival line-ups Groovin’ The Moo, Splendour In The Grass, Beyond The Valley as well as selling out numerous headline tours across Australia, North America and Europe in 2017 & 2018, fulfilling the world’s endless appetite for their enthralling live show.
In 2020 Boo Seeka originally set their eyes on writing, recording & releasing their much-anticipated sophomore album & unsurprisingly hitting the road to support it, armed with a brand new live show. Of course, things changed in the touring front but the new music is still arriving.
Glide is pumped to premiere “Days Get Better” (below) a big-hearted number that features the arena-ready melodic rock charm of TwentyOne Pilots and the jittery pop sensibilities of The Weeknd.
“Sticking to the rules and regulations that are needed to wipe this pandemic, let’s just say the process of recording this record has been a roller coaster,” says the duo. “With everything constantly changing day by day, we can only hope that soon the days get better for everyone. Guitar in hand, the melody just vomited out of my mouth in front of Michael. His facial expression said enough for me to give the idea a couple minutes on the balcony where we were staying. Without me realizing Michael recorded a voice memo of it and sent it to our producer, the next day we were laying it down.”
“The vibe of the track came from a clash of two songs getting played. One was 1901 by Phoenix coming out of Michael’s room and the other was ‘Delirium’ by Ladyhawke blasting from a car stereo down the street. We don’t usually listen to a great deal of music when writing as we don’t want to be influenced by existing sounds, but I couldn’t exactly tell the person to turn off the car stereo and Michael didn’t turn it off while I was writing so we just went along with it.”
