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Meanjin/Brisbane’s Evie Williams returns with ‘Heather Court’, out Friday, December 5, a hazy indie folk-rock daydream. Shaped by loose drumming, laidback overdriven guitars and Evie's dulcet vocals, she shares a story about the unsteady pulse of early adulthood.
Evie Williams has peppered releases across the years since her 2019 debut, exploring sounds that move through pop, country and indie folk. Highlights so far include being named a finalist for Brisbane City Council's QUBE Effect, performing at Hidden Lanes Festival, supporting EMEREE and Tyla Jane and selling out her debut full-band show earlier this year.
Now with ‘Heather Court’, Evie leans into a moodier palette and turns inward, reflecting on her own tension between who she hoped to become and the reality she was living, a feeling she captures with raw honesty. Speaking on the single, she shares:
"‘Heather Court’ is a song about self-sabotage. It is the name of an old apartment block that I had visions of living in one day, with a beautiful balcony, a cat and a romanticised life. I would drive past and wonder how I would ever make a life like that, when I was going home to a mattress on the floor and my forgotten coffee on my desk. It highlights the feeling of wasted potential, the pearls on the dresser ready to be worn, but forgotten again."
That bittersweet tension is found in the track's warm, hazy production. With a mellow swing and a dreamy, slightly frayed edge, ‘Heather Court’ moves in a slow sway of fuzzy guitar layers and warm, feather-light vocals. The track toes the line between indie folk and psych rock with its lazy drum groove and drifting riffs as Evie’s voice threads through the haze of each verse and chorus.
A hypnotic bridge shifts into a pitter-patter spoken-word flow, with harmonies building over each other. With a sun-bleached warmth, the track carries a melancholic weight that can shift depending on the mood brought to it.
Capturing that tender space between dreaming big and finding a footing, Evie Williams shares 'Heather Court' on Friday, December 5.
