A Quick Chat with Reckless Coast
Congrats on your new song ‘Burn Street’! How are you celebrating its release?
Jaeden: Thinking of some whiskey and cocktails at The Gresham! An amazing bar in Brisbane CBD. Well, we’ve got a whole EP releasing right after this, which includes ‘Burn Street’. Then, we’re on tour with that until June so it’ll be a good way to celebrate and also hype up for the following weeks.
What is the meaning behind the track? Where is Burn Street?
Jaeden: ‘Burn Street’ is in Camp Hill, Brisbane… a suburb on the southside of the river. It’s the street my first share house was in after I moved out of my childhood home in NSW. My flatmates at ‘Burn Street’ were the best group of people you could ask for… it was like a little family. As life goes however, we all went our separate ways. Me being young, I thought all other share houses were going to be the same… they were not. The song is about realising that ‘Burn Street’ was the closest thing to a home I had after moving to Brisbane, and I didn’t know until after I left..
What aspect of the live performance do you see as most important to preserve in the production process?
Jaeden: The energy is the most important aspect to retain in my eyes. A massive focus for us is our live shows, which are organically high in energy. When you’re there in the moment as an audience member, that element is what makes going to the gigs and listening to the music itself so addictive.
You’ve already played along with some incredible live acts like The Southern River Band and The Delta Riggs. What other Australian bands would Reckless Coast love to share a stage with?
India: I’d love to share a stage with JET. I’d also love to share the stage with the women in Australian music who inspired me to keep playing - The Baby Animals and The Superjesus. I think their fans would really dig our show.
What’s been the biggest challenge or hardest decision you’ve faced as a band so far?
India: One of our biggest challenges as a band was in the beginning when we went on tour and the 2019 bushfires happened. We decided that it was safer to continue heading down south than to turn back around and cancel the tour. We couldn’t just turn back around and go home anyway because parts of the highway were shut. Driving past burning parts of bushland, highway signs melted off, and inhaling a lot of ash while trying to make it to the next show was a spin-out. We’re very grateful we made it out safely.
Does Reckless Coast have any upcoming plans that you would care to share?
India: We’re about to go on an East Coast tour to celebrate the upcoming release of our debut EP ‘Naked & Famous’. We’ve also got a few tricks up our sleeve for the rest of the year - stay tuned!