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Photo by Duncan Wright Australian artists have been absolutely killing it on the indie rock/Americana front lately. Carla Geneve is poised to be the new huge break out musician out of that country. Her latest single, "Don't Wanna Be Your Lover" lives firmly in between the worlds of indie rock and Americana. It has the trace elements of Americana while still just rocking out. It's reminding me a lot of whitechocolatespaceegg era Liz Phair or a more rocking Julia Jacklin. "Don't Wanna Be Your Lover" is a perfectly solid song for anyone who ever loved mid-90's alternative rock, or wants a little more edge in their Americana than the usual banjo bands provide. You can watch the video for "Don't Wanna Be Your Lover" below. It will be on her debut full length album due later in 2020 on Dot Dash Recordings/Remote Control Records. For more on Carla Geneve, check her out on Facebook and Instagram .

Photo by Darren Stapley Hopefully you're not sick of the surge of incredibly talented artists coming out of Australia, because the latest is Carla Geneve. "Yesterday's Clothes" starts out as a mostly traditional singer/songwriter song. It's not acoustic, but Geneve's vocals are definitely the focus of the song. Geneve's vocals are absurdly powerful, but not in a traditional sense. You'll understand this one once you listen. The guitar slowly takes over. It's so slow that you won't even realize it's happening until the end when it's a blistering whirlwind of pure rock. As for the subject matter of the song, I'll let Geneve explain it:  " Yesterday’s Clothes is about falling out of love with someone and feeling guilty about it. I wrote it at time when I was burning the candle at both ends and had no energy left to try to deal with the end of a relationship. Most of the words came when I was doing a long drive back from some...