Halcyon Drive Only Youth

Melbourne Electro Rockers, Halcyon Drive, today release their punchy and rhythmic new single 'Only Youth' via Sony Music Entertainment Australia. 'Only Youth' follows their recent critically acclaimed tracks 'Agnosia' and 'Silver Ray', which cemented the group as one of Melbourne's most promising rock trios. Listen to 'Only Youth' now.

On the new single, lead singer Mick Oechsle comments:

"Only Youth is something a little different narrative wise. It's essentially written from the perspective of someone in the afterlife, waiting for their lover, after an accident has taken them too young. It's an exploration of values, of reflection. What do we do with our youth- how do we spend our time, how do we waste it. Would you live with regrets if today was your last?"

Off the back of this release, Halcyon Drive will be performing at this year's Festival of the Sun alongside acts like Vera Blue, Pond and Skegss to name a few. Earlier this year Halcyon Drive's relentless touring schedule included performances at The Hills are Alive Festival, headlining Rare Finds indie club night tour circuit and a support slot on Stereophonics sold-out Australian tour

Previous singles 'Agnosia' and 'Silver Ray' were widely embraced by the likes of Australian radio stations triple j, 3RRR, SYN FM, 4ZZZ, Radio Adelaide and Edge Radio. The tracks also received support from worldwide tastemaker blogs Indie Shuffle (USA), Podcart (UK), The Revue (CAN), We Love That (GER), Niche Music (JAP), Red Bull Music, Laundry Echo, Savage Thrills, Heavy Mag, Music Feeds and Pilerats.

At the heart of creative design lies a fundamental understanding of structure and experimentation. Be it music, art, technology or utility, the underlying concepts remain the same. It's no coincidence that Halcyon Drive was born when Mick Oechsle and Max Pamieta met studying design together at university; their ability to understand the process of creative design - to imagine, conceptualise, improvise, challenge, ideate and to ultimately create something out of nothing - has had great influence on the shape and sound of the project as a whole.

Based in Melbourne, their class only consisted of five or six students, so it was inevitable that the pair began to chat, bonding through a love of music. After discovering that they both played instruments, they started hanging out and playing together. Though Halcyon Drive technically began as Mick's solo project, it wasn't long before Max, who would initially join Mick on stage to add energy to the performance, became a permanent member. To this day, they split the creative process down the middle.

That background knowledge of design proved hugely beneficial to their unique approach, particularly in terms of finding confidence in their own ideas, and of "knowing at what point one should grovel in the detail, and when it is okay to bin an idea," Max explains.

Pooling together a massive range of influences from Queens of the Stone Age, Fall of Troy and Spoon to St Vincent, Neil Finn and David Byrne, they carved their own sound through hours of jamming and performing together. Initially taking cues from pop-centric indie, they grew a little "weirder" and more "different", ultimately releasing two EPs, 2014's Cruel Kids and 2016's Untethered.