FORMED in 2018, Brooklyn art-punk outfit Gustaf have been making waves in their home city for some time now. Championed by the likes of Beck and James Chance, they’ve rapidly gained a reputation as one of New York’s most hard-working and eccentrically fun bands thanks to their thrilling live shows around the city and beyond.
Following their recent signing to Royal Mountain Records, the band have unveiled their long-awaited debut single ‘Mine’ and it offers a thrillingly off-kilter insight into their vibrant, all-encompassing world. Choppy guitars and popping basslines lead the way as the charismatic Lydia Gammill sings about someone who has a distorted sense of entitlement. Capturing the Brooklyn sounds of fellow art-rockers Bodega, Parquet Courts, The Wants and others, Gustaf prove that they’re ready to take centre stage on the catchy track.
Gammill says “This song is about having a false sense of entitlement. Someone who feels attacked or like they’re being pushed out of their own world and not getting the credit they deserve. Someone with a delusional sense of self whose anger and frustration is humorous like the superintendent in a college frat movie. The opening lines make it seem like the narrator is being criticizing by someone else and they’re retaliation is like ‘you’ve got to be kidding me, you can’t say that about me! I invented water you punk!’ … sort of. ”
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Photo by Adam Lempel
