Veterans of the Brisbane heavy music scene may recall Dollarosa frequenting the stages at Crowbar, X&Y, Miami Shark Bar and myriad other venues in the mid-2010’s. Their 2012 seminal EP ‘The Never Ending Unfamiliar’ cemented them as staples in the scene, charting on Apple Music and receiving support from Blunt Mag, Alternative Press, The Music (Killyourstereo), The Courier Mail and triple j. The EP landed Dollarosa support slots for Story of the Year, Funeral For A Friend and Flyleaf, and took them around Australia and Japan.
After stepping away from the stage in 2018 to focus on their next release, the band were met with a slew of obstacles, including the COVID pandemic, slowing progress almost to a halt. Despite all odds, the band persevered and today they announce their return under new name Made Wrong. To mark the beginning of this exciting new chapter, they announce the release of their emotionally charged new single, Summer Wars.
Summer Wars is a personal reflection by vocalist Lachlan Dann on the hardship of helping to care for someone during their battle with a terminal illness, and the conflict between wanting to protect the people we love from harm and the realisation that love cannot always do so.
Dann reflects on the song’s meaning: “The line “you are my star” has a literal connection to a star that was named in this person’s memory after they passed away, while also representing the idea that someone can remain a point of light in your life even after they are gone.”
Touching on grief, guilt, frustration but also moments of joy and the promise that they don’t have to face the end alone, Summer Wars explores the limits of what we can do for the people we love, and trying to hold onto someone even when you know you cannot stop them from leaving.
Emotional and dynamic yet powerful and raw, Summer Wars speaks to a brand of alt-rock that hails back to the golden era of post-hardcore, synonymous with bands such as Thrice and Underoath. The song’s themes are reflected in the ebb and flow between melancholic restraint and anguish-filled aggression.
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