Rising emo-punk outfit Bukowski have today released their new single and perfect rainy day drive accompaniment, Sow.
“Sow is a millennial anthem,” says Bukowski frontman James Karagiozis. “It’s vague and apathetic about how sometimes life just feels like it’s coming at you relentlessly, without a second to enjoy it. So, we’re left just sitting around, begging for it to be over.”
The new single follows Bukowski’s restrained yet commanding June single Superweak, which has clocked over 60,000 streams to date and has been featured on 9 major Spotify playlists, including adrenaline (900k) All New Rock (880k), Top of the Rock (415k) and more. It arrived amidst the band’s east coast run in support of Darwin post-hardcore outfit Tapestry.
Bukowski broke their creative hiatus earlier this year with their first new single since 2021, the short and sharp belter one hundred seconds. The track was supported by triple j’s Mornings and Short.Fast.Loud, and covered by Wall of Sound, Pilerats, HEAVY Mag, Happy Mag, The Rock Pit and more.
Bukowski’s return is just the beginning. The four mates (James Karagiozis – vocals/guitar, Benji Malkin-Adby – guitar, Gerard Dowling – drums, Jamie Rolfe – bass) haven’t lost their bite since their 2017 debut EP ‘Grow Up. Give Up. Let Go.’, releasing a steady stream of gutsy, emotive and rough-around-the-edges singles leading into 2021’s elevator song and sharing the stage with the likes of Knuckle Puck, Trophy Eyes, and Deaf Havana to name a few. After taking a couple of years to work on new music and focus on their personal lives, the self-proclaimed ‘complaint rock n roll’ band have finally found their groove, and are ready to hit the ground running.
Stream Sow HERE
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