{"id":1947567,"date":"2025-08-07T20:33:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1947567"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:33:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:33:37","slug":"new-music-discoveries-8th-august-georgia-mulligan-stella-donnelly-riley-pearce-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-discoveries-8th-august-georgia-mulligan-stella-donnelly-riley-pearce-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Discoveries 8th August: Georgia Mulligan, Stella Donnelly, Riley Pearce, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Another week another ten new tracks added to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including two from premieres earlier in the week. Sydney singer-songwriter Georgia Mulligan<\/b> is our Track of the Week with \u201cSplit\u201d \u2013 the third single released from her forthcoming album Unheaven<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\u2018Part confessional and part ridiculous poem\u2019, \u201cSplit\u201d is to put it simply \u2013 stunning! It\u2019s clever, heartfelt, and completely compelling. It\u2019s a bit of a masterclass in introspective and confessional songwriting. Musically, it\u2019s quietly captivating, there\u2019s a nice balance of bass, percussion and that gorgeous baritone guitar sound. The focus, then becomes Mulligan\u2019s striking and beautiful vocal. It just grips you from the first moment. There\u2019s no shortage of excellent alternative and indie female singer-songwriters in Australia at the moment, and Mulligan is right up there with the best of them.<\/p>\n

Stella Donnelly<\/strong> is back with her first new music since her 2022 album Flood<\/em>, and we are so glad for it. \u201cBaths\u201d is a reminder of all we love about her music. There\u2019s a gentleness and intimacy to it which is just ever so moving. The first couple of verses are sung a cappella, with an Irish folk song feeling, as Stella lifts the veil on her time away from the musical spotlight, and what might be coming next. There\u2019s a lovely video<\/a> as well, with her swimming off Seaholme Jetty in Altona, Victoria. I suspect she suffered for her art there \u2013 looks cold!. There is another track also released- \u201c\u2019Standing Ovation\u201d \u2013 hunt it down.<\/p>\n

\u201cSwim Practice\u201d is the latest single from Canadian alt country singer-songwriter Mariel Buckley<\/b>. The\u00a0<\/span>single is Buckley\u2019s second release of 2025 and accompanies the announcement of her new album Strange Trip Ahead<\/i> which is set for release October 17th via Birthday Cake Records. \u201cSwim Practice\u201d, which was co-written with Winnipeg artist Cassidy Mann<\/b>, finds Buckley bucking genre conventions leaning more into emotive indie-rock territory. Exploring themes of adolescent shame, secrecy, and queer longing \u201cSwim Practice\u201d is moody, emotive and atmospheric with chorus-soaked guitars, <\/span>rippling percussion, plenty of reverb, and that almost confessional lyricism that just pulls you in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today long time AU favourite Riley Pearce <\/b>announced The Weight of Our Dreaming<\/i> \u2013 the WA singer-songwriter\u2019s forthcoming third album. Accompanying the announcement is the emotional new single \u201cYou Won\u2019t Be There\u201d. The beautiful track explores the tension between chasing a dream and being there for the people who matter most; and is inspired in part by Pearce balancing life as a working musician and all that entails, with that of a father of two young girls and as a husband. As Pearce reflects: \u2019I keep coming back to how being away from home feels now and all the moments missed. Time differences make geographical distances feel larger. With two young girls back home, all I want is to end my day sharing stories.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cPrisoner\u201d from Eora\/Sydney-based rockers Krystal Rivvers<\/strong> features the raw and expressive vocals from frontman Earl Weir<\/strong> and ethereal chorus performance from Polly Cooper<\/strong> (Hatchling). It\u2019s moody, sultry and oozes charisma. The track was produced by Jack Moffitt<\/strong> (The Preatures) . The band writes:\u00a0\u201c\u2018Prisoner\u2019 is the result of a late night out in the city and returning home to rough out some ideas on the acoustic guitar and voice memo,\u201d Weir explains. \u201cIt\u2019s about wanting what you don\u2019t need \u2013 and needing what you can\u2019t quite hold onto. The hook had a lot of back and forth, and we thought Polly would be perfect to bring the brightness it needed; her lead vocal really lights it up.<\/em><\/p>\n

Melbourne\u2019s rock\u2019n\u2019roll power poppers The Prize<\/strong> have released the rip-roaring \u201cFrom The Night\u201d. With three guitars at the fore, it\u2019s reminiscent of everything we love about loud guitar rock in pubs, where the sweat drips from the ceiling and your feet sticks to the carpet. It\u2019s a big week for the band \u2013 they\u2019ve announced that their debut album, In The Red<\/em> will be released on the 19th of September. You can catch the band on Saturday August 23 at Bell City Takeaway in Preston with guests Handgrenade Hearts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also added to the playlist this week is \u201cCalling Me Back\u201d the new single from Gold Coast-based teenager (he\u2019s 16!) and rock artist MYLES <\/b>\u2013 who was getting attention at the Bluesfest Busking Stage earlier in the year. The track is really pleasing blend of blues, grunge and rock textures, with some brilliant guitar work throughout. It\u2019s one of those tracks that designed to be played loud<\/i>.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also added \u201cTiny Losses\u201d a recent release from Brooklyn band vagaries<\/b>. Hazy, kinda lo-fi, and with a bit of a psych edge to proceedings, the track is from their new album It\u2019s My Cake<\/i>, which is out now.<\/p>\n

Finally we \u2018ve added \u201cBreak\u201d from Call the Mourning<\/strong>, which we premiered the new video, and \u201cDown and Dirty\u201d, a focus track from the new album from The Holly Rollercoasters<\/strong> which we also premiered this week.<\/p>\n

Catch all the new music updated every Friday on Apple Music:<\/p>\n