Tyne-James Organ: Aussie singer wants to create talk around mental health with new album The Other Side

West Australian

16-05-2025

'What's the point of making music that's not real?'
For Australian alt-rock artist Tyne-James Organ, singing about mental health — while it is a taboo topic — is important to him after going through a rough year in 2024.
Organ was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has been on a journey managing his mental health and after a short break from music, he is ready for his next body of work to be out in the world.
'I think (mental health is) a very taboo kind of topic, to be honest, you know, like, not everyone, or many people, for that matter, talk about these things. And for me, it's something that I personally am dealing with, and have been dealing with throughout my life,' he said.
'I just felt like that's a conversation that's just so important, and it's always been there in my music, but I think, last year and stuff like that, it's finally been the time where I felt the need to address it with my fans and audience and just the general consensus of people.
'But I just think it's, it's such a big and important conversation, and there's, there's just not enough conversation around the seriousness of it.'
Organ's second album The Otherside was released on Friday and includes 12 tracks that detail moments in his life from happiness to heartbreak.
With his songs stemming from a personal place, Organ said he didn't filter his songwriting.
'The songs all kind of touch on to that one theme about 'the other side', whether that being life or death, the other side of happiness and hurt and just a lot of family as well,' he said.
In celebration of the album, the Wollongong-raised singer will be touring nationally, hitting Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Rosemount Hotel in Perth on May 30.
Organ has been to WA many times during the beginning of his career but hasn't been back since 2021 and is keen to say hey to his Perth fans.
'I love Perth. I've always had such a good time coming over,' he said.
'I think everyone since COVID-19, though, is always like (artists) tend to leave it out because of all the costs and everything that's gone on. So I'm really stoked that we managed to add it for this tour and I'm super keen to be back.'
For the show, fans can expect to see Organ soaking up every inch of the magical feeling performing live brings him, especially during some of the delicate moments.
'Everything is stripped back, the band leave the stage for a second and it's just myself and my guitar and having that moment with the crowd,' he said.
'And nine times out of 10, I do close my eyes in those moments, but when I do open them and see the emotion, the mouths all singing back, it's another feeling I can barely even explain it right now.'
To help make the album come to life, Organ worked with highly-sought after ARIA award-winning producer Chris Collins and bunkered down in his Byron Bay hinterlands studio.
He said being out in a calmer, nature-filled environment, rather than the city, really got the creative juices flowing.
'It's a very special place to be for one, but to be able to create there, like Chris, his studio is on this massive property that just feels like you're in the middle of nowhere. Just sitting out (on the porch) on the couch with my guitar, with a beer and just kind of sitting and getting in the zone,' he said.
'Being present in that nature kind of setting really just helps me craft my lyrics best there.'
From his new single Love Me Back exploring the complexities of relationship dynamics, raw honesty on the title track featuring Gordi and embracing his true inner self, managing ADHD and finding calmness within it all on Sunny Side Up.
For All On Me, Organ created at home on the piano with his mum and nan watching on and worked with Matt Corby on track Sometimes that is something more 'fresh and exciting' for him.
Following his tour, Organ plans to chip away at album number three and keep on touring.
'I've never done a regional tour before, so, I want to come over to like WA and hit up some more regional towns. I want to do that all through the country, for that matter, and then hopefully some festivals,' he said.