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Perth Now
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Aussie artist keeping music real by singing about taboo
'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. If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. 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. Tyne-James Organ. Credit: Jack Shepherd '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.
West Australian
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Tyne-James Organ: Aussie singer wants to create talk around mental health with new album The Other Side
'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.
West Australian
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Spacey Jane: Caleb Harper on getting vulnerable for third album If That Makes Sense and Australian tour
When Spacey Jane announced their return to live music after a 14-month hiatus, the response from hardcore fans was wild. An impromptu gig at the Rosemount Hotel, where it all started for the band, saw people snapping up limited tickets within minutes. 'It was our first time playing at the Rosemount in four years or something. And, yeah, I lay down on the ground after the show, just like, smiling. I was so happy. It felt really good. And we all missed it so much,' lead guitarist and vocalist Caleb Harper told Play via video call from his Fremantle home. It was a full-circle moment as the Rosie was one of the many smaller venues the band played at throughout 2016, which helped them build their cult following. 'It's funny, like Jim, one of the in-house engineers, is still there. Seeing him again after years was just really cool,' Harper said. 'I think we just are very lucky to have come as far as we have, and to be there felt like a really beautiful reminder of where it started.' And oh, how far Harper and his bandmates Ashton Hardman-Le Cornu, Kieran Lama and Peppa Lane have come since establishing themselves as one of Australia's hottest homegrown talents. Spacey Jane released their third album If That Makes Sense on Friday, and are about to embark on an Australian and New Zealand tour showcasing the body of work that has the band feeling the happiest and most proud they've ever been. Perth fans will get to hear the 13 new songs when they take the stage at for a whopping seven consecutive shows starting on June 26. 'It's ridiculous,' Harper admitted. 'It's been crazy to see how well everything's sold. 'And having been away for so long, we just didn't know if people had forgotten about us. Are they bored of us? Are they like, 'you're old news?' But to feel the love has been really special.' 'Fremantle is home, and it's like five minutes from my house, so I'm just gonna drive to work every day. 'The whole goal of this tour is to not go out and play the biggest rooms we can, but to play (rooms) that still feel like we're connected to people watching the show.' With Harper tapping into vulnerability lyrically, the 28-year-old found himself feeling isolated from the world during the writing process. 'It's not until the record is out that you're like 'Oh, whoops, I put everything in this and now everyone's going to hear it',' he said. 'But I don't mind. Songwriting is an extension of myself and my feelings and experiences, and I just want to capture those as simply as possible.' Perhaps Harper felt most exposed and was at his rawest when recording songs Through My Teeth, Whateverrrr, and Falling Apart. Harper described Whateverrrr as a 'wound', as it explores a brief snapshot of childhood joy that collides with sadness as he reflects on how he was raised. On Falling Apart, Harper focuses on harrowing memories, singing: 'I've got a story you would like/It's one where I'm forced to sleep outside/ It was pretty cold, I was 12 years old.' Lead track Through My Teeth delves into cutting ties with the strictures of church, heading to university at 18, and getting 'blackout' drunk. After leaving his musical aspirations for a while and instead partying in excess, flunking his engineering course and dealing with a breakdown, it was then Spacey Jane became Harper's purpose and solace. 'I personally credit the band, but particularly Ashton and Kieran, because Peppa joined later, for showing extreme grace and love and forgiving me over and over again,' he said. Harper also reflected on the three-year creative process of making their album in Los Angeles and the strong bond they share as a group, describing their relationship as 'somewhere between siblings and a four-way marriage'. The group decided to head to the home of some of the world's best music and the industry's brightest minds to 'shock the system and pull ourselves out of our comfort zone in a way that we hadn't before'. After whittling down the album from nearly 40 songs, the band headed to the studio with Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Wolf Alice, The 1975) for 12 weeks of recording. They also worked with new collaborators Jackson 'Day Wave' Phillips and Sarah Aarons, who has worked with Childish Gambino and Miley Cyrus. 'It felt like the right move to step out and see what could be done,' Harper said. 'And I think in the end, we got a record that we couldn't have made here or on our own. 'I love this project and I want to play it for people, and I love my bandmates and this thing we've built together. We stepped off the cliff every day and loved it, and we have never been happier with our work than we are now.'
Perth Now
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
The Spacies put all the feels on new album as Freo gigs near
When Spacey Jane announced their return to live music after a 14-month hiatus, the response from hardcore fans was wild. An impromptu gig at the Rosemount Hotel, where it all started for the band, saw people snapping up limited tickets within minutes. 'It was our first time playing at the Rosemount in four years or something. And, yeah, I lay down on the ground after the show, just like, smiling. I was so happy. It felt really good. And we all missed it so much,' lead guitarist and vocalist Caleb Harper told Play via video call from his Fremantle home. It was a full-circle moment as the Rosie was one of the many smaller venues the band played at throughout 2016, which helped them build their cult following. Spacey Jane at The Rosemount on January 14, 2025. Credit: Alan Chau / The West Australian 'It's funny, like Jim, one of the in-house engineers, is still there. Seeing him again after years was just really cool,' Harper said. 'I think we just are very lucky to have come as far as we have, and to be there felt like a really beautiful reminder of where it started.' And oh, how far Harper and his bandmates Ashton Hardman-Le Cornu, Kieran Lama and Peppa Lane have come since establishing themselves as one of Australia's hottest homegrown talents. Spacey Jane released their third album If That Makes Sense on Friday, and are about to embark on an Australian and New Zealand tour showcasing the body of work that has the band feeling the happiest and most proud they've ever been. Perth fans will get to hear the 13 new songs when they take the stage at for a whopping seven consecutive shows starting on June 26. 'It's ridiculous,' Harper admitted. 'It's been crazy to see how well everything's sold. 'And having been away for so long, we just didn't know if people had forgotten about us. Are they bored of us? Are they like, 'you're old news?' But to feel the love has been really special.' Peppa Lane and Kieran Lama. Credit: Supplied 'Fremantle is home, and it's like five minutes from my house, so I'm just gonna drive to work every day. 'The whole goal of this tour is to not go out and play the biggest rooms we can, but to play (rooms) that still feel like we're connected to people watching the show.' With Harper tapping into vulnerability lyrically, the 28-year-old found himself feeling isolated from the world during the writing process. 'It's not until the record is out that you're like 'Oh, whoops, I put everything in this and now everyone's going to hear it',' he said. 'But I don't mind. Songwriting is an extension of myself and my feelings and experiences, and I just want to capture those as simply as possible.' Perhaps Harper felt most exposed and was at his rawest when recording songs Through My Teeth, Whateverrrr, and Falling Apart. Harper described Whateverrrr as a 'wound', as it explores a brief snapshot of childhood joy that collides with sadness as he reflects on how he was raised. On Falling Apart, Harper focuses on harrowing memories, singing: 'I've got a story you would like/It's one where I'm forced to sleep outside/ It was pretty cold, I was 12 years old.' Lead track Through My Teeth delves into cutting ties with the strictures of church, heading to university at 18, and getting 'blackout' drunk. Caleb Harper. Credit: Supplied After leaving his musical aspirations for a while and instead partying in excess, flunking his engineering course and dealing with a breakdown, it was then Spacey Jane became Harper's purpose and solace. 'I personally credit the band, but particularly Ashton and Kieran, because Peppa joined later, for showing extreme grace and love and forgiving me over and over again,' he said. Harper also reflected on the three-year creative process of making their album in Los Angeles and the strong bond they share as a group, describing their relationship as 'somewhere between siblings and a four-way marriage'. The group decided to head to the home of some of the world's best music and the industry's brightest minds to 'shock the system and pull ourselves out of our comfort zone in a way that we hadn't before'. After whittling down the album from nearly 40 songs, the band headed to the studio with Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Wolf Alice, The 1975) for 12 weeks of recording. They also worked with new collaborators Jackson 'Day Wave' Phillips and Sarah Aarons, who has worked with Childish Gambino and Miley Cyrus. 'It felt like the right move to step out and see what could be done,' Harper said. 'And I think in the end, we got a record that we couldn't have made here or on our own. 'I love this project and I want to play it for people, and I love my bandmates and this thing we've built together. We stepped off the cliff every day and loved it, and we have never been happier with our work than we are now.'
