Wildcard (week 47):
Laura Mac – Garage Full Of Dreams
Youโve got debut singles, and then youโve got DEBUT SINGLES. Garage Full Of Dreams by Laura Mac easily falls in the latter category.
Laura Mac is a brand-new duo from the Australian Sunshine Coast, consisting of Laura MacLachlan and Zachary Connelly. They call their big red tour bus their official third member. Thatโs the place where the couple wrote this song, record their demos and spend most of their time. Zac writes all the music and then Laura throws in the occasional bass line and puts vocals down over the top.
The band subsequently took their demo to a real studio, where Luke Williams (Dead Letter Circus) was enlisted to play the drums. Ian Peres (ex-Wolfmother) played the keys. The result is an energetic fun track with sunny verses and a guitar-heavy chorus. Despite the busy, rocky backdrop, Lauraโs powerful voice cuts through the music like a knife.
In an interview with Good Call Live, the bandโs front-womanย says about Garage Full Of Dreams: โYou know how some people have to work really hard for things that other people have given to them for free? Thatโs kind of what this song is about. That and cool cars! I sing about all these cool cars when in reality I drive the worldโs most beat up Toyota Camry. When I got the car it was rancid and had 5000 cockroaches in it. Itโs clean now but has subsequently been nicknamed โThe Roachโ.โ
This whole week, Garage Full Of Dreams by Laura Mac will feature here prominently as our Carte Blanche Music Wildcard.
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