Take 5 with Lake Crook Mouth
Sydney genre-bender Lake Crook Mouth recently revealed his latest single Thirty One, a nostalgic and wanderlust-driven track inspired by his time backpacking through Europe. With his debut album Here, Here & Finally Here set to arrive on October 31, Lake Crook Mouth sat down with AAA Backstage for a Take 5, diving into the songs that shaped his unique blend of rock roots, electronic exploration, and folk-inspired storytelling.
Tis the season for Oasis and I’m lucky enough to be seeing them in London this year! My bandmate Callum got me into Oasis in 2015 and I’ve loved them ever since. Supersonic in particular I’m vibing a lot right now coz I used Defiantly Maybe as a reference for the album I’m dropping later this year. The production is huge, it’s a bit much in fact, and that’s what I want the album to sound like!
Cold Hard Killer – Poltergeist 9000
These guys are my favourite new aussie band, I’ve seen them three times in the past year and it’s utter carnage! There’s this scene brewing in Sydney of what I call Hyper-Punk, it’s hyper-pop sounds with an aggressive punk attitude. Poltergeist 9000 is my favourite of them. Amazing energy, fantastic production and they give it absolutely everything onstage.
Tis also the season for Charli! This track is so rock n roll, it’s so punk, I dare say it’s even a bit metal! It swallows me whole every time I listen to it and leaves me in awe. I’m not even a Charli fan, but she’s a genius, it’s that simple.
I always keep this track close at hand. I used to play in a three piece rock band but then got really into Hip-Hop production and discovering Walk This Way was the perfect marriage of the two. The huge groovy drums of hip-hop and the guitars and attitude of rock, that was my original vision for Lake Crook Mouth.
Loch Lomond – Alastair McDonald & Leo Maguire
Bit left field but I’ve been searching for Gaelic folk music lately to reconnect with older music traditions. There’s this deep melancholy in Gaelic folk music, maybe it’s from the miserable weather they get on the British isles. But it also feels deeply honest and wise to me, it come from a time where stories were told through song, and that’s something I’m trying to connect with as a songwriter.
