After Edge of Town launched them on to the global stage, the
Sydney band’s second album is more reflective – and more raw
The new album from
Australian band Middle Kids starts in a vulnerable place. In its opening track, Bad Neighbours, singer-songwriter Hannah Joy inspects the lifelong reverberations of childhood trauma.
“That’s definitely the most intense track,” Joy says, speaking to the Guardian from the sunny Turramurra home she shares with bandmate and husband Tim Fitz. It’s softer and more stripped-back than many Middle Kids songs: just acoustic guitar, strings and Joy singing about anger, pain, hurt and hope.