Meeanjin/Brisbane act Machine on a Break has made a big impression on me with her latest single “Honestly.” It’s bold and epically cinematic with lyrics that really speak to the heart.
“Honestly is about finding out your partner holds wildly different political views to yourself, those which you consider to be harmful,” she explained. “I wrote ‘Honestly’ as I was realising, I wasn’t going to be able to stay in the relationship and I think differences of opinion are important for us to grow as people, but being closed-minded about topics that have the ability to be harmful to others is where I take issue. I was so genuinely blindsided by his opinions when he first told me because he seemed like such an open-minded person and politics had just never come up in our earlier conversations. I’ve learned my lesson and I always ask early on when I’m getting to know someone now.”
Machine on a Break shot the single’s video with director and editor Luke Agius.
“The storyline is a fight playing out via a game of chess after my partner reveals he has a different political view by the addition of a blue tie to his outfit while we are out together. I am wearing red to symbolise an opposing political view.”
Machine on a Break will support Wicked Envy at The Duke of Enmore in Eora/Sydney on August 11. It’s a free gig, so if you’re local there’s no excuse for missing it.
Image used with permission from Good Intent