Every week, 88Nine music director Erin Wolf shares a sonic gem she found using her nearly 20 years of new-music exploration experience. You can hear all her discoveries live on 88Nine at 10 p.m. every Monday on What’s All This: Adventures in New Music.
The understated folk of Way Dynamic is disarmingly simple (the best things often are). The Melbourne-based project of Dylan Young proved it again on new single “Officially” from his upcoming third full-length album.
The Aussie singer-songwriter is no stranger to the States, having toured with This is Lorelei and Black Country New Road while also gaining prominent indie rock fans like Katie Crutchfield. Yet this track still feels like a soft launch to potential new fans here.
Of the song, he shared it was written the week he met his girlfriend. “[I]t really is a shamefully joyous love song,” he said. “But it also contends with the downside of being addicted to someone.”
Look for Way Dynamic’s new album Massive Shoe out Oct. 2 via Jagjaguwar, and enjoy “Officially” by listening to this episode of What’s All This via the player at the top of the page.
Best new indie music this week
- This Is Lorelei, “Oh No Now My”
- Asher White, “Stage Diva”
- Susanna Hoffs, “Casablanca”
- Hockitay, “half smile”
- Helen, “Dead shark II”
- Way Dynamic, “Officially”
- HUG, “Catatumbo”
- June McDoom, “Without You”
- Freak Slug, “If I Could”
- Weezer, “C.E.O.”
- Graham Hunt, “Getting Older”
- Benny Sings, “22 Durnham Dew”
- Black Bananas, “Eddie’s Album”
