Why Their Latest Single Was Two Years In The Making

2017 has been a big one for PLGRMS. They've spent time supporting Vera Blue on her previous tour and are currently travelling around Australia with Dean Lewis for his string of sold-out shows, and, somehow, they've also managed to get time in the studio to put together their latest single, Crawling Back.

"I was told to come up with something to say about it and I wrote it down and I don't know if I should just try and read that because it kind of nailed it," laughs singer-songwriter Jacob Pearson, when asked about the new track.

"Musically, it started, I think, in 2015 maybe. It was when the idea first came up and we started working on it back then and we had some lyrics for it originally that have been thrown out and replaced in the meantime, but musically I think it's pretty well stayed consistent since back then," adds multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jonathan Bowden.

"Stuff that we're writing now sounds a little bit different but I think it's good in that way, in that it lets people see a bit more of who we are rather than releasing things that sound similar," he continues. "It's giving people a bigger view of who we are as a band, which I think is really cool."

They maintain that while the song is different to their other works, it still retains the sound they've become known for.

"I think it still has our flavour. There's always, I guess, 'PLGRMS-isms' in the music that we write," says Bowden, as they both laugh at the newly coined term. "Whether that's certain melodic phrases that we gravitate back to or structurally, but I think it's evolving gradually and I think it'll always be evolving. I don't think you'd want to stay the same as a musician or a writer. It keeps it interesting for you if you're always trying to do something a bit different."

Crawling Back follows up a pretty successful stint of songs for the duo, with their track Fools And Their Gold having hit well over a million listens on Spotify.

"That was crazy. I've never been a part of anything that's been as successful," says Pearson. "I'm not one to feel proud and confident of things, but that was probably one of those moments for sure."

They plan on following up their recent successes and new single with an EP to come out later this year, as well as their own headlining tour.

"We'll put the EP out and then do our own run of dates and then hopefully we'll jump on some festivals at the end of the year. I think the plan is in the summer is just to go back into the studio again. It's always handy to have songs up your sleeve, then you have a choice when it comes to what's next," explains Bowden.

"We'll do our own [tour] as well, which'll be really fun. Kind of a bit more freedom in terms of time and set length and whatever else we want to do."

"And sound check," interjects Pearson, laughing.