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The new cut from Sydney’s Dust Of Us is “a pretty dark song about someone emancipating themselves from a dire situation".
Premiering today via The Music, Punching Bag is taken from the duo’s forthcoming debut EP, set for release next February, and features vocalist Jess Chalker.
“To me, you can read it either as a metaphorical punching bag, or literal, ie. from the perspective of someone whose partner physically abuses them,” Dust Of Us member Ed Prescott told The Music.
“Most of the lyrics came out pretty subconsciously, but at the time I was reading Jess Hill’s brilliant book See What You Made Me Do and I think some of the themes of that book seeped into the song.
“We asked if our friend Jess Chalker would sing on it - her voice is stunning - it feels simultaneously strong and vulnerable at the same time and that was what the song required.”
Check out Punching Bag above.
