Great Outdoors Take You Track By Track Through Their New Album, 'Fake News'

Following last week's release of their sophomore album, Fake News, Melbourne outfit Great Outdoors are giving fans an insight into the LP with this exclusive track-by-track.

Settle in, because band members, Zachary Schneider and Dylan Young, are about to take you on a journey.

Fake News is out now through Smooch Records.

partways

Schneider: The vibe of this song was a huge shift in gears for me. It's a really simple riff. I was listening to Send Me A Lullaby by The Go-Betweens. I learnt how to play the songs by ear. They were so easy! But that didn't make them any less potent. That's what I learnt last year. You don't have to complicate things to write good songs.

keep your focus

Schneider: How to condense down societal pressures into ten words. It's a tough thing to do. If we all admit we only know as much as the next person we might get closer to understanding each other. 

fine tuning

Young: You can expend endless efforts to fine-tune your personality and lifestyle, but to what end? Sometimes its almost boring to self analyse. Also this song a how-to guide for tuning your guitar.

walkie talkie

Schneider: This was a kind of impressionistic take on Malcolm Turnbull. It's interesting how he manages to keep a relatively low profile in such politically charged times. How does he do it? All I know is he keeps it quiet. This song is also about privilege.  

stupid man

Schneider: The census figures are in. Men are stupid.

bachellors bliss

Schneider: Breakup songs can still be good. The title is tongue in cheek. Being alone is always bitter sweet - but mostly bitter.

the big move

Young: I moved from Ballarat to Melbourne. I was 18. I'm 21 now. Love in big the city. Need I say more?

boomers & late bloomers

Schneider: As a young person, you get pretty tired of older generations pulling yours apart, complaining about your culture and minimalising all the real problems before you. It's healthy to vent.

don't worry lucy

Schneider: Turnbull once had his lectern rushed by a group of Manus island/Nuaru protesters. They managed to get on stage with him shouting, "Shame on me and shame on you/Shut down Manus and Nauru". 

Lucy Turnbull later commented that she feared for his safety. 

I found it kind of ironic that the protest was humanitarian and maybe Malcolm and Lucy should think about other people's safety than just their own.

mara

Schneider: This song is about my step mother. She and her family were pretty shithouse to live with, pretty abusive. I haven't seen them for something like 10 years. I found out last year my step mother had cancer. 

It was a weird thing to find out. 

What are you meant to feel when abusive people get gravely ill?