"We were looking at new covers for this set and we decided to do a Daft Punk medley. And, then, they announced a new album and just everyone was posting about it,” Cuerel says of the Airlie connection. “We decided to see if we could capitalise on it, not really expecting much. We just did a video and put it up. We weren't expecting heaps of views.”
That clip has gone on to be viewed nearly 300,000 times in roughly three months. It's been a massive increase in exposure for the Brisbane outfit. Into that maelstrom, Pigeon have bravely decided to release a new single – Curtain Call. A darker, more complex take on the group's eclectic, breezy sound, Curtain Call wouldn't have been an easy sell to Pigeon's existing fanbase. Cuerel admits they weren't sure how it was going to be received by their new followers.
“Yeah, that was pretty interesting, actually. Obviously, we didn't expect that medley to take off as much as it did,” the trumpeter says. “[The reception]'s been really, really good, though. We kind of put it out as a bit of a YOLO. See what could happen. It's a bit different to lot of our other stuff and we had no idea what would happen with it.
“We've had a lot of good feedback, though. After we did that Daft Punk medley, we got a lot of new fans and it's been really exciting to be able to show them a new single and have them really respond to it. It's been exciting to watch it spread.”
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