Somber Hills & Mitch Palmer Lean Into Pop Sensibilities On New Single ‘BURN WHEN IT’S OVER’
The Eora-based artist flexes his sonic range on this new track, leaning into an infectious pop sound that's bound to be on repeat.
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Aotearoa-born, Eora-based artist Somber Hills has been on a steady release run since dropping his EP EP K*ll Me When I’m Happy in the middle of last year. His latest offering, a pop/punk/rap ballad titled BURN WHEN IT’S OVER with Mitch Palmer, truly outlines his range, and showcases his organic ability to put together a punchy pop song that still remains true to his sonic roots.
Learning to play guitar at the age of eight, gradually diving into production by the time he was in high school, Somber Hills has always felt the desire to create. Whether it was making a beat first to freestyling over the top of it, to writing hooks and letting the rest of the chips fall where they may, his knack for freeflowing creation is still very much an integral part of his creative process now.
Noting his prominent influences as Paramore, Radiohead, Green Day and Travis Scott, Somber Hills takes a note out of his genre-blending inspiration’s books to capture themes of love, success and reckless abandon on BURN WHEN IT’S OVER.
The song took shape naturally as the first song the artist intended to write that leaned more into a simpler, pop sound. With many of the lyrics freestyled instead of written down, and the verse crafted before the hook, Somber Hills called on Naarm hip hop artist Mitch Palmer, Nat Sherwood of BESTIES and producer Jesse Kosterman to piece the remainder of the puzzle together.
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As a result, BURN WHEN IT’S OVER arrives as a follow up to his previous single VACANCY with Perth-based R&B act Jeida Woods, which also sees the artist step into alternative-pop territory. With long-standing career highlights including playing the support slot for rapper A$AP Ferg, embarking on two UK tours and recently ringing it all in on home turf with shows throughout Australia and New Zealand, it’s never been more clear that Somber Hills is ready to take things even more worldwide.
Listen to BURN WHEN IT’S OVER by Somber Hills and Mitch Palmer below.
This piece of content has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia and Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body
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