I've never heard of Bromance as a genre before, but Melodramatic Pop/Bromance is exactly how BASTIAN'S HAPPY FLIGHT describe themselves, and listening to their song 'RELATIONSHIPDENIAL' (yup, all in capitals and one word - even the song title's melodramatic) I think it's a pretty apt way to describe the band. It belongs in that same school as The Bro Code, or the practice of fist bumping. I would even go so far as to say that it's the male musical equivalent of chick flicks.
'RELATIONSHIPDENIAL' is smooth, sounding like something that would be produced if you crossed THE BEEGEES with Anchorman. The lyrics are comforting like a tub of double chocolate ice cream, but the backing music is the kind of pop that you want to sway with someone to, the kind of music that you wouldn't mind being woken up to in the morning even if you're not a morning person. If that's not high praise, I don't know what is.
The band themselves are also smooth, witty and intelligent gentlemen with a penchant for long words and verbose prose. They're sweet enough that they're offering 'RELATIONSHIPDENIAL' - which, incidentally, is the first song off their upcoming second EP - for free download through their Facebook page. All you have to do is click like. But while you're there, have a read of their 'about' section, just for some light entertainment. Here's an excerpt to let you know what you're in for:
With Australia 88 vocals atop Euro 82 production, the resultant palette is a socio-circumnavigational trip into the accomplishment of what pop should be: breezy and carefree topnotes, mids split 50/50 between ravenous passion and midnight melancholy with a flagrant urge to dance punctuating the drydown. Lavish and direct, it’s what you make of it but what you make if it is inevitably likely to be along the lines of lazer-soul, boogie and pre-house with inflections of Learjet interiors and Minneapolis from when you would have wanted to be there.
See what I mean?
For more BASTIAN'S HAPPY FLIGHT check out their Soundcloud or Triple J Unearthed Profile where you can get even more of their songs for free.
Words by Desiree Conceicao.
