Loose Content: From Byron Bay Bedrooms to Melbourne Stages
Loose Content is soon to become your new favourite band. The Bryon Bay founded, Naarm/Melbourne-based trio are wowing music lovers and critics with their powerful, indie slanted alt-rock. Currently on tour with Radium Dolls, The Note was lucky enough to get some time with the band before they hit the road, with Loose Content opening up about their upcoming new EP, moving interstate and the story behind their latest single ‘Big Bright Burning Sun’.
Interview Tobias Handke // Image supplied
For those not familiar with Loose Content, tell us a bit about yourselves and how you got started.
We all came together in high school. Milla and Sam lived down the street from each other and were looking for a drummer. Sam's dad was a drum teacher and had mentioned he had a new shithot 11-year-old drummer, so we started jamming together!
We pretty much played together every week since then, with debates on whether the formation of the band happened on Milla's birthday or not. (it didn't).
The band originally formed in Byron Bay. What was the music scene like during that time?
The scene in Byron Bay when we were growing up was pretty small and definitely very focused on the kind of indie surf rock you'd expect. We naturally gravitated towards more of the Lismore and surrounding areas, as it was a bit more musically diverse and a bit more of an active music scene driven by other young artistic people.
The band has relocated to Melbourne/Naarm. What was the reason behind this, and how have you found the transition from a small town to a big city?
We relocated almost two years now! We loved where we grew up for community and nature aspects, but as a band, we felt we needed to move to a place with a lot more opportunity to really grow. The transition was definitely quite drastic when we first moved, but having a really supportive music community has definitely been a huge help.
Melbourne/Naarm is a hotspot for live music. Do you find there is a lot of competition amongst artists, or is it more of a healthy rivalry where everyone only wants the best for each other?
It can definitely feel competitive due to the sheer amount of bands, but once you fully immerse yourself in the scene and get to know the other bands, it feels like everyone does want the best for everyone.
Last year saw the release of your debut EP, Costumes. It’s a fantastic collection of British-influenced indie tracks produced by the great Nick DiDia (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against The Machine, Powderfinger). What was it like working with Nick?
Working with Nick was pretty surreal. It was crazy just knowing the people he had worked with, but he was a super down-to-earth guy and made us all feel super comfortable in trying out new ideas and experimenting.
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The band has received high praise since the release of Costumes, with Blur’s Dave Rowntree calling Loose Content his favourite band at BIGSOUND 2025. How crazy is it when things like that happen?
That was pretty crazy! As Blur fans, we were ecstatic enough just to be able to meet Dave, but to hear that he appreciated what we do was something truly special and something we'll remember for a long time.
Do you feel any extra pressure when people are saying you’re the next big thing?
Do they? I don't think that would affect us, as we have always tried to just focus on our songwriting and live shows.
This year, the band is working on your second EP with producer Dan Luscombe (Courtney Barnett, Amyl & The Sniffers). Why did you choose him, and how has he helped shape your new material?
Not only do we respect Dan as a musician himself, but we have all been massive fans of his work as a producer, and we all felt inspired by his ability to capture a raw and authentic sound from artists that we admire.
He really shaped our sound by helping us to capture the live energy we have as a band while still being able to explore different arrangements and sounds in the studio.
You’ve just dropped your new single, ‘Big Bright Burning Sun’. Talk me through the creation of this song and what it’s about.
We first started writing ‘BBBS’ before we moved to Melbourne. It had been sitting idle for quite a few months before we decided to revisit the song and try finish it. We ended up finishing writing the song just before going out to tour Costumes and tweaking it on the road.
The song circles an unsettling realisation that we’re hurtling toward the very thing we orbit, drawn ever closer to a point of no return. There’s an inevitability baked into the chorus, a sense that everything we build, protect and cling to will eventually burn and unravel. Yet buried within that bleakness is a strange, almost comforting truth: long after we’re gone, the Earth will regenerate. Life will continue. The cycle of birth, destruction and renewal remains indifferent to human consequence.
Loose Content is about to go on tour supporting Radium Dolls. What are you looking forward to?
We're really looking forward to our shows with them! Big fans of their music and their new album is super sick. We're also really keen to hit Adelaide as it'll be our first time there.
What does the rest of 2026 hold for Loose Content?
We've got lots more new music coming out in the next few months and a few tours to be announced! We'll definitely be getting back into the studio to write and record some even newer stuff.
Catch Loose Content performing with Radium Dolls at Jive on Saturday 21 February and Howler in Melbourne on Saturday 28 February. Tickets on sale now at moshtix.com.au.
