Perth Rockers LATE 90s Share New Single ‘Low’
‘Low’ is the follow-up to LATE 90s’ recently released EP, Silk.
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Much like their namesake, LATE 90s make music from everyone’s favourite alt-rock time period, with the band’s lastest single, ‘Low’, a gritty exploration of the balance between hardship and hope.
“‘Low’ is about that internal monologue of self-love and self-loathing – knowing you’re heading off course and wanting to be better but you just don’t know how to be a better version of yourself and then beating yourself up for it,” LATE 90s explain.
Expanding on the origins of the track, the band’s Stephen Loreck details, “Last year I struggled a bit with self-esteem and valuing myself. Sometimes you don’t know where to start to get better, maybe you’re waiting for someone or something to happen for you to get your shit together.”
Recorded at Perth’s Emerald Room Studios, ‘Low’ was produced by Loreck, mixed by sound engineer Emmett Carroll and mastered by Brodie Stewart. Heavy enough to please the headbangers yet melodic enough for the guitar lovers, ‘Low’ perfectly captures LATE 90s nostalgic rock sound in four minutes of rifftastic goodness.
Speaking on the making of ‘Low’, the band adds, “The process of making ‘Low’ was so different to any other song we have done as we took way more of a DIY approach, with me producing the song. We started recording this song before our previous EP came out, so we had a bit of time to obsess over all the parts, trying everything we could to just give the song an extra 10% for example, tracking vocals three different times and bass twice.
“Some of our favourite parts of the song we wrote in the studio, just trying out random stuff, so having the time and freedom to experiment more was something we really valued. It was also really beneficial to have Emmett Carroll (our live sound engineer) involved as he provided a lot of technical support, engineering when I was playing guitar or singing and coming up with some good ideas.”
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Taking influence from their heroes, including Deftones, Paramore and Basement, LATE 90s merge nostalgia-fueled alt-rock with modern heavy rock traits, garnering them over 2.1 million Spotify streams.
The quartet released their debut EP, Everything Is Closer Than It Seems, in 2022, and dropped their second project, Silk, earlier this year.
Having toured alongside the likes of Neck Deep, Taking Back Sunday, State Champs, Hot Mulligan, Free Throw, Short Stack and Slowly Slowly, LATE 90s are preparing for several showcase shows at this year’s BIGSOUND in Brizzy.
Catch LATE 90s at Destroy All Lines (Unofficial BIGSOUND) showcase at The Brightside on Monday 1 September (8–8.20pm AEST) and at Crowbar on Wednesday 3 September (11.15–11.45pm AEST) and The Brightside Outdoors on Thursday 4 September (7.15-7.45pm AEST).
‘Low’ by LATE 90s is out now. Catch the band at BIGSOUND 2025 this September. Tickets on sale now via bigsound.org.au.
