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Goldfish Bowlin'

by Cahill Kelly

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On the same day that Melbourne indie-songsmith Cahill Kelly releases his sublime debut album, ‘Classical and Cool Jazz’, Kelly reveals the album’s catchy third single, Goldfish Bowlin’.

Cahill says about the single Goldfish Bowlin’: “conjured out of frustration with myself for slipping back into the loop of bad drug habits, I wrote this song after I felt like I was just going around in circles every day in some sort of zombie like state. I think musically I was listening to a lot of Crowded House and Tom Petty at the time and was obsessed with writing very short, punctual songs.”

Melbourne singer-songwriter Cahill Kelly's debut album, 'Classical and Cool Jazz'. An album that features a slew of local performers including Grace Cummings, Harmony Byrne and long-term collaborator Lain Pocock, Classical and Cool Jazz sees the self-taught, multi-instrumentalist lean into a sea of ‘70s inspired influences, spanning Lennon's renowned Plastic Ono Band through to various Bob Dylan cuts. These reference points see Kelly take psychedelic detours before landing back to a place where a simple folk song possesses remarkable depth, warmth and sonic abundance.

Originally from far North Queensland, a young Kelly grew up on a diet of Crowded House and Tom Petty. Later, he channelled his heroes in his first musical projects, The Broken Needles and Willow Darling. With the latter seeing him assume the role of a natural frontman, Kelly developed a knack for writing songs about everyday life with sparkling detail and depth, delivered with casual grace.

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The beast I bury through the day
Seems to rattle down my halls at night through rooms, it ricochets
Until a sweat begins to build
Some magnetic, haunted cloud of smoke that gives my ghost a chill

Oh, what a way to socialize
Shifting back and forth through gears of fear behind my glassy eyes
Of all the things I could’ve done
But instead I fed my lust for bed sucking on a dope filled gun

Though it’s all in my head
The great deception has me in its claws once again
Though it’s all in my head
That’s just my ego talking,
Fueling every step.

I’m on the back step once again
And my lungs are heavy with the sound of traffic at 4am
I’m not sure how I got this way
If I could just break this goldfish bowl, I might recall yesterday

Though it’s all in my head
The great deception has me in its claws once again
Though it’s all in my head
That’s just my ego talking
Fueling every step

credits

released July 21, 2021
All songs written by Cahill Kelly.

Recorded and mixed by Stive Collins at Home, 2020/2021. Mastered by Shane Jarvie-Kohn. Artwork by Gil Gilmour.

Cahill Kelly: Vocals, guitar, keys, percussion
Oskar Herbig: guitar
Lain Pocock: bass
Andrew Braidner: drums

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