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Syco

by Bagful of Beez

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Link McLennan and Cheersquad Records & Tapes are excited to announce ‘Syco’, the first single from the first album that Link will be releasing under the new moniker Bagful of Beez. Link is the founding member and beloved frontman/singer and songwriter of seminal Australian acts The Meanies, Tomorrow People, The Bakelite Age and Sun God Replica, amongst others. Bagful of Beez is a melting pot of all those acts, and the results are astounding.

Link himself has said of the new single: “‘Syco’ is a less whiny, more objectively, self-analytical and humorous version of ‘Creep’ by Radiohead, except the music isn't plagiarised.”

‘Syco’ is a brilliant and catchy slice of Linky-styled sycodelia.

Bagful of Beez’s first album ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Beatles’ is out October 22 and will be released on limited edition, marbled green 12” vinyl, black vinyl and digitally. Pre-order the album here.

Bagful of Beez music is a brilliant and eclectic mix of classic pop styles, and the result is the sort of everything-including-the-kitchen-sink approach that studio-enamored pop savants have been known to take ever since Todd Rundgren recorded “A Wizard, A True Star”.  Link recorded the album completely by himself, playing all instruments. He has played out solo with a drum machine as Bagful of Beez a couple of times in recent months, but has just enlisted Even drummer Matt Cotter to ensure a stronger live presence. (Even of course is also the second home of Link’s Meanies bandmate Wally, and Even’s Ashley Naylor has also performed with Link in the Meanies on occasion.)

“I have a strange feeling that the creation of my debut Bagful of Beez album was like feeding all the music of my past bands to an Asian palm civet (a weird cat/raccoon type creature), but instead of it shitting out an expensive coffee, it defecated a bunch of songs that are unique, exciting and cohesive. I've never felt so confident about a collection of my songs being so fully realised, and it leaves me with a powerful desire to keep creating and evolving within the wide parameters of Bagful of Beez. With the recent addition of Matthew Cotter (Even) on drums, it all feels perfectly satisfying.” - Link McLennan

lyrics

I had a face
Pasted in place
Made out of paper paste and paint
It wasn't bad
I felt like I had
All of the mannerisms great and then the rain
No not again

Syco
I'm in the castle on the hill
Syco

Watching the town
Wearing my crown
Made from an ice cream container
I'd study them all
I'd see how they'd fall
And it would never reoccur and that would stick
It's quite a trick

Syco
I'm in the castle on the hill
Syco

Syco
I'm in the castle on the hill
Syco

Syco
My mother knows and loves me still
Syco

Syco syco syco syco syco

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released August 13, 2021
All songs by Lindsay McLennan

Link McLennan: guitar, vocals and programming
Matthew Cotter: drums

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Cheersquad Records & Tapes Melbourne, Australia

Wally “Meanie” Kempton took the plunge in 2018 and launched his record label Cheersquad Records & Tapes. Since then he has released new material from acts such as The Meanies, The Hard-Ons, Chris Wilson, Phil Jamieson, Seasick Steve, Wanita, Minibikes, The Rinehearts, Immigrant Union and T. Wilds, along with limited edition vinyl of older material from Snout, Even and The Glory Box and more. ... more

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