We've been fans of Sycco for a while. So we're so excited to work with our friends at Future Classic to present an exclusive pressing of her debut album.
22-year-old First Nations singer, songwriter, and producer Sasha McLeod, aka Sycco, whose syrup-textured sonic world blurs the line between psychedelic rock, hyperpop, and high-octane electronic dance music has today announced her debut LP Zorb, out Friday, 23 August 2024.
While glimpses of Zorb came with ‘Swarm’ (a soaring track that operates a ground between SZA’s R&B smashes and Justice’s bass-forward dance productions) and the “catchy, tongue-in cheek” (Rolling Stone) ‘I’d Love To Tell You,’ today's single, ‘Touching and Talking,’ sees Sycco swirling in her signature synth pop groove, yet justifying her sound to be as sophisticatedly sweet as ever.
For the past three years, Sycco has lived in a crumbling sharehouse in Brisbane with a resident crew of housemates who have become each other’s chosen family. Zorb was born out of that scrappy sharehouse and the experiences she had there: first love, first heartbreak, and forming the friendships that sustained her through it all. They referred to that inner sanctum as “The Zorb” – an in-joke that captured how they felt in their own private Zorb ball.
Sycco penned some tracks together with her housemates, as they together poured the feeling of big group hugs and living room dance parties to song. Others are her own private ruminations on romantic entanglements, growing up, and coming to see the world in wholly new ways. Sycco wrote and co-produced every track on the album, completing it with collaborators including Chrome Sparks, Flume, Mallrat, Banoffee, and Stylaz Fuego. Made electrifying by Sycco’s unique synth-driven, psychedelic pop music, Zorb is a journey through the wonderful chaos of your early 20s; a love letter friendship and the chosen communities that hold us when it feels like the world is going sideways.
Zorb is available on fluorescent yellow heavyweight vinyl, with an individually-numbered obi strip and limited to only 100 copies. Free shipping included in the price in Australia, with shipping and taxes calculated at checkout everywhere else.