Poppongene Plus Way Dynamic

Basement Residency

Our Golden Friend takes over The Espy's Basement during Feb & March. Showcasing two incredible artists each week!

Poppongene
A few minutes at a time, Poppongene brings you devotional dream-pop from the hills an hour east of Melbourne. The solo project of artist and musician Sophie Treloar (also of Melbourne outfit Sunbeam Sound Machine) Poppongene’s music is laconic and hypnotic, sun-soaked and lush, recalling the rainforests that surround her Belgrave home, and the beaches of her native Byron Bay.

Way Dynamic is a band hailing from Melbourne, Australia. Their debut release comes in the form of an EP entitled What’s It All For Now and will be released by Melbourne label Our Golden Friend on Friday 16th of November 2018. What’s It All For Now features five tracks written and recorded by 22 year old multi-instrumentalist Dylan Young over the space of just a few days in his home in Carlton, Victoria. Way Dynamic are influenced by the classic and offbeat songwriting of yesteryear (Carol King, Brian Wilson respectively), and yet their sound is strangely refreshing and modern.

Young’s songwriting and composition combine oddball arrangements with lyrical poeticism that is both introspective and engaging. In it’s current formation the Way Dynamic live band features members of Totally Mild, Tam Vantage, The Ocean Party, Great Outdoors, ESC and Emma Russack, the group are unified by their love of music and of each other.