One of Australia’s most loved family bands, The Buckleys, are back with their highly anticipated new single, “See Your Folks Again”. The track comes just as the internationally acclaimed sibling group are about to join superstars Thomas Rhett, Cody Johnson, Jon Pardi, and more at CMC Rocks next week, Australia’s leading country music festival.
Up for “Group or Duo Of The Year” at the inaugural CountryTown Awards, held this month in Brisbane, the new tongue-in-cheek track was written by Sarah (lead singer, bass player and songwriter) with #1 hit songwriter Ned Houston and KINGSWOOD’s Alexander Laska - the latter also producing the track in Melbourne with the band.
The Buckleys, consisting of siblings Sarah (25), Lachlan (24) and Molly Buckley (22) are also using the release to officially announce and welcome their youngest brother, Dylan Buckley (17), into the band as their permanent drummer - transitioning the group from a trio to a full 4- piece family band. This comes just off the back of an extensive touring schedule, including a run of shows with Casey Barnes, Thirsty Merc, KINGSWOOD and a number of music festivals last year.
“See Your Folks Again” sees the group leaning into their roots with a more organic, country production and a strong lyric-driven and storytelling focus.
“When we got into the studio, our only goal and intention was to pull out the most raw and honest emotion and tell some real stories. I think that comes with age and the fact that we’re all sorta entering a new phase in our lives - when we were introduced onto the scene, we were literally teenagers! So, it’s exciting to show people more depth, as we find it ourselves”, says Sarah on the track.
That being said, that fun, Buckley spark remains well and truly alight in this heartfelt yet playful new offering. She continues… “This song was actually inspired by my sister, Molly, after she had come home one day and told me about an epiphany she had just had where she realised that she was actually in love with the parents of the guy she was seeing, and not him at all. I thought it was a hilarious concept and predicament to find oneself in…so when I got into the studio with two of my great mates, Alexander Laska and Ned Houston, we really went to town with the whole idea! I love how it feels like a really beautiful, sentimental song, which in many ways it is that too, but if you actually listen to the lyrics it is so brutal!”.
Award-winning producer Alexander Laska (KINGSWOOD), says on the new material he has been working on with the band, “Working with The Buckleys is a refreshing, endearing, albeit whiskey fuelled, experience in honest, straight from the heart country music. In a world where everyone is jumping on the band wagon with their own version of coca-cola country, this remains a palate-cleansing, no-nonsense or dictate other than to serve the intention—that being, tell your story and frame it in the way that feels most authentic to you.”
"See Your Folks Again” gives fans a taste of what’s to come from this dynamic band with more new music imminent.
You can catch The Buckleys next at CMC Rocks and the Gympie Music Muster.
ABOUT THE BUCKLEYS:
The Buckleys have firmly established themselves as one of Australia’s most exciting young bands and dynamic live performers, known for their infectious charm and consistently fresh take on country music which has seen them achieve five top 5 charting singles, 4 x CMAA Golden Guitar nominations and droves of international acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone to American Songwriter Magazine, who stated The Buckleys “are so cool and authentic that the world has no choice but to sit up and take notice.”
Consisting of siblings Sarah Grace (lead vocalist/bass guitar), Molly (vocals, keyboard and mandolin), Lachlan (electric and slide guitar) and Dylan Buckley (Drums), the band have taken their electrifying live show to stages across Australia and the United States from Bluesfest Byron Bay to CMC Rocks, Tamworth Country Music Festival, Gympie Music Muster, Nashville’s iconic Bluebird Cafe, Music City Roots and more. An award-winning documentary on the band’s meteoric rise was also produced by Oscar-winning producer, Christopher Jenkins and directed by Grant James entitled ‘Take It As It Comes’. It achieved the Gold Award at the Independent Shorts Awards (Los Angeles, California) and was dedicated to the Chairman of Petrol Records and long-time manager of INXS, Chris Murphy, who signed The Buckleys in 2019.