After making waves with three electrifying singles this year, Melbourne outfit Bukowski are primed and ready to share their long-awaited debut record I Don’t Wanna Live. I Don’t Wanna Die. on Friday, February 14 2025. Alongside today’s album announcement is their brand new, nostalgia-drenched single What Do You Want Me To Be, which will be supported by the band’s first headline show since their return at Melbourne’s Nighthawks on November 15.
WDYWMTB draws lyrical inspiration from the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber, and sonically leans into the nostalgic bliss of the bands that frontman James Karagiozis’ adored in high school. “Lyrically, it also captures all those messy feelings around juggling being a people pleaser and letting yourself be who you are,” says Karagiozis.
