Today marks the release of the latest single from award-winning Queensland hard rock band These Four Walls. The uplifting and impassioned anthem Carousel addresses the pervasiveness of the current outrage-driven media model.
For lyricist Stephen Gibb, Carousel was an introspective look at how his view on the world was being shaped by his consumption of social media and the news cycles he was engaged with. “It’s about the current trend of negativity in the news cycles. It’s about the doom scrolling addiction that we all wake with every day when the first this we do is reach for our phones. Carousel explores the damage we’re all subjected to by the direct targeting of how we’re told to feel, think, and act through the constant bombardment of infotainment and opinions in our every day.”
The new track comes on the heels of their previous single Marigold and the band’s return to international touring in 2023. Carousel is the second release from These Four Walls’ latest musical endeavour with producer and collaborator Luke Palmer (Dead Letter Circus). The track was engineered and mixed by Luke Palmer, with mastering from Leon Zervos at Studios 301. It is being released Independently on all digital platforms.
