Party Henry ride the Backseat through growing pains and surf-rock distance

Party Henry’s Backseat is the kind of indie rock single that understands growing up is not a clean montage. Released on 9 June, the Vincentia, Australia band frame the track around feeling out of sync with others as life moves at different speeds. That is a very familiar ache: one person starts changing, another stays where they were, and suddenly the old easy rhythm becomes awkward. Musically, Backseat sits between punk, rock, surf rock, indie rock and soft rock, which gives the song a useful mix of motion and reflection. It has enough guitar energy to keep the feeling from becoming passive, but enough warmth to avoid turning the whole thing into pure frustration. Party Henry sound like young musicians figuring out how to turn personal transition into a song that still wants to move. That is a good place for a band to be.

Source: https://partyhenry.bandcamp.com/track/backseat