For the past few months Jinja Safari have drip-fed tracks from their new EP Mermaids & Other Sirens with aims to release a track every month til its release in August. Today we have the pleasure of premiering the Sydney quintet’s third jam, “Head In A Blender”, which you can now download here or stream below.
Head In a Blender by JinjaSafari
For contextual reasons we asked founding members Marcus and Pepa to answer a few quick questions about weddings, spiritual homes and cows…
Pedestrian: Where did the idea for “Head In A Blender” come from?
Pepa: It about when we were shooting the film clip for “Peter Pan”, deep down in a forest in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Marcus and I had 2 acoustic guitars and wanted to write a song in a 9/8 time signature.
Marcus: I wrote some lyrics to this song in a field at Crescent Head (Central Coast of NSW), after the wedding of one of our good friends. This place holds a fair bit of significance to our band, as this is where we first jammed and subsequently recorded some of the sounds in this song almost a year later.
Pedestrian: What do you think of when you hear this song?
Marcus: The lyrics came about after the wedding ceremony, it had been a long day of dancing, picnicking, and nude running. At the end of the night, everyone had a bit to drink, and rode bikes down to the river. I stayed back at the farm, and walked out into the paddock, under the tree where they were married. It was a warm night, and the festival lights hanging off the tree were slowly dying, someone had left an acoustic guitar in the grass. I played for a few hours by myself, and had a cow and a few possums walk right up to me to inspect the racket. I had just shaved my hair into a mohawk, so I felt a bit wild in the full moon.
Pedestrian: Can you describe the recording process?
Marcus: We have an eclectic non-specific writing process; which is actually less of a structured process and more of kindergarten style macaroni noodle picture that we stick together for our mums and managers to put up on the fridge.
Pepa: “…And to finish the recording, we went back to Crescent Head and recorded our friends stomping on gravel, which you can hear in the beginning of the song.”
Catch Jinja Safari live when they headline a national tour next month.
Jinja Safari: The Mermaids & Other Sirens Tour
With Husky & special guests
Thurs 14 July – Brisbane – Alhambra Lounge
Fri 15 July – Newcastle – Northern Star
Sat 16 July – Sydney – Oxford Arts Factory
Thurs 21 July – Ballarat – Karova Lounge
Fri 22 July – Adelaide – Rocket Bar
Sat 23 July – Melbourne – The Corner Hotel
Fri 5 August – Hobart – The Republic Bar
Sat 13 August – Perth – Amplifier
Tickets on sale now from the usual outlets…
