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Radio Free Alice released “Big Ideas,” a new single featuring Rachel Brown of Water From Your Eyes. The song arrives ahead of the Melbourne band’s full-length debut, What’s In Between, scheduled for Oct. 30 on Atlantic. The band’s Noah Learmonth said the group wrote the track during a creative lull and wanted a second voice for its call-and-response arrangement.
Melbourne indie rock band Radio Free Alice has released “Big Ideas,” a new single featuring Rachel Brown of Water From Your Eyes, as the group prepares to put out its full-length debut, What’s In Between, on Oct. 30 through Atlantic. The collaboration pairs Brown’s counterpoint vocals with lead singer Noah Learmonth on a song the band says grew from a riff and bassline written in its Melbourne rehearsal space.
The track is described in the source report as a sweeping jangle-rock song, built around an exchange between Learmonth and Brown. Radio Free Alice said it wanted another voice to create a call-and-response effect, and chose Brown after following Water From Your Eyes and seeing the duo perform in Melbourne.
Learmonth said “Big Ideas” emerged when the band felt it was in a creative lull, despite writing frequently. He said it was the first song in a while that the group felt pleased with. The song was written in the band’s storage-unit rehearsal space, with the riff coming before the bassline.
The source report also says director Owen Schatz filmed a video for “Big Ideas” the week before publication, while Radio Free Alice was in Los Angeles for a surprise pop-up show. The report does not specify the video’s release date. The band had previously released the album tracks “Rule 31” and “Kick In The Shins.”
A Guest Voice Before the Debut
“Big Ideas” gives listeners another preview of What’s In Between and puts the album’s lead songwriter in a new vocal pairing. Brown’s contribution is more than a guest credit: the band says it sought a second singer specifically to shape the song’s call-and-response arrangement.
The release also connects two acts working across the contemporary indie scene: Melbourne’s Radio Free Alice and New York-based Water From Your Eyes, whose members include Brown. For Radio Free Alice, the single adds to the material available ahead of its first full-length record; for listeners, it offers a concrete example of how the band’s writing can incorporate a guest rather than relying only on its established lineup.
The available information does not establish how the song is performing or whether Brown will appear elsewhere on the album. Its confirmed significance is its role as a new single and collaboration ahead of the Oct. 30 album release.
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The Road to What’s In Between
Radio Free Alice is a Melbourne indie rock band. The Stereogum report describes its sound as potentially recalling different eras of guitar music, including 2000s blog-rock and 1980s college rock. Those are the publication’s characterizations, not a formal genre description supplied by the band.
“Rule 31” and “Kick In The Shins” were already out when the report appeared, with “Big Ideas” following as another preview. The group’s debut album, What’s In Between, was listed for release on Oct. 30 via Atlantic. The source does not give a year for that date, so the timing is retained as stated rather than inferred.
Brown is identified in the report as one half of Water From Your Eyes and as Stereogum’s Australian culture correspondent. The report also notes that the band had attended a Water From Your Eyes show in Melbourne before approaching her about the collaboration.
“From early on we felt that a second vocal would work well with the song, a kind of call and response.”
— Noah Learmonth, Radio Free Alice leader
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Video and Album Details Still Pending
The source confirms that Owen Schatz filmed a music video during the band’s Los Angeles trip, but it does not give a release date or viewing link. The reason for the surprise pop-up show, its venue and any set details are also not provided.
The album’s stated release date is Oct. 30, but the source does not include a year. It also does not list a complete tracklist, identify other guests on the record or say whether “Big Ideas” will be issued in any format beyond the single. No streaming figures, chart results or audience response are included.
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Album Release Set for October 30
The next stated milestone is the release of What’s In Between on Oct. 30 via Atlantic. The source does not report a further single schedule or confirm when the video for “Big Ideas” will be published.
Until the band or label provides more information, the album date is the clearest confirmed upcoming development. Any additional release plans, track details or performance announcements remain unconfirmed in the material available.
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Key Questions
Who features on Radio Free Alice’s “Big Ideas”?
Rachel Brown of Water From Your Eyes sings on the track with Radio Free Alice leader Noah Learmonth.
When is Radio Free Alice’s debut album due?
What’s In Between is scheduled for Oct. 30 on Atlantic. The source report does not specify the year.
How did “Big Ideas” come together?
Learmonth said the song began with a riff, followed by a bassline, in the band’s Melbourne storage-unit rehearsal space. He said the group wrote it during a creative lull.
Is there a music video for the single?
Director Owen Schatz filmed a video for the song, according to the report. It does not state when the video will be released.
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