BROODS Are BACK With New Single ‘Peach’ And Upcoming Third Album

BROODS are back with their hit new single ‘Peach’ from their upcoming third album Don’t Feed the Pop Monster.

After touring with pop veteran Taylor Swift on her Reputation Tour, the ‘Bridges’ singers are ready to release their most unfiltered, vulnerable music yet to the indie-pop world and beyond. We sat down with BROODS and discussed the formation of the group, inspiration for their new album and so much more…

You’ve known each other since Georgia was born; you won a high school music competition together in a band called ‘The Peasants’; you later embarked as a duo to bring BROODS to life … I’d assume your bond is quite strong. What was your childhood like, and what role did music play?

Caleb and I have always been best friends. He’s been obsessed with me since the day I was born, and I’m his biggest fan. Our whole family is very close though. I think growing up in a household with so much music and expression made us the close family we are. Our parents were always involved in music and a lot of our extended family is too. Our grandad is in his 80s, and he sits in front of his keyboard that has a built-in drum machine and sings all the time still. I think it’s built into us to be honest.

What makes collaborating with a sibling special, and what makes it difficult? Would you say that the artistic product of a familial bond is unique?

There’s definitely an element of telepathy there. We learnt pretty everything we know by trial and error and by ear, so my way of explaining my ideas when we’re working often needs to be translated by Caleb haha. We have worked together so long now that it’s just second nature. Sometimes I feel sorry for the producer because Caleb and I literally pace and dance around yelling and singing and riffing off one another behind them in sibling language the whole time. But then we invite them into our weird little world, and they get it after a few sessions.

In 2014, ‘Bridges’ completely took off and garnered global recognition. How would you say you two have changed since your first single, and how does it feel to play the song today?

I remember playing ‘Bridges’ in our shitty cardboard box of a house when we first put it up on SoundCloud and squealing out loud at the number of streams rising and rising. It was the moment it all felt real like “we are actually going to do this!”

It’s still so special to play because we can instantly recognize the people who have been with us since the beginning of all of this.

When it comes to your latest work, you say that you’ve made a point of trusting each other and saying “yes” in the studio. Was there anything in particular that prompted that devotion to your new ideas?

We were dropped by our label after compromising our creative vision and we decided “if we don’t do this our way, even if we make millions of dollars and have stupid amounts of success, we’ll resent the music.” That was a scary concept so here we are being completely and utterly unfiltered

What inspired your recent singles, ‘Peach’ and ‘Everything Goes (Wow)’, and how do you hope to connect with your audience through the tracks?

We have basically written this entire album about our own personal struggles with growing pains and the shifts we have felt in the last three years within ourselves. People think love songs are the most relatable, but these are the songs we can connect with people through. All the deep kids that are ever searching for themselves and need to feel like they’re not alone in that.

February 1st will see the full release of your third album, Don’t Feed The Pop Monster. I am instantly intrigued by the title; who came up with it? Can you name a few themes that we can anticipate to hear on the new record?

It just kinda popped into my head one day when I was talking to my friend about how LA can eat you alive if you let it. I said “I think sometimes I climb in voluntarily”. I turned to Caleb and said what about “don’t feed the pop monster”. That was it basically. We both had been kinda confused about what we should be as artists after hearing so many different opinions from others. Turns out we’re the ones who have to live with who we are, so it’s best that we decide.

Taylor Swift hand-picked you to open for the Oceania leg of her ‘Reputation Stadium Tour’. What did you guys take away from that experience?

How crazy the adrenaline is at that level. It was overwhelming as fuck. I cried a lot on that tour. I still look back at some of the photos and think “holy shit that actually happened”.

Touring the world with an immediate relative has got to have its ups and downs. What would you say are each of your best characteristics and each of your worst habits?

I think I would have given up immediately if I didn’t have Caleb. It took me a long time to learn that touring could be fun. We have lived together our whole lives, so it’s not a huge punish. We know how to take care of each other, and that’s important when you’re on the road.

I’m sure family gatherings involve a BROODS performance or two. Does the rest of your family play a role in the songwriting or fine-tuning process at all?

Broods doesn’t really exist among our family. We aren’t broods to them. We’re Caleb and Georgia. We love coming back and sharing new stuff with the fam, but they all care a lot more about us as individuals

Lastly, you’ve recently been embracing color and a rather sunny, warm side. If either of you could start a fashion trend in the music world, what would it be?

I feel like it’s pretty much all been done. I just wanna wear colour because it makes me feel better and in turn act happier and more open. I’d just be sad if I dressed like I was on my way to a funeral all the time.