Melbourne band Cash Savage and the Last Drinks have shared the new single, ‘Push’. The track comes a few months after ‘Young & Free’, which was the group’s first studio release since 2018’s Good Citizens.
A powerful and forceful original, ‘Push’ is spurred on by anxious energy. As Savage explained in a statement, the track is a response to the toll Melbourne’s many lengthy Covid lockdowns took on her mental health.
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks – ‘Push’
“I wrote this song in my one-bedroom apartment in the middle of Melbourne’s infamous fifth lockdown,” Savage said. “I was having a very difficult time with my mental health, and all the things I would normally do to cope had been taken away from me.”
At the time, Melbourne had just gone through locking down and reopening, only to lockdown again immediately afterwards. “Melbourne had opened up for one week and then they locked us down again,” said Savage. “I believed in the lockdowns; but they came at a high cost for me. My sense of self had completely changed, and the things I thought I knew about myself seemed to be gone.”
Savage was also dealing with some significant life changes, while the future of the Last Drinks was anything but assured. “My marriage had ended, my gigs were cancelled, and my band was in an uncertain position,” she said. “I was really struggling to reach out for help and found more comfort in pushing people away, for better or worse.”
‘Push’ is a preview of Cash Savage and the Last Drinks’ forthcoming album, which is scheduled to arrive in early 2023. The track is slated to be released as a 7″ single alongside the non-album track ‘Young And Free’ on Friday, 2nd September. The group will play a headline show at Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre on Saturday, 3rd September ahead of the commencement of a European tour.
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks Live
- Saturday, 3rd September – Northcote Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Tickets on sale now.
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