Phoebe Rings Unveil Single 'Get Up' + Animated Video

An energising kick in the pants to keep fog-like tendrils of "why bother?" ennui at bay is 'Get Up', the new dance-pop-bop from Tāmaki Makaurau's Phoebe Rings, whose debut album Aseurai is out on 6th June via Carpark Records (home to recent tour mates The Beths and Hans Pucket). Founder Crystal Choi hands the mic over to bassist / vocalist Ben Locke, lending his cool spoken tones à la Chaz Jankel to the disco-tinted number — an elegant encouragement to take action and make shapes on the dancefloor and off, sparked in part by a rewatch of The Matrix.

Driving force behind Phoebe Rings’ video mini-game Starfall, Locke also conjured up a stylish new low poly lyric video for 'Get Up'. Admire the grainy textures and 'Autobahn'-like perpetual motion of 'Get Up', and go catch Phoebe Rings this Friday at Ōtautahi's Space Academy, with special guest Mousey...

"This was written in a period where I was listening to a lot of disco, particularly Nile Rodgers productions (Chic, Sister Sledge). Around a similar time I rewatched The Matrix. In the opening scene, Trinity is being chased by agents and says to herself ‘Get up Trinity, just get up.’ I thought the notion of willing yourself to get up could be interesting to play around with and that scene stuck with me for a bit. In older disco tracks there is often this imperative language (‘Everybody Dance!,’ ‘Leave your cares behind’) – ‘Get up, just get up’ just kind of fell into place. We gave it a pretty comprehensive disco treatment with lots of strings, bvs and a searing arp solo". - Benjamin Locke

Phoebe Rings with Mousey
Friday 4th April - Space Academy, Ōtautahi / Christchurch
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR (waged / unwaged options available)

'Get Up' is out today on major streaming platforms.