Avresa: "Are You Happy?"
After almost eighteen months into the pandemic, some parts of the world are finally opening up whilst most of Australia remains in lockdown. During these times of restrictions and social distancing, we’re spending more time online, particularly on social media. Right now, Australians are watching the rest of the world get on with life whilst they’re still stuck indoors fantastising about the good times they’re missing out on.
‘Are You Happy?’ is an emotionally fueled self-produced track about the dangers of living vicariously via social media, the impacts on our mental health and the rose-tinted presumptions we easily make about other people’s lives. It’s also about mistakes from the past and those distant memories which still exist online somewhere.
Outside of Sweden, the word ‘avresa’ may not be so commonly known. In English it translates to departure for the beginning of an adventure. It was a fitting name for a new musical journey which Australian Sydneybased songwriter, guitarist and pianist Jeremy Binger was embarking on after transitioning from a 4-piece alternative rock band into more challenging musical territory as a solo artist. Combining a passion for alternative and indie rock with folk, electronica and singer-songwriter genres, the result is a unique blend that traverses a diverse range of influences and era’s.
‘Are You Happy’ is the forth track to be released from Jeremy’s larger collection of music titled ‘Perspective’. If anything good comes out of this unsettling time we are currently living through, it will give us all a new perspective - on ourselves, each other, the world we live in and the way we live.
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