The premise for “We Can Be Mates” stems from an inside joke shared by Secret Monkey Weekend’s Jefferson Hart and Lila Brown-Hart. “We based mostly it off our childhood friendships with different children in our neighborhoods,” says Brown-Hart, the band’s drummer. “It’s sort of an amalgamation of experiences from a child who grew up within the twenty first century and one who grew up within the mid-Twentieth century.”
As soon as little greater than approach to restore damaged emotions, Secret Monkey Weekend is now the reputable indie-rock byproduct of a blended household. A veteran of the North Carolina music scene, Hart had performed in bands with Lila’s father, Matt Brown, who handed away all of the sudden in 2012. Lila was simply 4 when Hart began instructing guitar to her older sister Ella, making a permanent reference to their mother, Laura.
A decade later, Hart and his two stepdaughters have been recording their debut album, All The Time In The World, with venerable jangle-rock producer Don Dixon. Their story was additionally the topic of an Emmy-winning PBS documentary. After some extra time within the studio with Dixon, Secret Monkey Weekend is ready to self-release Lemon Drop Hammer on June 6. “We Can Be Mates” is the most recent single from that new batch of tunes.
“The track is filled with likes and loves from our respective childhoods,” says Hart. “We sat throughout from one another and wrote the lyrics based mostly on all of it. I got here up with the music shortly after.”
We’re proud to premiere Secret Monkey Weekend’s “We Can Be Mates.”
—Hobart Rowland
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