Chasing Ghosts has shared a video for the song "Summer" of their upcoming EP, Homelands.
“I was scared to write these songs, because a lot of the topics are challenging,” says Jimmy Kyle. “But that’s how I knew I was onto something. It made me feel nervous,” the frontman of the group and a Koori man of Aboriginal descent.
"Summer," sung in both English and Kyle's native tongue explores the 1856 Towel Creek massacre, written through the eyes of an Aboriginal Elder. Each song on the EP considers a different perspective on a real life event.
“The song explores white nationalism, colonisation, assimilation and ultimately reconciliation,” Kyle says. “It asks the question of white Australia to come and reconcile the true history of the country and invites non-Indigenous Australians to see themselves as an extension of Aboriginal people.”
Homelands releases on May 14.
Summer single tour dates 2021
19 Feb – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
5 March – The Brightside, Brisbane
13 March – Crowbar, Sydney
