Sydney rock outfit Dear Seattle epitomize the current wave of emerging Australian bands.
With a distinctive Aussie tinge to their emotive and propulsive wares, Dear Seattle first emerged onto the scene back in 2013, releasing their debut EP Words Are Often Useless that same year. Following a second EP release, 2017's self-titled Dear Seattle, the Northern Beaches-hailing group solidified their presence with their first ever full-length album Don't Let Go in 2019, also securing the group a #10 spot on the ARIA Australian Album Charts.
Unleashing their powerful sophomore album Someday in 2022, Dear Seattle expanded their legacy to even greater heights, with Someday debuting at #4 on the ARIA Australian Album Charts, a Spotlight Album feature on triple j, and Rolling Stone declaring that "Dear Seattle is born again".
But with success comes greater responsibility (or something like that), and Dear Seattle are certainly under the microscope of public and media scrutiny as they prepare to unleash their third album Toy this Friday, January 27. Not that you would know it.
Four of the six album launch parties Dear Seattle hosted around the country in the lead up to Christmas were sold out, not a bad effort in a time where crowds and the music industry in general have basically come to a stand still.With four shows left to complete the tour - the first of which will be in Canberra this Thursday - focus now switches to Friday's release of Toy.
Will it live up to the hype? Will it live up to the expectation? Will Toy make Dear Seattle bigger than Nirvana? HEAVY caught up with frontman Brae Fisher to find out the answers to these questions and more.
"We've just done a few interviews before this, and it's so nice to chat about the album and kind of let everyone in on the process of what we've been doing for the last two years or so," he enthused. "I'm super excited. All the lead-up has been great. The energy's good. The shows have been awesome. I couldn't be more stoked."
In the full interview, Brae talks more about Dear Seattle's new album Toy, what to expect musically, the process of deciding which tracks make it onto the album, the importance of growing musically while still staying true to your musical DNA, the singles released and how they represent the album as a whole, the nostalgic truth behind the album title, their remaining album launch shows and more.

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