Rising Australian artist, Blake Rose has returned with his new EP, You’ll Get It When You’re Older today via AWAL Recordings. The EP arrives alongside a music video for the track, “Don’t Stop The Car”, which was directed by Julian Buchanan. The EP finds Blake taking the reins as producer on the bulk of the material, once again steering the overall vision. At the same time, his writing grew more personal, culling the project’s title from a direct dialogue with his sister over a decade prior.
“My older sister was battling drug addiction—which she is thankfully now on the other side of,” he explains. “That period was pretty rough for our family. It had a subconscious impact on my life, and it manifested itself in some of these songs. When I was 14, she joined us on our big road trip, and she was in the depths of addiction. Since I was confused and trying to understand where she was coming from, we had a long conversation. We went back and forth, but it ended with her saying, ‘You’ll get it when you’re older’. Those words stuck with me the whole time. As I started writing songs, our conversation would always come up. I essentially tailored the EP around the subject matter.”
The new EP features previously released songs, including “Use Me” “In Your Arms”, “Dizzy” “Magazine” and “Demon”, all of which showcase his dynamic musical and emotional range. In addition, fans are treated to two previously unheard cuts, the first being, “Don’t Stop The Car,” with it’s glitchy beat and hypnotic hook, which Blake reveals is “about reaching a breaking point from all of the anxiety and pressure in your life building up so much you start chasing adrenaline to escape it.” Closing track “Already Be Dead” finds acoustic guitar creaking beneath the verses, and Blake’s high-register echoes on the hook, “Oh Darling if I was you, I’d already be dead.” Speaking about the track, Blake says “‘Already Be Dead’ fully realizes the whole concept of You’ll Get It When You’re Older,” he notes. “Most importantly, it further cemented the respect and admiration I had gained for my sister for making it through.”