Anybody want to buy me a ticket to Australia? I've been wanting to go there forever so I could sample their music scene. Of course, Gotye (pronounced Gauthier) only escalated the urgency in this matter since it took years before his work ever truly made it in North America.
Most of you probably know him -- he being Wally De Backer -- from the hit song Somebody That I Used to Know, which went viral when a group of Canadians who call themselves Walk Off the Earth decided they should share a guitar and jam out on the track. Bam. A few months later the original version is rocketing up the charts. But Gotye had years of work before that song ever reached its peak of success, and he'd also released two prior albums. Even Drew Barrymore tried to break him into mainstream by featuring the song Learnalilgivinanlovin’ in a couple of her films.
One of the tracks you likely haven't heard yet is Thanks For Your Time, which is one of my favourites. It has a mysterious feel to it and both a synth drum AND a bongo of some description. The result is tres cool. Oh, the video isn't too bad either.
...and if you've been living under a rock...
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