The Bamboos Hard Up

Melbourne nine-piece soul/funk powerhouse, The Bamboos, return with "Hard Up", a stripped-down, serious piece of Funk that manages to tap into the widespread sense of unease that’s coming to typify the modern age for too many of us.

The track’s spare, insistent groove and whistled hook display a back to basics approach, tapping into the propulsive rawness of the band’s beloved early catalogue. Matching that mood perfectly is Kylie Auldist’s delivery of the lyrics, where she refuses to let any hardship that she may go through to hold her down.

“They keep adding zeroes, Me, I only got one single nought”

“Kylie and I wrote ‘Hard Up’ before COVID 19 turned the world upside down”, says bandleader/guitarist / co-producer, Lance Ferguson “But it feels like it strikes an even louder chord right now. It’s a song about the struggle and the fight to hold your own in life, and never ever backing down.”