Citizen Kay & Genesis Owusu Team up for Funny Business!

Music Moving the Metro Chart

Amrap favourite Citizen Kay has had a huge decade - touring the country alongside hip hop luminaries like Public Enemy and Earl Sweatshirt as well as local legends Tkay Maizda and Seth Sentry. His first track of the ‘20s sees the Canberra rapper team up with Genesis Owusu for Funny Business. The track opens with swirling 80’s synths before dropping into funk-infused bass lines and reverberating snares that lift Kay’s enigmatic style before Owusu delivers big time with his mesmerising cadence. Funny Business has debuted at number six on the Metro Chart this week just behind the latest from Gooch Palms, Great Dividing Range, at number five. Primarily known for their quirky pop anthems, The Gooch Palms dive headfirst into Australia’s political hotbed with an accompanying newsreel video showing just how extreme the past few months have been here. It’s a standalone single reminiscent of the aggressive, gritty stylings of their debut album NOVOS back in 2013, fuelled by big guitar riffs and punky vocals.

Leading the Way on the Regional Chart

Melbourne’s The Woodland Hunters are back with the first taste of their forthcoming album Pale Horse, and have debuted at number eight on the Regional Chart. The track - titled Coming along - is a thumping tune celebrating the power of people uniting for a common cause. Driven by a hazy pop riff, Coming Along is as snarky as it is joyous and the perfect blast of motivation. Sneaking into the charts at number ten is the latest tune from Gareth Leach titled Down the Rabbit Hole. Following on from the success of his debut album, Death & Taxes, Leach is back with a timely tune concerned with youth engagement and mental health. It’s an interesting topic to tackle for the typically reckless, swampy sounds of Leach’s rusty harmonies, wailing fiddle and bouncing banjo.

Beyond the Charts

Coedie Ochre Warrah McCarthy is The Boy Of Many Colors That Came In The Falling Rain. Drawn from the traditional meaning and translation of his name, Coedie is a founding member, vocalist and Didgeridoo player with Byron Bay based four-piece Indigenoise. However, the young Yidinji Bar Burrum and Mamu artist has branched out on his own with his debut, Hungy. Reflecting his hunger as an artist and the frustration of feeling held back, the track is the perfect showcase of his unique vibe - Coedie blends traditional teachings and cultural sounds from his North Queensland home with a contemporary, bass heavy hip hop in a cathartic yet haunting groove. He may not be in the charts yet, but we’re sure to be hearing plenty from The Boy Of Many Colours soon.

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The Amrap Charts show the top ten tracks ordered for airplay by community broadcasters through the Amrap’s AirIt music distribution service in both metropolitan and regional areas of the country. Amrap is an initiative of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia which distributes new Australian music to community radio stations nationwide & empowers broadcasters to promote new Australian music on air & online.