Having recently released their comeback track ‘Unbroken‘, a brooding yet soaring anthem, the follow up ‘Heavy Lifting‘,  is a song featuring loose-limbed drums and bluesy intonation as Juanita takes aim at the entitled and the opportunist.

She explains: “‘Heavy Lifting’ is a hazy, grunge-fuelled declaration. Like anyone who’s worked at the thing they love tirelessly, you build up great resilience. The callouses on your hands, the muscles you’ve strengthened, the swagger in your stride. ‘Heavy Lifting’ is a song about the thousands of miles you walk to acquire this kind of confidence; this is not anything that can be stripped away from you”.

Since their beginnings, breaking through with their acclaimed self-titled debut back in 2006 amidst a landscape of scrappy British indie and skinny-jeaned male dominance, the Australian trio – vocalist/guitarist Juanita Stein, her brother and guitarist Joel Stein and drummer Glenn Moule – have been something of an anomaly. They might have moved to the other side of the world in pursuit of the dreams that soon became a reality, playing at an NME Tour and then in stadiums supporting Coldplay whilst whipping up acclaim from the most credible ends of the music press. They may have seen various members come and go, but Howling Bells’ hypnotic indie-rock always stood separate from the pack and very much a reflection of their unbreakable union. – equal parts sepia-toned romance and gritty rock’n’roll thrills.