18 July 2024 - 0 Comments

Dateline is the musical project of Katie Everingham (she/her), a musician and songwriter based in Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington).

Since 2019 her band has been a revolving cast of Aotearoa's brightest talent, with previous incarnations including members of The Beths, Hans Pucket, and Dick Move. Returning in 2024, Everingham is joined by Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa (Ebony Lamb, French For Rabbits, Glass Vaults), Phoebe Johnson (Ebony Lamb, Revulva), and Reuben McDonald.

Everingham's lyrical prowess and humorous story telling aptly captures the complex emotions and vulnerabilities that come with motherhood and moving into your early thirties. Resonating with deep emotion, Dateline's back catalogue packs a one-two punch of crunched guitars and power pop sensibilities.

2024 has already been a banner year for Dateline, they've been shortlisted for the APRA AMCOS Silver Scroll Awards, topped the SRN and 95bFM charts and their sold out hometown shows! Today Dateline announce that their new album It's All Downhill From Here will be released on Vinyl LP on September 5 and share their latest single Be Good.

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Be Good mixes classic rock sensibilities with the 60's jangle still echoing from the Californian canyons. It's a love song at heart, with Everingham promising "I'll try so hard to be good." The track was recorded and mixed by Jonathan Pearce (The Beths) at Vogelmorn Hall and mastered by Oliver Devlin (Hans Pucket).

"I guess Be Good is essentially about trying to be the best version of yourself for the person you love," says Everingham.

"I think the prompt I gave to the band when we were working on the song was to channel their inner Sheryl Crow. I wanted the song to have a bit of a 90's country rock feel and I think we got there! I didn’t set out with any particular sounds in mind but I do think there was a ‘vibe’ I was after. When I first started writing the song it was just on my little acoustic guitar and it was really slow and moody. Once I bought the song to the band it quickly developed into something more driving and upbeat. Even though the lyrics have their downer moments I think the overall idea is quite hopeful and optimistic. So I wanted that to carry with the music."

Reflecting on the track Everingham says "I’m really happy with it. I think it is quite different to our first two singles, it is nice to put something out that feels quite upbeat and happy... for the most part."

Be Good can be found alongside Choose Me and Hands on Dateline's upcoming album It's All Downhill From Here (out September 5 on Vinyl LP and Digitally via Sunreturn).

Photo Credit: Nicola Sandford

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