Bryon Bay, Australia-born, Melbourne, Australia-based singer/songwriter and multi-disciplinary artist Sophie Treloar is the creative mastermind behind the emerging dream pop act Poppongene, an act that performs both as a solo act and as a full-fledged band featuring Skube Burnell, Gemma Helms, Justin Kuchel and Deanna Ramsey. Treloar and company have released three, critically applauded singles — “Do It, Girl,” “Belgravey,” and “Esky” — in her homeland and have played shows supporting Lucy Dacus, Weyes Blood and Slow Dancer.
Poppongene’s forthcoming Tim Harvey-produced EP reportedly marks a distinct step forward in Treloar’s artistic and musical development. Interestingly, the EP’s latest single “Not Wrong” is a glittering and slow-burning track, centered around Treloar’s achingly tender vocals. And while bearing a resemblance to JOVM mainstays Still Corners, the song thematically focuses on the initial pangs of infatuation, of the equal thrill and uncertainty of attraction, which imbues the song with equal part blind hope and despair.
Directed by James Thomson and shot on what appears to Super 8mm film, the recently released video follows Treloar riding a bicycle riding through rain soaked streets and sit alone — although not lonely — in a dark and smoky bar. At points, we see Treloar and her bandmates performing the song in the same dark and smoky bar, which gives the video a dream-like quality.
