Radio Free Alice team up with Water From Your Eyes’ Rachel Brown on contemplative new single ‘Big Ideas’

Radio Free Alice have shared a new single featuring Water From Your Eyes‘ Rachel Brown – listen to ‘Big Ideas’ below.

• READ MORE: Radio Free Alice tell us about supporting Geese and their “coming of age” debut album.

The collaborative song is the latest preview of the Australian band and NME 100 alumni‘s debut studio album, ‘What’s In Between’, which is released on October 30 via Atlantic.

In the contemplative track’s first verse, Learmonth sings: “Try not to go too berserk/ But she’s been sleeping with the guy from work/ At what point do you admit your life’s not going to plan one bit.”.

Later, he tells the listener he’d “rather be stuck in hell than stuck in Melbourne with reports to sell” before Brown joins in and trades vocals: “Honey won’t you rescue me/ I got a barb in my eye/ I got a thorn in my side/ Don’t get any big ideas (Pick it up and pack it in)/ She only let you in to get your things/ (Pick it up and pack it in)...”.

Speaking to NME at Reading Festival this summer, Radio Free Alice discussed what to expect from their debut LP. “Looking back, I’ve always been a sucker for anything ‘coming of age’,” said Learmonth of the LP’s lyrics.

Elsewhere in the chat, they recalled opening for Geese in Australia. “It was crazy to see Geese in person,” Learmonth told NME. “Cameron Winter and Geese have been on my phone incessantly, so to see him in person and be talking to him backstage was so strange, so topical.

That was sick. It was amazing to share a stage with the most talked-about band in the world.”.

Radio Free Alice are set to embark on a UK and European headline tour next month – find any remaining tickets here. See the full schedule below.

NOVEMBER 04 — Copenhagen, DK — Ideal Bar at Vega 06 — Berlin, DE — Frannz Club 07 — Hamburg, DE — Turmzimmer 08 — Cologne, DE — Helios37 10 — Amsterdam, NL — Tolhuistuin 11 — Brussels, BE — Botanique Rotonde 12 — Paris, FR — Point Ephémère 14 — Bristol, UK — Thekla 15 — Birmingham, UK — O2 Institute2 17 — London, UK — Electric Ballroom 18 — Leeds, UK — Brudenell Social Club 20 — Manchester, UK — Academy 2 21 — Glasgow, UK — Art School 22 — Belfast, UK — Ulster Sports Club 24 — Dublin, IE — Button Factory 27 – Barcelona, ES — Sidecar 29 – Paris, FR — Point Ephémère.

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