“The way the track was written – it was old-school,” Necko said of the creation of their new 70s-indebted single You Don’t Gotta Be Alone Anymore.
Necko has unveiled “You Don’t Gotta Be Alone Anymore,” their second single that beautifully captures the essence of 70s rock ballads. Drawing inspiration from the late 60s and early 70s music scene, this track showcases lead vocalist and guitarist Alek Necko skillfully combining delicate strumming with emotive and flexible vocals.
The rhythm is anchored by the consistent percussion work of drummer Reno Torrisi. As the song unfolds, Necko introduces the bass guitar in a manner reminiscent of classic spaghetti westerns, murmuring, “Can’t you feel my pain? My heart’s pumping love for you through my veins.”
You Don’t Gotta Be Alone Anymore traces themes of isolation and unrequited love, with Necko’s collective efforts evoking the cinematic quality of a film score — complete with instrumental breaks and a triumphant final bridge.
Necko croons in an irresistible rasp of forgetting what love feels like and befriending a suitor in times of loneliness. The single was born out of a day-long recording session, spearheaded by Necko and the band alongside producer siblings DEL.
Equal parts psychedelia and British rock, You Don’t Gotta Be Alone Anymore is buoyed by Necko’s intoxicating vocal range, which flits between moody and ascendent on a dime — a performance only heightened by the track’s classic blues rhythm. “Listening to the solo makes me feel like I grew up in the sixties without knowing at all what it would have been like,” Necko said of the single in a press statement. “And that’s the power of music, I think.”
“The way the track was written – it was old-school,” he added. “The progression was down in half an hour, [and] we cut the track from start to finish in 3 hours.” The brevity of the song’s creation is doubly impressive given its keen attention to atmosphere, with a sound so all-encompassing you’d be forgiven for thinking it required a full-scale orchestral effort.
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So masterful is Necko’s sonic direction that it’d feel equally at home on the tracklist of a band ten years their senior. And yet, You Don’t Gotta Be Alone Anymore marks the Sydney group’s second-ever single, serving as a worthy follow up to their debut offering with last month’s Wicked Woman. With just two official tracks to their name, the band has nonetheless established themselves as ones to watch, performing sold-out headline shows and multiple support slots since late-2022.
Listen to Necko’s new single You Don’t Gotta Be Alone Anymore above, and keep an eye out for future releases from the band due out soon.
