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The likes of Amanda Palmer and Nardwuar have waxed lyrical about the art of asking. So it went that Amy Shark reached out to her teenage idol, blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, to work on a song for her debut album. Not only did it eventuate, but it turned out to be the highlight of the record. “Psycho” offers a dark, duelling perspective on an intense relationship as soundtracked by pensive guitars and restrained drum programming. The latter eventually gives way to live drums complementing Shark’s high notes, and it’s one of the year’s best dynamic payoffs. Ask and you shall receive.

Amy Shark – Psycho (feat. Mark Hoppus) from the new album ‘Love Monster’ is out now:

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Nobody’s looking forward to Amy Shark’s debut album more than Amy herself. After slogging away on the Gold Coast for years before ‘Adore’ made her a nationally, then internationally renowned act, she’s been itching to make a splash with a full body of work. Hooky lead hit ‘I Said Hi’ spun the simile of an underdog boxer, slugging it out for recognition. Now she’s got it, she’s capitalising on the momentum of her emotionally raw and open songwriting with plenty of talent in her corner.

Love Monster features contributions from pop auteur Jack Antonoff, acclaimed Aussie producer Dann Hume and one of her idols, Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, fronts up on the duet ‘Psycho’. With the scope of a full-length canvas, Amy Shark can show different sides to her sound, spread her fins and truly swim.

Amy Shark: Overnight Success, a Decade In The Making

You’re probably most familiar with the first two singles from Amy Shark’s debut EP – the first was the runner-up in 2016’s Hottest 100, the second was recently certified gold status. To take in the best of her songwriting abilities, however, one has to venture a little further into the tracklist. “Blood Brothers” gurgles a chopped-and-screwed vocal sample over a hypnotic boom-clap and irresistible vocal melodies. “I feel like a million dollar bill,” Shark purrs in the track’s chorus. Old mate sounds like one, too – courtesy of M-Phazes (good gracious) on the ones and twos. This shark can smell blood.

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Amy Shark’s obsession with obsession carries over into her first full spotlight year, as the Gold Coast singer-songwriter more than matches the effortless pop flow and lust/heartbreak balance of 2016 smash “Adore”. The song drifts from TGIF optimism to deeper, darker waters where “I have no room for anyone else, but you”.

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Amy Billings, who performs as Amy Shark, is an Australian indie singer-songwriter and producer from the Gold Coast Queensland . She is best known for her 2016 single “Adore”Shark grew up on the Gold Coast and has been active as a musician on You Tube since 2014. In 2016, Shark won Pop Song of the Year for her single “Adore”, released in 2016 in addition to a cover of Silverchair’s “Miss You Love” received significant media attention 

Amy Shark gifts us with a simply beautiful performance of her breakthrough single ‘Adore’.

Amy Shark covers Silverchair ‘Miss You Love’ for Like A Version, Like A Version is a segment on Australian radio station triple j. Every Friday morning a musician or band comes into the studio to play one of their own songs and a cover of a song they love.

Amy Shark brings the feels, covering Silverchair’s 1999 classic ‘Miss You Love’ for triple j’s Like A Version.