Toxic Treasures With MIKAILA & TEDDIE From YOURS TRULY

Interview by Kyra-Jade Coombs
Sydney trio Yours Truly stamped themselves on the Australian music
landscape with their impressive 2020 album Self Care, which was
nominated for an ARIA for Best Hard Rock or Heavy album.
Rather than rest on their laurels, the band attacked their craft
with even more intent, spending 2023 touring Europe alongside You
Me At Six, ticking off their first-ever UK headline shows,
supporting Against The Current in North America and touring
Australia nationally with Neck Deep.
Yours Truly kicked off 2024 with an appearance at THPS25 in
Brisbane, celebrating 25 years of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater with Tony
Hawk himself in attendance, as well as embarking on their entirely
sold-out Call My Name Tour across Australia in March. The band will
also return overseas later this year, appearing at Reading and
Leeds Festival in the UK this August alongside headliners
Blink-182, Fred Again, Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher and many
more.
It is a fitting reward for a band who have championed the cause of
Australian music at every opportunity, with their new album, TOXIC
(out August 16), set to propel the band and their music to even
greater heights.
HEAVY caught up with vocalist Mikaila Delgado and guitarist Teddie
Winder-Haron to venture inside the new album and the band's future
plans.
"Nervous, and excited," Teddie smiled when asked how they were
feeling about the impending release of Toxic. "Mostly excited.
We've been hanging out a bunch prepping for all the shows we've got
coming up and practicing a lot, so I think just being around each
other is hyping each other up. Still a little bit nervous, but I
guess that's part of it."
HEAVY asks about the selection process for album singles.
"Call My Name we chose just because we loved it, so much," Mikaila
began. "It was actually finished before we tracked the album. It
was the first song we tracked for the record and everyone was like
wait and see what other songs we get from the album when it is
finished - because a song can change - and we got to a point where
we thought this song is still gonna be good, let's just put it out.
I think Sour was the same. When we wrote it, we were like, this is
gonna be a single. I guess it's just having that gut
feeling."
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