Indie band Rising Bliss taking over the Northern Beaches

Sydney’s Northern Beaches has given rise to a litany of artists including Angus and Julia Stone, Flume, Lime Cordiale and Ocean Alley. Now, a new band is emerging from that same environment.

We sat down with Rising Bliss's lead singer Luke Saunders and drummer Jason (Jase) Styles at 7th Day Brewery in The Brookie Trail (Brookvale) to talk career, the Sydney music scene and how Brookvale is becoming a beating heart for artists.

Have you noticed an increase in the number of venues staging live music in Brookvale recently?

Jase: We’ve seen this District evolve over the over the last, I'd say, five or six years. It's incredible, I think of Brookvale when we were 18–23 (both Luke and Jase are 29 now] and it was a place to go do some retail shopping at Waringah Mall, or you’d just pass through to get to the beach. Now, it's a spot. It's a spot to grab a coffee. It's a spot to see friends. It's a spot to grab a beer at a brewery and watch some live music. It's become, from an art perspective, a bit of a beating heart.

Luke: There's a good music community. There always have been good bands coming out of the Northern Beaches. This district has been a nice testament to what’s still possible here.

How do you feel about the music scene in NSW?

Jase: It's an interesting question. It's come up between friends and close collaborators, and I think it depends on what scenes you're connected with. I think in the last few years, after a heavy stoop following COVID, Sydney has really started to turn it on. I think the adversity of the pandemic pushed all these event curators and community organisers and cool collectives to throw gigs and parties, and to really think outside the box, moving out of those central business districts and using spaces in ways that weren't really being used before.

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Check out what’s on in the Brookie Trail here.