Local Derby Melbourne, Australia
Local Derby is the songwriting project of Naarm/Melbourne musicians Elsie Lange and Luke Henriques-Gomes. Their jangly indie-
pop is at times frank, but elsewhere timid, tackling late twenties/early thirties anxieties. Regrets, fears, hopes, love. Figuring it out.
Their first single, ‘Forgive Forget’, is about an uncertain relationship. And a road trip.
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