NEW SINGLE: Danika 'FYA' + Down Love EP Announcement
“Take care of yourself, back yourself, and know you are worthy of respect, no matter what.” - Danika
Content warning: sexual assault
Danika joins the many songwriters in solidarity turning trauma into song and using music to heal with her latest single ‘FYA’ + announces Down Love EP release date and tracklisting
Songsmith and story seamstress Danika has never been one to shy away from speaking hard truths with her voice and guitar; facing honesty head-on with her next heartwrenching single ‘FYA’, out Thursday 9 February via Endless Recordings. After joining the WAT family and releasing singles ‘Coolshit Bullshit’ and ‘For My Baby’ in 2022, which combined saw Danika added to official Spotify playlists Indie Arrivals, Fresh Finds, Fresh Finds AU / NZ, Fresh Finds Folk, and Stay In Bed, ‘FYA’ is the third and final single lifted from her forthcoming EP Down Love, slated for release on Friday 10 March.
Produced by Nick Hererra (Hiatus Kaiyote), ‘FYA’ sees Danika like many other women turn trauma into song, using her music as a healing mechanism, carrying her truth through candid lyrics and captivating melodies. Enlisting once again good friend Paul Bender (Hiatus Kaiyote), his metrical bass lines and layered percussion and drums by Naarm’s beloved experimental drummer Maria Moles, sit perfectly amongst the instrumentation and Danika’s message lies in a bed of harmonies from her 16-piece choir, their voices conveying the strength and synergy of women standing together; a story as painful as it is powerful.
“It’s about me saying I support you. A song of support for all women and all people.
Not feeling alone and being silenced. “ - Danika
Out Friday 10 March via Endless Recordings, this collection of five works builds on a mix of experimental folk and alternative and atmospheric production techniques bringing life to the pent up feelings and frustrations often kept behind closed doors. “These songs are an honest journaling of experiences in my life from the moments when they were written. Music is a profound way to document life in all its ups and downs and lessons learned.” - Danika.
Whether creating tangible reminders of past patterns in ‘Better Weather’ or her bittersweet first single ‘Coolshit Bullshit’, Down Love features the uniquely familiar sound we’ve grown to know and love from Danika. Her striking yet delicate vocals meander through the universal experience of letting go of learned behaviours in her second single ‘For My Baby’, title track ‘Down Love’ and the escapism and ecstasy of young love before closing with her raw and emotional moving message in ‘FYA’.
Music has been a staple part of Danika’s life from a young age and not all artists receive the musical education and start Danika did as an artist singing backing vocals for prominent Australian Artists including 30/70 collective, Allysha Joy, Sampa the Great, Tomgirl, Harmony Byne, and Emma Donovan and the Putbacks and the last few years have seen Danika play a colourful array of festivals, including Strawberry Fields, Brunswick Street Music festival, Good Times Festival, Iso-laide, Adelaide’s Porch Sessions, Wonder Mountain Festival, Inward Goods Festival, and PBS’s Drive Live. Now, Danika has made a name for herself as a stand alone artist led by her striking voice and rich harmonies with inflections of soul, drawing audiences in through her genuine storytelling.
Join the list of admirers drawn in by the wonder, awe and immersive sounds of Danika.