‘About Ya’ by Ratfink! is exactly the kind of song that feels like it was made in a bedroom with the window cracked open, letting the world drift softly in. The track is hazy, unvarnished, and quietly dazzling.
Crafted by Melbourne duo Liv and Raph, friends since their school days and now housemates in Brunswick, this track is the first glimpse of their upcoming album ‘When U Were Mine’. And if “About Ya” is anything to go by, we’re in for a deeply personal and musically rich ride.
Built on shimmering layers of slide guitar and a heartbeat-steady rhythm, the track floats gently in the space between melancholy and sweetness. There’s a quality to the vocals, almost like they’re being sung through a half-smile as they flow. Liv and Raph trade lines like old friends passing notes; blending seamlessly, yet each distinct in tone.
‘About Ya’ leans into the daydream, like if Mazzy Star took a stroll through Melbourne’s inner north. The production is intentionally unfussy, with all soft edges and reverb-kissed textures. It’s a sound that feels handmade in the best way, like it’s been not quite polished to a shine, but burnished with feeling.
There’s a nostalgic glow to the whole thing as well, as if the song is both remembering and reliving something at once. Whether it’s about longing, love, or the in-between moments that don’t have names, ‘About Ya’ sits in that tender ambiguity with grace.
In a world of overthought pop, Ratfink! offer something simpler and more sincere.
