February 28, 2025 • 8 mins
Music Reviewer Estelle Clifford talks to Jack Tame about Kiwi duo Foley.
The pair have released a brand new album 'THAT’S LIFE, BABY!', summing up their approach to life in a bright and punchy pop collection.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
This is the Key with duo Foley. The song is
called never Feels Like Summer, kind of dreamy sounding. Ape
got a new album. The album is called That's Life
Baby and the Stelle Clifford, our music reviewer, has been listening.
Good morning, Kalda.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
What a beautiful song.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Ah, you're very very like kind of yeah, don't you think,
kind of dreamy?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Well, Ash, who is the lead singer of Foley. She
she's like, this is our pure love song. This is
the song where you know, there's nothing We're not take
the mickey, We're just actually embracing it and being in love.
It's not the beginning of a relationship or the end.
It's just this is where love is. And a little
surprise because this is actually how the album finishes. This
is the final song. And I loved it because Gabe
(01:21):
sings a verse on it as well, and he's kind
of so he's usually the music maestro, but every now
and then he Pep has a little song where he
will do the lead vocals or he'll come in and
do his little part, and it's a really beautiful way
to just sum up and finish wrap up the entire album,
and it's just a little like a little treats, a
little surprise at the end of the album, which I
(01:43):
think is a really beautiful thing to do. And then
you're gonna completely change this because once I finished chatting,
you're gonna play the title track, which is That's Life Baby,
which has become like one of those catch phrases you know,
when something happens you're like, well, that is, And it's
a real catchy, like a real awesome hook that gets
(02:04):
you back in, and it's got the real energetic funnes
synth pop thing that I think Folly are knowing well
for but with more confidence. And I'm just I love
these too. I have kind of followed them right from
the get go. I've had lots of long, fun chats
with them, and they're really open about sharing their music
(02:24):
journey and how they come to a song and put
it all together. And I think I enjoy following them
as well because together as a friendship, they're just such
a dynamic duo and you can hear that in their music,
so it's exciting, I think to hear what they're doing
with their tunes.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Because they met performing at rock Weest right or competing Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
And see that's why we have to make sure that
we still race those competitions, yes, because it really has
actually really helped a lot of our musicians with the
foundations and coming together. I watched a live video that
they did yesterday on the launch of the album, but
in particular for the music video that's for That's Life Baby.
They're cruising in this old school car. It was someone's
(03:07):
Manners car. They had one owner and it was a manual,
so Gabe had to drive. But it was funny because
they told the story about how they went out to
Mooda Y to shoot it, thinking like, you know, deserted
beach out in the west, and instead there's like two
hundred people there, like in the evening, and they're like,
what the heck, they're all there to watch one of
(03:27):
the comets, you know, million years. So actually they've ended
up with all these people in the background of this
music video, which again goes with the song That's Life Baby.
Oh well, now all these people are your extras in
the back of your music video. And I think again
they're the kind of artists that will just embrace that
and use that as an energy to propel what it
(03:47):
is that they do. And so again it creates this dynamic.
They thought they had this thing for a music video
and it becomes so much more. Yeah, but they're really
good at moving with that, and I think that's something
that will be really good for them as they fear
their career. So they've actually they've moved to Sydney now
they're based over there. They've got like a this is Inside,
They've got a booking agents, which just means there's someone
(04:10):
who is really promoting and working hard on getting those
live gigs because again, I think the kind of music
that that's on here, you get these really big, bold
sounds and then you get those beautiful, dreamy kind of things.
So to know, like to have a chance to play
those live and get that audience reaction, I think to
do more of those live gigs. They're going on a
(04:30):
big Australian tour. To have someone who's focused on that
part of your career I think is really exciting for
them to take it to that next step. Always knowing
that their feet are grounded here and all, but you know,
you've got to be able to spread your wings and
they've got this great music to do it, some real
cool pop stuff on here. There was one song, it's
called Fever. I don't know what they'll think of me
(04:52):
saying this, but it kind of gave me Gloria Estefan vibes.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Okay, you know how she's always.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Had like sort of like like real cool, catchy pop
stuff with like just sort of these sounds in the
in the production were you. It's just it kind of
makes me have that sort of happy like energy. I
don't know, I keep saying energy. There's a lot of
energy in this album, but it's sort of magical and
beautiful at the same time.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
And yeah, I mean I think of them, I think
of them as being I think of them as being
like poppy, but also there is a slight like there
is a kind of nostalgic vein through it, right, like
a kind of an eighties kind of thing through it
as well.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Definitely influenced from that synth pop era, which I guess
is why maybe I felt sort of glorious to find
about one or two of the tracks. But then there's
that sort of modern production that comes in with different
sort of bass and drums and that sort of changes
it to make it sort of have that modern twist.
And maybe we just the eighties seems to be a
decade that none of us can ever escape, you know,
(05:51):
whether you're in it or not. Like it's something that
just really seems to sit with a lot of people
in the in the music on a story, honest, fun songs,
right like maybe every now and then, we just need
to be able to.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Have that yeah, Yeah, And maybe they're kind of unapologetically
pop sound, you know, like they're going for that, not
the necessarily bubblegum pop, but going for that, especially with
the kind of being the early iterations of electronic music
as well.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
That we've only got better at producing those sounds right now.
They're kind of slick and fun and they can do
a little bit of playful stuff in there. And I
think also like there's two quite vulnerable sort of songs.
They're quite honest personal storytelling. Ash talks a lot about
making up songs sitting on the bus and you know,
singing quietly into her phone. So they've got that vulnerability
(06:39):
and storytelling, but also they want to have like this
optimistic outlook. They don't want to leave you hanging with
the down bars. Yeah, that's life, baby, And so again
I guess that leans into that pop kind of way
of things. You know, we're going to talk about the
lows and highs and the trauma of life, but actually
there's there's hope at the other end of that. So
let's keep it with that bright sort of sound. And
(06:59):
this is a very bright sounding album, whether it is
the beautiful love song ballady type things or you're going
full dance mode. And I think some of that is
going to go crazy when they go live.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Have you seen them life before?
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Only an acoustic set that they did like a little showcase,
which was still beautiful and amazing.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
But I.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Isn't it Yeah yeah, yeah, sweet underground, yeah exactly. Yea
those places that you frequeen. Yeah, some people.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Were mentor of tops and things, you know, but I
be at the back.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Yeah, yeah, it sounds it sounds like a bit of
be too. Actually. Yeah, Okay, it's really enjoyable.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
It's a great album. I think it's a really good
place for them to be. And yeah, I just give
it a good listen and and feel the optimism and yeah,
just some of the beautiful sounds they put together. Ash's
voice is fantastic. I really like her sounds. Yeah, yeah,
it's a great listen.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Okay, we'll have a listened to the title track in
a couple of minutes. But what did you give? That's
Life Baby.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
I'm going to get a nine out of ten.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Very good, okay, superb, very good. All right, we'll catch
you get next week thanks of Stelle Stelle Clifford our
music review at the end, It's Life Baby is fold
these newels.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
This is the Key with duo Foley. The song is
called never Feels Like Summer, kind of dreamy sounding. Ape
got a new album. The album is called That's Life
Baby and the Stelle Clifford, our music reviewer, has been listening.
Good morning, Kalda.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
What a beautiful song.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Ah, you're very very like kind of yeah, don't you think,
kind of dreamy?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Well, Ash, who is the lead singer of Foley. She
she's like, this is our pure love song. This is
the song where you know, there's nothing We're not take
the mickey, We're just actually embracing it and being in love.
It's not the beginning of a relationship or the end.
It's just this is where love is. And a little
surprise because this is actually how the album finishes. This
is the final song. And I loved it because Gabe
(01:21):
sings a verse on it as well, and he's kind
of so he's usually the music maestro, but every now
and then he Pep has a little song where he
will do the lead vocals or he'll come in and
do his little part, and it's a really beautiful way
to just sum up and finish wrap up the entire album,
and it's just a little like a little treats, a
little surprise at the end of the album, which I
(01:43):
think is a really beautiful thing to do. And then
you're gonna completely change this because once I finished chatting,
you're gonna play the title track, which is That's Life Baby,
which has become like one of those catch phrases you know,
when something happens you're like, well, that is, And it's
a real catchy, like a real awesome hook that gets
(02:04):
you back in, and it's got the real energetic funnes
synth pop thing that I think Folly are knowing well
for but with more confidence. And I'm just I love
these too. I have kind of followed them right from
the get go. I've had lots of long, fun chats
with them, and they're really open about sharing their music
(02:24):
journey and how they come to a song and put
it all together. And I think I enjoy following them
as well because together as a friendship, they're just such
a dynamic duo and you can hear that in their music,
so it's exciting, I think to hear what they're doing
with their tunes.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Because they met performing at rock Weest right or competing Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
And see that's why we have to make sure that
we still race those competitions, yes, because it really has
actually really helped a lot of our musicians with the
foundations and coming together. I watched a live video that
they did yesterday on the launch of the album, but
in particular for the music video that's for That's Life Baby.
They're cruising in this old school car. It was someone's
(03:07):
Manners car. They had one owner and it was a manual,
so Gabe had to drive. But it was funny because
they told the story about how they went out to
Mooda Y to shoot it, thinking like, you know, deserted
beach out in the west, and instead there's like two
hundred people there, like in the evening, and they're like,
what the heck, they're all there to watch one of
(03:27):
the comets, you know, million years. So actually they've ended
up with all these people in the background of this
music video, which again goes with the song That's Life Baby.
Oh well, now all these people are your extras in
the back of your music video. And I think again
they're the kind of artists that will just embrace that
and use that as an energy to propel what it
(03:47):
is that they do. And so again it creates this dynamic.
They thought they had this thing for a music video
and it becomes so much more. Yeah, but they're really
good at moving with that, and I think that's something
that will be really good for them as they fear
their career. So they've actually they've moved to Sydney now
they're based over there. They've got like a this is Inside,
They've got a booking agents, which just means there's someone
(04:10):
who is really promoting and working hard on getting those
live gigs because again, I think the kind of music
that that's on here, you get these really big, bold
sounds and then you get those beautiful, dreamy kind of things.
So to know, like to have a chance to play
those live and get that audience reaction, I think to
do more of those live gigs. They're going on a
(04:30):
big Australian tour. To have someone who's focused on that
part of your career I think is really exciting for
them to take it to that next step. Always knowing
that their feet are grounded here and all, but you know,
you've got to be able to spread your wings and
they've got this great music to do it, some real
cool pop stuff on here. There was one song, it's
called Fever. I don't know what they'll think of me
(04:52):
saying this, but it kind of gave me Gloria Estefan vibes.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Okay, you know how she's always.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Had like sort of like like real cool, catchy pop
stuff with like just sort of these sounds in the
in the production were you. It's just it kind of
makes me have that sort of happy like energy. I
don't know, I keep saying energy. There's a lot of
energy in this album, but it's sort of magical and
beautiful at the same time.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
And yeah, I mean I think of them, I think
of them as being I think of them as being
like poppy, but also there is a slight like there
is a kind of nostalgic vein through it, right, like
a kind of an eighties kind of thing through it
as well.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Definitely influenced from that synth pop era, which I guess
is why maybe I felt sort of glorious to find
about one or two of the tracks. But then there's
that sort of modern production that comes in with different
sort of bass and drums and that sort of changes
it to make it sort of have that modern twist.
And maybe we just the eighties seems to be a
decade that none of us can ever escape, you know,
(05:51):
whether you're in it or not. Like it's something that
just really seems to sit with a lot of people
in the in the music on a story, honest, fun songs,
right like maybe every now and then, we just need
to be able to.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Have that yeah, Yeah, And maybe they're kind of unapologetically
pop sound, you know, like they're going for that, not
the necessarily bubblegum pop, but going for that, especially with
the kind of being the early iterations of electronic music
as well.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
That we've only got better at producing those sounds right now.
They're kind of slick and fun and they can do
a little bit of playful stuff in there. And I
think also like there's two quite vulnerable sort of songs.
They're quite honest personal storytelling. Ash talks a lot about
making up songs sitting on the bus and you know,
singing quietly into her phone. So they've got that vulnerability
(06:39):
and storytelling, but also they want to have like this
optimistic outlook. They don't want to leave you hanging with
the down bars. Yeah, that's life, baby, And so again
I guess that leans into that pop kind of way
of things. You know, we're going to talk about the
lows and highs and the trauma of life, but actually
there's there's hope at the other end of that. So
let's keep it with that bright sort of sound. And
(06:59):
this is a very bright sounding album, whether it is
the beautiful love song ballady type things or you're going
full dance mode. And I think some of that is
going to go crazy when they go live.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Have you seen them life before?
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Only an acoustic set that they did like a little showcase,
which was still beautiful and amazing.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
But I.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Isn't it Yeah yeah, yeah, sweet underground, yeah exactly. Yea
those places that you frequeen. Yeah, some people.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Were mentor of tops and things, you know, but I
be at the back.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Yeah, yeah, it sounds it sounds like a bit of
be too. Actually. Yeah, Okay, it's really enjoyable.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
It's a great album. I think it's a really good
place for them to be. And yeah, I just give
it a good listen and and feel the optimism and yeah,
just some of the beautiful sounds they put together. Ash's
voice is fantastic. I really like her sounds. Yeah, yeah,
it's a great listen.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Okay, we'll have a listened to the title track in
a couple of minutes. But what did you give? That's
Life Baby.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
I'm going to get a nine out of ten.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Very good, okay, superb, very good. All right, we'll catch
you get next week thanks of Stelle Stelle Clifford our
music review at the end, It's Life Baby is fold
these newels.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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