KESMAR - Nothing To Lose

What this video is

Released March 26, 2021, 'Nothing To Lose' arrived as the lead single heralding KESMAR's signing to Nettwerk Records and the forthcoming Forever Holiday EP. The video sits squarely within the COVID-era bedroom pop wave, wherein artists like Nathan Hawes (KESMAR) retreated to home and collaborative studios to produce intimate, analog-inflected recordings. The song was co-written with Tobias Priddle in Melbourne and…

Why it matters

Represents the 2020–2022 Australian indie-bedroom-pop/neo-yacht-rock convergence: a genre marked by analog synthesizers, organic drum machines, and deliberately sun-faded aesthetics. KESMAR's 'Nothing To Lose' is a touchstone document of how post-pandemic artists fused DIY home studio ethos with…