The lyric imagery in Negroni Eyes was inspired by a Frida Kahlo quote I saw scrawled in chalk on the wall of a Mexican restaurant in Wellington, NZ. "I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim." My mind conjured up an image of a person knee-deep, wading through alcohol inside their own brain, searching for the cause of the flood all the while knowing that they, themselves are to blame. I guess in a way it's an ode to vices and their ability to mask problems and not deal with them. I'm so excited to have teamed up with the insanely talented guitarist/ producer Dave Rodriguez AKA Adventuresof Godriguez for Negroni Eyes. We've been friends for a while, doing acoustic duo gigs around Sydney but hadn't worked on any original material until now. I heard all the awesome beats he was making for Sampa The Great and when I found out that the majority of the tracks were made by cutting up jazz standards the jazz geek inside me decided I had to work with him. I asked him if he'd have a play around with one of my favourite instrumental jazz tunes, Nardis and literally within 2 days he sent me the track and I fell in love with it.