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Ode to FNQ

MUSIC
If you’ve ever felt homesick
for Far North Queensland,
you’ll relate to the latest single I had so much fun
from Cooktown-born bringing the final version
musician YAZMINDI.
to life, exactly as I had
Avocado Latte delivers evocative images envisioned it, in my head
of the place YAZMINDI will always call and my heart
home, interspersed with laugh-out-loud
mockery of the people and places she’s Yazmindi
come across on her travels. The comedic Singer/Songwriter
lyrics serve as a foil to the emotion the
22-year-old artist was obviously feeling the multi-instrumentalist was able to
when she was stuck down south. record the single in her home state with
“It’s a love song for Far North Queensland producer Mark Myers. “It was so special
which I wrote while working at a café in recording Avocado Latte back home in Credit: Cristina Bevilacqua
Melbourne,” she said. “Raw and honest, North Queensland, surrounded by people performed at music festivals both at
a song straight from my heart, I grew up with and love,” she said. home and across the globe, including
yet tongue-in-cheek teasers play with “I had always dreamed of producing South by Southwest in Austin, Texas and
Melbourne’s city stereotypes.” music with Mark from growing up the Woodford Folk Festival. This year,
The lyrics are unique to YAZMINDI’s listening to his band’s music, she’s planning to record her debut album.
quirky style of storytelling and are set The Middle East.”
against a backdrop of gentle harmonies Fearlessly and flawlessly straddling
and undulating melodies. genres, from indie alternative, to country, MORE: yazmindimusic.com
While it was written in Melbourne, pop, rock and soul, YAZMINDI has

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