Forever Five: Blake Scott (The Peep Tempel)

Waxx Lyrical
2 days ago
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Blake Scott (The Peep Tempel), Forever Five for Waxx Lyrical

As frontman of The Peep Tempel, Blake Scott delivered a kind of cracked, poetic bark that felt both deeply Australian and deeply universal—street-level stories delivered with a lurching rhythm and a brutal honesty. When we featured Tales as a Record of the Month, it was because it captured something rare: fury and tenderness tangled together, half-spoken, half-screamed, with one eye on the world and the other turned inward.

His Forever Five picks trace a crooked line through that same strange territory. There’s noise and repetition, dread and desire, barbed humour and emotional exposure. These aren’t comfort records—they’re companions for when the night gets long and the ground underneath you starts to hum.

The vibe? Think broken machines still spitting sparks. Think lovers in the gutter with poetry in their mouths. Think isolation, invention, and the kind of beauty that doesn’t beg for your attention—it earns it by bleeding out in real time.

Blake’s choices aren't exactly what you’d expect if you’ve been paying attention, but they are fearless, deeply felt, and forever on the edge of collapse. Just how we like it.