Polish Club today announce their fourth studio album Heavy Weight Heart will be released independently on Friday 13 September. In tandem, the Eora/Sydney duo drop new single ‘How Dare You Fall In Love In This City’ and reveal details for their album tour in October, making stops in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
‘How Dare You Fall In Love In This City’ (HDYFILITC) came together incredibly quickly with Novak writing the lyrics in just 5 minutes, laying down the vocal in one go and making up the melody as he went. Written alongside Robby De Sa (who also worked with the band on previous two tracks ‘Manila’ and ‘Heavyweight’), ‘HDYFILITC’ is “easily the most organic, effortless lyric Polish Club have had,” says Novak.
Sat 5 Oct | Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide, Sa
Thu 10 Oct | Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, Nsw
Fri 11 Oct | Night Cat, Melbourne, Vic
Sat 12 Oct | The Brightside, Brisbane, Qld
A great deal of Heavy Weight Heart’s lyrical content and vibe was informed by Novak’s heart surgery (which at the time was upcoming). After suffering a congenital heart disease for a couple of years, Novak underwent a successful procedure in January 2024. Many of the songs on the album imbue a dreamy, love-infused romanticism – with both Novak and John-Henry Pajak’s recent nuptials illuminating these tracks.
While the undertones and subject matter for the songs on the album are heartfelt and poetic, the sound doesn’t depart completely from their brash rock n roll backbone. “We thought this was going to be our last big label record, so we wrote a bunch of big stadium rock songs intended for a full band vibe,” explains Novak. The album strikes a perfect balance between hard and soft, sincerity and boldness.