OLIVIA's WORLD "Greedy & Gorgeous" cassette tape

In Olivia’s World full-length debut Greedy & gorgeous, pleasures multiply in a never-ending quest for beauty. A typical Libran, lead guitarist Alice Rezende navigates the unruly mazes of modern health discourse in search of perfect body-mind balance, excavating the internal and the external, dream states and reality, and what it means to be perceived along the way.

While Greedy & gorgeous fits snug into the greater Aussie scene–with clear nods, as Canberran music head Aaron Crowe puts it, to “dolewave pop”–, there’s no denying Olivia’s World’s ability to break the mold. Take the prickly, off-kilter opener Porcupine girl, where Rezende’s effortless play with phrasing and meter wrap vocal lines around a marching backing track. On centerpiece Empresário, the band oscillates between ticking, time-keeping verses and wailing instrumental breaks that read one part flyaway Dino Jr., another part Raincoats at their sharpest. Sourgum is a full-throttle one-take, while closer Beauty bar dials it back, finding Rezende questioning her place amid the hustle-bustle of girlboss professionalism. Clearly, the band still honours their life-long love of vintage twee, from Olympia to Hatfield, all the while charting through their own journey of self-discovery.
— Pat Pilch

Alice Rezende - guitar, vox
Joe Saxby - bass, saxophone, backing vox
Jordan Rodger - guitar, backing vox
Daan Steffens - drums

Recorded by Owen Penglis
Mixed by Owen Penglis
Mastered by Mikey Young

Art by Alice Rezende

'Greedy & gorgeous' recorded and mixed in 2024 by Owen Penglis at Goliath Professional Recording Studio, Gadigal Nura/Sydney, and mastered by Mikey Young, Naarm/Melbourne.

*Except ‘Weird guy’: Recorded in 2019 by Cameron Smith at Incremental Studios, Meanjin/Brisbane, mixed by Jordan Koop at The Noise Floor, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada and mastered by Alex L’Estrange, Hackney Wick, London, UK.