CULTURE

GIRL OF THE MOMENT

Alice SKYE

The Australian artist is resisting expectations and writing her own story

Alice Skye knows regional Australia can let loose. “Country people go hard with a laugh. “Being from a country town, I understand that.” Having grown up in the Grampians town of Horsham in Victoria, the Wergaia/Wemba Wemba singer-songwriter knew what to expect when she returned there earlier this year for the Small Town Big Sound tour with Amyl and the Sniffers and Harmony Byrne. “It was really one of the best tours I’ve ever been on,” she reflects. “They were just all in, regardless. Somebody came up and said, “I don’t really like alternative music but you were beautiful.” And I was just like, “Oh my God. I love it.’”