Feature: Bumpy - Maambakoort
Decorated Naarm/Melbourne-based soul artist and proud Noongar woman Bumpy returns with new single ‘Maambakoort’. The track is her first new music since 2023, which saw the release of her acclaimed debut EP Morning Sun, and arrives alongside a stunning music video directed by Emily Dynes and featuring custom outfits from ethical Afro-Futurist and plant-based artisan clothing brand REMUSE.
On the slow-cresting, sumptuous new single, Bumpy shares that “Maambakoort means ocean. This song narrates the way I felt when I entered the saltwater on my country. It felt powerful. It felt dramatic. The wind swirled around me and the light broke through the clouds. It felt like it recognised me. The water connects me to my Ancestors who also swam in those oceans, connecting me to my past, present and future generations.I wanted it to be grand like that encounter and the instrumentation to sound like the rumbling and crashing ocean.”
Bumpy’s latest release ‘Maambakoort’ is available to stream now via Astral People Recordings.
