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Louisville, KY’s Bendigo Fletcher have surprised fans with a cover of Cults’ 2011 classic “Go Outside”. “Go Outside (From Natural Bridge State Resort Park)” is available to stream and download beginning today via Elektra HERE. Recorded live at Slade, KY’s Natural Bridge State Resort Park, the release is accompanied by a stunning visual of the band performing the song in the picturesque location. Watch the video HERE. “To us, the message of the song is maybe similar to ‘nature is healing’, which we all connect with in some way,” shares Bendigo Fletcher frontman Ryan Anderson. “It’s obvious that having experiences out of doors is essential to the singer’s life force. The constant changes of light and wildlife and water can energize us and deepen a sense of wonder and respect for our surroundings. You can feel that sweet calling in Cults’ ‘Go Outside’. I think we felt it in performing it on Natural Bridge in Slade, KY. The slight uptick in tempo and a mistaken lyric or two feel like products of the powerful surge of energy you get from being up there and looking out over the treetops.”
The state of Kentucky has one of the largest state park systems in the country with 46 state parks, each offering its own unique spin on nature. With the release of the song’s official music video, Bendigo Fletcher encourages fans to support the Kentucky State Parks Foundation, a non-profit organization aimed at connecting residents and guests to the outdoors, immersing them in Kentucky’s rich history and culture, and ultimately helping them experience all the beautiful state has to offer. The band also partnered with Kentucky Parks Club on a limited edition t-shirt, designed by Ryan Anderson. The shirt is available now HERE.
“It's really important that young people are able to make memories in nature together so that we continue to foster pride and care for Kentucky's unique beauty across generations, and we're grateful for the work that Kentucky Parks Club does to facilitate these experiences for as many young Kentuckians as possible. It makes our state and the world a better place,” adds Anderson. For more information, visit kyparksclub.com or find the Kentucky State Parks on Facebook or on Instagram.
Bendigo Fletcher is currently on the road supporting The Brook & The Bluff on a 7-week North American tour, which has already seen them perform to sold-out crowds in major markets coast-to-coast. Check out the remaining dates below, and visit BendigoFletcher.com for tickets. The band is also scheduled to appear at Boulder, CO’s Bluebird Music Festival this April. As a powerhouse live presence, Bendigo Fletcher has previously toured supporting Caamp, Mt. Joy, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Shakey Graves, Madison Cunningham, The Backseat Lovers, and more.
“Go Outside (From Natural Bridge State Resort Park)” marks the first new music from Bendigo Fletcher since the release of their 2023 Fourth of July single “Uncle Mick’s Fireworks Extravaganza”. In 2022, Bendigo Fletcher released their four track Wingding EP. MUD professed, “Bendigo Fletcher is a beauty of a band, masterfully crafting stories and depicting what it is to be wonderfully human with folk-rock spectacularly infused with psychedelic twang.” The EP also earned praise from Consequence, The Bluegrass Situation, Entertainment Tonight, and more. Watch the band perform the EP’s lead single “Pterodactyl” live from La La Land Studios HERE.
Wingding followed Bendigo Fletcher’s 2021 debut album Fits Of Laughter. Highlighted by singles “Sugar In The Creek” and “Evergreen”, the album is available HERE via Elektra. Beyond amassing millions of streams, the album earned widespread critical acclaim. FLOOD Magazine hailed it as “Somewhere between the post-Woodstock folk scene of the ‘70s and that decade’s burgeoning hard rock movement,” and Music Connection dubbed it, “Alt-rock, country-flecked folk-rock soaked in LSD.” American Songwriter noted it as “Denser psych-rock with some remaining elements of Bendigo Fletcher’s drifting folk-Americana roots”, and Atwood Magazine praised “Fits Of Laughter soars with charming passion.
BENDIGO FLETCHER - “GO OUTSIDE” (FROM NATURAL BRIDGE STATE RESORT PARK)
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