Just ahead of the 2025 Australian general election, **Maitland NSW** band **The Golden Gaytimes** (feat. members of Muzzy Pep, Faker) released the first single from their forthcoming second album **_Bung It On_**.  
  
On '[**Cozzie Livs**](https://ampl.ink/MvGpk)' the band whipped up a veritable smorgasbord of super-catchy, freewheeling guitar riffs and melodic hooks, as singer **Jane-O** railed against the cost of living crisis and the video, created by **Luke Bennett**, casts a psychedelic and irreverent lens across modern society's consumerist hellscape!  
  
The Golden Gaytimes' debut album **_Hot As Buggery_** (Half A Cow) was released in 2023 and it was a wild ride, on the back of its madcap, psychedelic, and infectious singles '**I'm Tempted**' (400k+ views on YouTube), '**Hot As Buggery**', and '**The Golden Gaytimes Theme**'.  
  
With a strong reception to the album, the band built a reputation for hugely entertaining live shows, at bars, clubs, and pubs across Australia's eastern states, regaling audiences with their brand of fun and irreverent rock and pop. Like a glitter bomb with a rock 'n' roll heart of gold, they're a band driven by the understanding that great music is made with liberal measures of both spook and wonk.  
  
Now the gang of party starters reveal the second single from _Bung It On_, the sonic nostalgia of '**Cherries and Cheeses**'. It's a song with low-key, guitar-chug verses that burst into a day-glo, synth-led chorus – like a lost new wave gem from Blondie. Singer Jane-O teases an elusive explanation when quizzed about the song. "_A thought bubble, a moment in time. Always changing. As it would, as it should. Reminiscence. Joy, remorse, and confusion. Sharing stuff - the personal is universal. Cherries and cheese - nice with a cracker!"_

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