Albany’s Carla Geneve drops new single in busy start to 2020

A busy start to 2020 for homegrown talent Carla Geneve is about to get even busier with the release of her highly anticipated new single. The 21-year-old alternative rocker has barely had time to process the release of Don’t Wanna Be Your Lover, which will drop today. Geneve featured in the Highway to Hell rolling concert extravaganza in Perth on Sunday. She also performed at the Fire Aid benefit concert at Fremantle Arts Centre last month. The Albany-raised singer-songwriter has been supporting Julia Jacklin on her national tour and will head to Austin, Texas this month to perform at the SXSW Music Festival on March 16. While tight-lipped about the origins of her new single, she said she hoped to get out of Perth and bring it to a stage in her home town sometime soon. “I would love to,” she said. “You don’t realise how the city feels until you leave and then you realise that’s why you have been meaning to get out of the city.” Geneve took out WAM Song of the Year last year for her single, Greg’s Discount Chemist. She won the best single category at the WAM Awards in October for Things Change and a second consecutive best rock act gong. Her new track premiered on Triple J’s Good Nights program last night.