Jungle Breed on the Places and Possessions that Inspired ‘WYNONA, PALOMA, PAPILLOMA’

November 17, 2023

Jungle Breed is the garage rock and dolewave project of Lincoln Healy, Angela Kinna and Issy Orsini. The band’s debut album, WYNONA, PALOMA, PAPILLOMA, came out in September 2023 via Blossom Rot Records (Mega Fäuna, Sweetie). Jungle Breed worked on the album with Dan Oke (aka Jarrow), before handing it to over to Bonnie Knight for mixing and Mikey Young for mastering.

The band’s three members have played in various other Naarm bands, such as Property, Pinch Points, Rhysics and Ecosystem. They’ll be launching WYNONA, PALOMA, PAPILLOMA at Thornbury Bowls Club this Saturday, 18th November, with support from Silvia Thornton, Bug Hunt and Winksy.

In the lead-up, Healy, Kinna and Orsini tell us about the places and possessions that helped bring the album to life.

Jungle Breed: WYNONA, PALOMA, PAPILLOMA

The Elvis Presley memorial

Lincoln: The Elvis Presley memorial in Carlton is one of my favourite places. For me, the cemetery is lively, positioned centrally to so much action and often hosting mysterious spirits, a recipe for a whimsical evening (Halloween night is a must.)

The Jungle Breed track ‘Elvis’ was really rooted in a feeling of determination, fluidity, and death. Reflecting on death often makes us think about life, so we were going for that within the song. I also learned Mario Condello was buried there around the time I was binge watching Underbelly, so I threw a line about that in too.

Betty

Issy: Betty is my 2011 black Honda Jazz. Always the stallion, we do a lot of long drives together where I come up with ideas for songs and can experiment with my voice. You know, radio off and just singing our songs to find what sounds best for a chorus or a melody.

As for songs that are dedicated more to Betty herself, most of our track ‘Endless Drive’ was written in the context of driving home from gigs late at night decompressing and reflecting. It’s always been a free and safe space to sing and yell at the top of my lungs.

Darebin Parklands

Angie: Darebin Parklands is by far my favourite park in Melbourne. I was lucky to live so close to it during the time we wrote the album. It’s such a fun place to explore – I think I spent almost two hours a day wandering around there. It just became my safe place.

Between long strolls in and around the park and park beers until dusk, this place was incredible for me. It gave me so much time to think and relax during such an intense part of my life. This one time, I saw all these turtles charging away from the river. They were everywhere; I saw like six different ones. One of them, I swear, was chasing after the bus. I hope he made it.