Following years of building a reputation as one of Australia’s most relentlessly creative underground songwriters, music producers and all round band guy! Benny J Ward returns with a new single, “Fear of Going Out” — a sharp, melodic and slightly unhinged snapshot of modern life that feels both painfully familiar and strangely fun.
Released via Cheersquad Records & Tapes, the new track captures the feeling of living in a world that seems permanently set to “breaking news”: threats of war, endless health scares, politicians behaving like reality TV contestants, and the growing sense that stepping outside
sometimes feels like entering a social experiment.
Part social commentary, part nervous laugh, “Fear of Going Out” sits perfectly in Benny’s universe — where catchy hooks, garage-pop energy and sideways humour collide with observations about everyday chaos.
“It’s tongue in cheek… but only just,” says Ward. “The world feels pretty nuts at the moment. There’s this weird mix of doom, overload and trying to laugh your way through it. This song is me pointing at all that and turning it into something you can yell along to.”
For anyone familiar with Benny J Ward’s work, the track feels like a natural evolution.