The Australian-born, Berlin-based drummer and songwriter examines the suppression of Indigenous languages on the fourth single from her upcoming album, Twist My Words.
Eilis Frawley released “Taken, Never Erased” on October 23, 2026, via Sinnbus Records. The fourth single from her forthcoming second album, Twist My Words, due November 6, confronts colonial violence, cultural theft and the resilience of Indigenous communities whose voices have been suppressed. The song reflects on the systematic suppression of Indigenous Australian languages, many of which were banned, lost or erased from official records through colonisation. Its title holds a central contradiction: what is taken or targeted for erasure can remain alive through memory, tradition and the people who carry it forward. As Frawley explains, the image of language “pressed flat like flowers” speaks to the languages that were silenced while acknowledging the resilience of the communities that continue to preserve their cultural inheritance.
Musically, Frawley took an unexpected approach, aiming to write an ’80s pop ballad rather than matching the subject matter with overtly heavy instrumentation. The result brings elegiac beauty into tension with an underlying unease, reflecting the song’s central message. Self-produced, Twist My Words explores truth, power dynamics, late-stage capitalism, algorithmic control, genocide and fractured identity through kraut-inspired rhythms and minimalist percussion. Earlier singles “Guilt” and “Calm Down” introduced the album’s critical perspective. Classically trained at Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium, Frawley spent time in Seoul before moving to Berlin in 2016. Alongside her solo work, she plays with artists including Laura Lee and The Jettes, Kara Delik and Anika. In 2016, she founded Bang On, a Berlin-based platform supporting emerging LGBTQI+ artists. Her debut album, Fall Forward, released in 2025, received critical support from KEXP, Stereogum and Bandcamp.
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