Rowena Wise returns with Bad Things Feel Good, a tender and emotionally direct second album that deepens her reputation as one of Australia’s most compelling indie-folk songwriters. Produced by Rob Muinos, whose credits include Julia Jacklin and Didirri, and recorded live over three days at Ratshack Studios in Collingwood, the album favours restraint, intimacy and honest performances over polish or spectacle.Following the acclaimed Senseless Acts of Beauty, Wise uses Bad Things Feel Good to explore transformation, heartbreak, inherited patterns, selfhood and the uneasy space between harm and healing. Blending poetic lyricism, indie rock, garage pop and alt-folk influences, the record is a powerful, human and beautifully crafted statement from a songwriter whose work balances vulnerability and strength with rare emotional precision.
