bite the apple(l.h)

When alt-rock band Pearl hits the road for their biggest tour yet, frontwoman June Evans is barely holding it together. OCD, addiction, and old trauma simmer beneath the surface, desperate for a reason to explode. She's not looking for love. She's barely surviving.

Enter: The Neurotics - Sydney's brooding, shoegaze-inflected chaos duo with a cult following and a graveyard of demons.

Luke Hemmings, one half of the duo, is rot in soft skin - a painfully pretty, sex-obsessed, validation-starved, beautifully broken boy who writes soul-shattering songs he'll never let anyone hear. And he's been obsessed with June Evans for years.

It's only a matter of time before they kill each other.