Meet Me Offline by The Hot Pickups

🎸 The Hot Pickups — Behind the Song + the Band’s Origin Story

Australia just banned socials for under‑16s, so we did what any group of restless teens would do — we made our own way to connect. “Meet Me Offline” is our debut track: energetic, catchy, and built on the same spark that started this band in the first place.

That spark? A broken guitar pickup.
Hunter was messing around with an old Strat in the school music room when the pickup died completely. Finn, tuning a battered acoustic in the corner, wandered over, cracked open the guitar, and rewired it like he’d been doing it his whole life. Hunter strummed. The pickup came alive — hotter, louder, and wilder than before.
“Dude… you’re in the band.”
“What band?”
“The one we’re starting right now.”
That moment — a wire, a spark, a sound — became the heartbeat of everything we make.

“Meet Me Offline” carries that same energy. It’s a song built on real connection — four mates in one room, no scroll, no feed, no notifications pulling us apart. Just instruments, noise, and the feeling that something bigger than a timeline was starting to form.

This song:
Hunter — drums & vocals
Finn — guitar
Kaleb — guitar
Miles — bass

The track hits with the rush of a late‑night idea that suddenly becomes a whole anthem. Punchy drums, bright guitars, a bassline that keeps everything grounded, and a hook that feels like a message passed between friends when the phones are off and the world is quiet for once.
If you’re here early, you’re officially part of Day One.
Drop a comment, tell us where you’re listening from, and stick around — more tracks are already on the way.

Meet us offline.
Stay loud.

An illustrated tie‑in book expanding the band’s world and characters is coming soon to Kindle eBooks.

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