The Reserve Bank and the Australian Tax Office are usually the antithesis of rock 'n' roll.
But the straight-laced institutions served as inspiration for country-rock duo The Wolfe Brothers, who are no strangers to rising interest rates and the cost-of-living crisis amid their success.
Their track Little By Little, replete with electrifying AC/DC-esque guitar licks, has become something of an anthem for the challenging economy.
"The money you grind in the overtime you gotta give to the ATO," the pair sing.
"Between the RBA and the day-to-day, everybody wants a piece of the pot."
The song has earned the Tasmanian brothers Tom, a former carpenter, and Nick, once a postman, nominations for Song of the Year and Single of the Year at Saturday's Golden Guitar awards.
The lyrics came to Nick after he and his wife bought a property near Launceston and immediately faced consecutive rate rises.
"It's all we're talking about, a lot of Australians are doing it really tough," Tom Wolfe told AAP ahead of the duo's shows at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
"I've got two kids - a three-year-old and a two-year-old - and I've never spent so much money on groceries in my life.
"We've seen it across the board with ticket sales and events."
But the tongue-in-cheek song is ultimately optimistic, something innate in the siblings.
Tom and Nick were raised on a berry farm outside Hobart, where their father and grandfather grew raspberries and gooseberries.
Their late dad Malcolm, a rock drummer, encouraged his sons to find a purpose away from the farm.
"So we've done that and we're one of the few Australians who get to play music for a living," said Tom Wolfe, who works on the berry farm between gigs.
"There's a subconscious gratitude that always sneaks its way in ... that's how we roll, we try to bring it back to the positive."
Even after the sudden loss of their mum Leonie in 2022, the brothers found a way to look for the light.
Their song Here's To The Ones, from their award-winning 2023 album Livin' The Dream, was dedicated to their mother and honours the sometimes unnoticed work of women.
"The response has been lovely and it's been healing with that grief," Wolfe said.
"People come up and say, 'we played that for our mum at her funeral'.
"We feel like we did a good thing there."
With that trademark positivity, the duo are proud to be part of an evolving Australian country music industry.
Even The Wiggles have got on board, with an upcoming country album Wiggle Up, Giddy Up!.
The Wolfe Brothers feature on The Wiggles' track Dorothy Doll, among international collaborators like Dolly Parton and Orville Peck.
"You've got pop, you've got rock, you've got alt, bluegrass, the traditional bush ballads and it's all great," Wolfe said of the country scene.
"If we focus on lifting each other up, we all rise."
