Define your genre in five words or less:
Dark melancholic dreamy pop.
What part of making music excites you the most?
If I had it my way I would be recording all the time. It’s the most creative and fulfilling part of making music for me. Hearing a song take shape and develop into its own thing is a really exciting concept. For me, experimenting with sounds, trying new things and collaborating other musicians in the studio is where I become better at what I do. It’s where I push myself and grow.
When, and why did you start writing music?
I started writing songs about six years ago. I had done some composition before that, but never anything vocal. With the fear of sounding like a cliche, the vocals probably started because a broken heart plus I was listening to a lot of Hank Williams and Roy Orbison. It just made sense to start writing songs and lyrics at that time in my life. It wasn’t a decision I made, it just sort of happened and now it’s turned into my life.
What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig?
We have toured Europe a bunch of times, and we always end up playing one or two strange shows. It usually happens on a Wednesday night in the middle of nowhere on the way from one city to another. Probably the strangest time was back in 2009 on my first tour. We literally played on the doorstep of a medieval castle in a tiny town in the middle of France. There were about 20 people there, I think the population of the entire town was only about 100. The bar we played out was so small that we had to set up outside it facing a huge castle wall. It was really cool, and really awful.
Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them?
Yeah we just released our new album through Spunk Records at the start of October. It’s called Golden and you can buy it at most record stores. I always suggest people get it from Polyester or another indie store, but it’s available at JB Hi-Fi and places like that as well. Or it you want a download go to iTunes. It’ll be available on vinyl next year.
When’s the gig and with who?
We’re launching our album on Friday November 22 at the John Curtin Bandroom. Our good friends Howl at the Moon will main support. They’re such a great live band, I’m looking forward to seeing them again! And opening on the night is Kieran Ryan. He recently released a solo album after the split of his last band Kid Sam. The record is awesome. If you’re coming to the show come early to check these guys out.
