You uploaded your entire album Outlier to Soundcloud recently. How has the reception been?
Finally getting the album out into the world has been extremely fulfilling. I think my current fans have really gotten behind the record mostly because of the live touring. Having toured with artists like Boy & Bear, The Paper Kites, Josh Pyke, I was really given a great platform to let people in on the making/recording of the album. In that respect, the reception has been really positive.
Are there any central themes on Outlier that have driven the music?
There isn’t one overriding theme throughout this record. It’s more just a collection of songs that reflect where I’m at today musically and that I thought sat nicely together. The title comes from a book I was reading called Outliers. A major idea it covers is that it takes ten thousand hours of practise and persistence to master anything in life. I’m not saying I made a perfect record because I didn’t, I’m saying that at times the recording process felt very long and strenuous but also incredibly rewarding to finish something basically by ourselves that felt at times like it was never ending.
Tell us about your favourite set you’ve ever played.
I think it is supporting Josh Pyke at the Enmore Theatre. I used to live around that area when I first moved to Sydney and used to walk up to the Enmore to literally just go and look at the sign and imagine playing there, standing out the front, just hovering. Awkward.
