Q&A: Skyways Are Highways
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10.05.2013

Q&A: Skyways Are Highways

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Define your genre in five words or less:

Sunshine punk.

Tell us about the last song you wrote.

I’m writing a song about the moon. It’s kind of a cage for broken hearts and it gets heavier and heavier until people notice, then it sinks so low that people go break it open. The Earth turns to ice, stops spinning and drifts away into the stars.

If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why?

I’d love to show Brian Wilson my music. But I’m sure it would terrify him! However, if I could travel back in time to the ’60s I’d be too busy looking at all of the attractive people. EVERYONE WAS A BABE. But Brian was the biggest babe of them all… 

When, and why did you start writing music?

My parents are professional musicians so I guess I just totally stole their idea!

What inspires or has influenced your music the most?

We could create our own atmosphere on Mars over hundreds of years and potentially live there!!! Also, everything else ever. 

Which band would you most like to have a battle/showdown with?

The ultimate, would be a super soaker battle with Summer Twins from California, they are the cutest. Or a showdown with High Tension from Melbourne, they would literally eat us. I am so in love/fear with them.

If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you?

Marlon Brando, of course! And Natalie Portman would play Angie. 

What can a punter expect from your live show?

They’ll see us having fun, exactly where we want to be, doing exactly what we want to be doing. 

How do you stop your pre-gig jitters?

Angie always punches me a lot, but that doesn’t help me at all.

How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments?

Either the other commitments work with making music, or they die. I kill them. 

When are you doing your thing next?

Our EP launch for SO YOUNG is on Friday May 17 at The Evelyn.