Define your genre in five words or less:
Alternative country kind-of rock music.
Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?
We like bands like Wilco, Drive By Truckers, and so on. We have six people in our band, lots of guitars, hammond organ and harmonies.
What do you love about making music?
Playing with good guys and meeting interesting people along the way. We spent a lot of last year touring around Australia and went to some great places, and some really weird places too.
What do you hate about the music industry?
It’s a bit of a mine field, and I’m not the best foot soldier. Sometimes it feels like there’s a lot of negativity and bullshit to get through just to make the music you want, but I think there’s still a lot of great people in the industry that genuinely give a shit and that’s reassuring.
What’ve you got to sell CD-wise?
Our album that we put out last year. We spent a long time working on it, had all of our friends come and play and sing on it and produced it ourselves which was one hell of a learning curve, to say the least.
Which band would you most like to have a battle/showdown with?
The Flaming Lips. They would obviously kick our arse, but we’d get to use their stage props, shoot confetti cannons and run around in the crazy clear sphere.
Describe the best gig you have ever played.
We did a support tour a while back and played to a sold out Tivoli in Brisbane. That place is amazing. The crowd were some of the nicest people we’ve come across. The venue, the sound, the whole thing was spot on. It’s very similar to our Forum, the only venue that comes close in my opinion.
Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it?
We have a bit of a sing, have a drink and hammer scissor paper for who drives the van home. Very competitive… Often a great deal of cheating involved in that game.
THE HELLO MORNING play The Elsternwick Hotel on Friday April 12.
