First and foremost I must know, how did you create such a wonderfully bright, vibrant and dynamic music video for Keep On? A tank, a fire truck, a plane ride, it's all very fun and very intriguing.

Ah shucks! Well, it was all very real, shot on film, and we ran up a lot of miles over those few days running around to different places and up in the sky.

Danny Cohen directed the video. He is a long time collaborator of ours and this is the second clip he has shot for us. It is his eye and talent that created such intrigue. He is a bit mad, which we like, because we are a bit mad. Its pretty cool that he can say ‘lets get you in a tank’ and none of us flinch.

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The new album is like sunshine in a bottle and I cant wait for everyone to hear it. When was most of this album written and where did you record? 

Thank you! These songs were written over about 2-3 years. As soon as we finished recording Saturn Returns. We all contributed songs to this record, we collaborated a lot and wrote together. It was quite a team effort. We recorded it at Head Gap studios in Preston with Finn Keane, and the record was mixed by Anna Laverty who is a wizard.

 

You spent a lot of time in Europe and the UK playing support to Courtney Barnett recently, how did the crowds react to the music?

Great! It was an amazing tour, and an amazing opportunity for Court to take us around Europe. Our first time playing there, and it was an absolute dream. It was amazing playing to packed out venues of up to 3000 a night! Everyone turned up early and bought merch, so I think they liked it!

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What's your most treasured memory from this time of your life?

*cue emotional music

Spending time with my best friends …. as well as traveling through Europe, we took song writing weekends away and just general touring and shows. Having fun adventures with your best friends is really fun. 

 

Since releasing Saturn Returns, we haven't seen you up our way, what have you been up to aside from preparing your next release?

We’ve been laying low in one way, by not playing too many shows of our own, but we have been very busy! We played End of The Line festival last year in Brissy which was fun! Apart from that, we just got back from a European tour supporting Courtney Barnett for her album release, last year we went on Up the Guts, which was a regional rock’n’roll tour through the centre of Oz; we drove from Melbourne to Darwin with 3 other bands (Dumb Punts, Neighbourhood Youth & a house band made up of members from Scott & Charlenes Wedding, Big Scary & the Pretty Littles), and of course preparing for Keep Up has been quite mammoth. People don't really talk about how much work and effort goes into actually making an album. Its hard! I’m jealous of those people that can just churn them out easily & quickly while maintaining their jobs! 

 

You have your launch show at The Howler on the 25th of August with the album dropping a few weeks prior to that. Will we be seeing your lovely faces in Brisbane around this time?

Yes! We are playing at BIGSOUND this year so will be back in the sunny state then. We love Brisbane so if anyone reading this wants to offer us some shows, get in contact! haha