August 8, 2025 • 17 mins
Interview by Kris Peters
Polaris have been conquering the world one country at a time since the release of their third album, Fatalist, in 2023.
Having already firmly established their place as a fixture in the Australian heavy landscape via their first two albums - 2020’s ARIA Award-nominated The Death Of Me and 2017’s The Mortal Coil, which debuted in the Australian Top 10 - Polaris have earnt themselves a laundry list of accolades along with sold-out headline tours of Australia and previous tours across the globe, including most recently performing at Good Things Festival in 2022 alongside headliners Bring Me The Horizon. 2023 saw POLARIS head overseas for multiple European summer festival appearances, and the band's global love affair has been on an upward trajectory ever since.
Last month, Polaris were finally given their deserved level of respect in their home country when they were named to headline Froth & Fury 2026, a rapidly growing Australian festival that this year has expanded to feature Perth for the first time as well as its adopted home in Adelaide.
Polaris' name sits proudly on the event poster atop some legends of the music world, with Soulfly, Nailbomb, Comeback Kid and Lagwagon leading the international charge, and Frenzal Rhomb, Ocean Sleeper, Private Function, Terminal Sleep and Zuko joining Polaris for home country honours. HEAVY recently caught up with bassist/vocalist Jake Steinhauser to firstly congratulate the band on their headlining status.
"Thank you so much," he replied sincerely. "We're absolutely stoked to be headlining the fest. Just to be at the stage to be doing anything like that at this point is really awesome for us. So, yeah, very, excited."
We mention the high number of Australian bands on the bill and ask Jake how important festivals that reward homegrown talent are for the Australian music industry and what emerging bands can take out of the experience.
"I guess being here in Australia, we're so separated from the world and there's kind of almost like this illustriousness to some of the bands that do come over here and play shows," he measured. "Getting to see some of our bands rub shoulders with them, regardless of what level they are themselves, helps to put the image of that band in a similar place in your mind, especially as a young audience goer. I remember when we were young, the pinnacle of what we could - just to go back to Soundwave again - was always… we just wanted to desperately play that festival. And, sadly, it's not with us anymore. But every time we get to do something here at home, I am always reminding myself of what it looked like to see those local bands, to see the homegrown heroes and stuff like that."
In the full interview, Jake expressed gratitude for the opportunity and highlighted Froth & Fury's diverse lineup, which is beneficial for emerging artists. He detailed the extensive planning and rehearsal involved in their live performances, the positive reception of their latest album, and shared experiences from recent tours. He also provided an update on Polaris' new album, indicating progress in the writing process and plans for a focused retreat in New South Wales, while expressing excitement about the new material and upcoming shows in Japan and more.
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Polaris have been conquering the world one country at a time since the release of their third album, Fatalist, in 2023.
Having already firmly established their place as a fixture in the Australian heavy landscape via their first two albums - 2020’s ARIA Award-nominated The Death Of Me and 2017’s The Mortal Coil, which debuted in the Australian Top 10 - Polaris have earnt themselves a laundry list of accolades along with sold-out headline tours of Australia and previous tours across the globe, including most recently performing at Good Things Festival in 2022 alongside headliners Bring Me The Horizon. 2023 saw POLARIS head overseas for multiple European summer festival appearances, and the band's global love affair has been on an upward trajectory ever since.
Last month, Polaris were finally given their deserved level of respect in their home country when they were named to headline Froth & Fury 2026, a rapidly growing Australian festival that this year has expanded to feature Perth for the first time as well as its adopted home in Adelaide.
Polaris' name sits proudly on the event poster atop some legends of the music world, with Soulfly, Nailbomb, Comeback Kid and Lagwagon leading the international charge, and Frenzal Rhomb, Ocean Sleeper, Private Function, Terminal Sleep and Zuko joining Polaris for home country honours. HEAVY recently caught up with bassist/vocalist Jake Steinhauser to firstly congratulate the band on their headlining status.
"Thank you so much," he replied sincerely. "We're absolutely stoked to be headlining the fest. Just to be at the stage to be doing anything like that at this point is really awesome for us. So, yeah, very, excited."
We mention the high number of Australian bands on the bill and ask Jake how important festivals that reward homegrown talent are for the Australian music industry and what emerging bands can take out of the experience.
"I guess being here in Australia, we're so separated from the world and there's kind of almost like this illustriousness to some of the bands that do come over here and play shows," he measured. "Getting to see some of our bands rub shoulders with them, regardless of what level they are themselves, helps to put the image of that band in a similar place in your mind, especially as a young audience goer. I remember when we were young, the pinnacle of what we could - just to go back to Soundwave again - was always… we just wanted to desperately play that festival. And, sadly, it's not with us anymore. But every time we get to do something here at home, I am always reminding myself of what it looked like to see those local bands, to see the homegrown heroes and stuff like that."
In the full interview, Jake expressed gratitude for the opportunity and highlighted Froth & Fury's diverse lineup, which is beneficial for emerging artists. He detailed the extensive planning and rehearsal involved in their live performances, the positive reception of their latest album, and shared experiences from recent tours. He also provided an update on Polaris' new album, indicating progress in the writing process and plans for a focused retreat in New South Wales, while expressing excitement about the new material and upcoming shows in Japan and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You know, this is Jake from Polaris you to talk
about Froth and Fury.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Oh yeah, good morning, Jake. Are you here today, brother? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Good, Thank you mate, thanks so much, thanks for having
me my pleasures.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
So we are here indeed to talk about Froth and
Fury Festival twenty twenty six, where Polaris are headlining next
year on January twenty fourth and berth and January the
thirty first in Adelaide. So personally, congratulations, bro, it's a big,
big achievement.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Thank you so much, really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
No, we're absolutely stoked to be headlining the fests. Just
to be at the stage, to be doing anything like
that at this point.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Is really awesome for us. So yeah, very very excited.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
And it's probably one of the most diverse festivals doing
the round of them made and you got yourselves. There's
Soul Flight and album Comeback Kid, friends of Rum leg Wagon,
like Travels, all the spectrums from punt through to metal,
so flying offsore, do your favorite ones with more likeful
like bands.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
No, I look, I grew up going to sound waves,
so that was all about hitting all of your kind
of niches and the diversities of the kinds of kinds
of different corners of the genre. You know, I'd go
and see bands that I wouldn't normally have been exposed
to just being in my own circles and listening to
what I was listening to at the time. So I'm
always really into a mixed bill, mixed lineup. You just
(01:15):
get to see some stuff that you wouldn't normally see,
and it's always really exciting to see what people are like,
you know, what the chatter is about which band and
who people want to go watch and stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
So yeah, we're we're collectively big fans of it.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
And of course.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
It's stuck with Ossie fans as well on the line
up too, like to say, you got yourselves as Asian
Sleeper Friends are Ryn Private Function, Sleep and Zuko, Like
it's great to see a festival that puts so many
local bands on the bill instead of just having a
couple of taken representatives there.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Yeah, totally, Yeah, especially greats like Friends with Roum as well,
Like yeah, it's it's I mean, you know, that's again,
I grew up going to different fests at home, and
you know, it was always just exciting to see from
the local you know, up than comers to the homegrown
heroes playing on the stages alongside all those different acts.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
So yeah, it's awesome to see that representation.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
So someone within the music industry, I guess its achieved
success so far. Bro Like, how important are opportunities like
this for Australian bands and what can they take out,
like the emerging bands in particular, what can they take
out of something like this.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Well, I think that it does just help to.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
I guess being here in Australia, were so separated from
the world, and there's kind of almost like this illustriousness
to some of the bands that do come over here
and play shows. Getting to see some of our bands
rub shoulders with them, regardless of what level the band
is themselves, kind of helps to put the image of
that band in a similar.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Kind of place in your mind, especially as a young
audience goer.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
I remember when we were younger, pinnacle of what we
could just to go back to Soweth again was always
we just wanted to desperately play that first of all,
and you know, sadly it's not with us anymore. But
you know, every time we get to do something here
at home, I am always reminding myself of what it
look like to see those local bands, to see to
see the local the homegrown.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Heroes and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
And yeah, I guess to the bands that have been
playing it, Yeah, I mean just just enjoying festivals is
the best part about playing them really, like, you know,
getting to take in everything that's going on, all the
different acts and all of the air of excitement, so
different from a normal show, like being open air and
having so much going on. So yeah, just always a
(03:28):
bit of fun and it's just good to enjoy.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Brother Fiery started life during the COVID Heyere in twenty
twenty one at parate Like Brewery and it's grown this
year to Perth.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Then for the first time it's making its home in Adelaide.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Made so usually the big ones in Brisbane, Sydney, in
Melbourne to get all the funline is, so it's good
to see Perth and Adelaide actually getting a run.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
I think that is really cool as well.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Yeah, because they do get put out of fair bit
and I think that this is more catered and tailored
to them and that's kind of really special. And I
wouldn't doubt that you'd probably start getting people traveling from
into state to go to the shows as well, which
is probably a nice change for perfon Adelaide definitely.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
So yeah, it is. It is really great to see
and where we're beyond Stoke to be a part of it.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
And I think it's also a great idea to spread
it over two weekends, so instead of jamming it both
in the one weekend, you know, like I think that's
where other festivals have failed, trying to take things over
to and Adelaide like back it up too quick the.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Next day and thinks it just got too much for them.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Well, Perth's like a different country, isn't it. You know,
you fly, you're flying quite a bit in the end.
There's a bit of a time zone difference, and it
actually between shodos can be quite hectic when you're trying
to get from per to Adelaide or Adelaide to Perth
for a back to back show on any festival or
tour run, it's depending on the time zones, which it
(04:45):
can really tack it out of you.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
So it is.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
It is a clever thing and I think it's also
just nice for everybody to be able to have that
for all of the international acts to be able to
have about a week in Australia to enjoy themselves as well,
So I guess it kind of works out for everybody.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Yeah, definitely, man, so out of all these bad we
lifted them off before. There's so many of them. May
who are you most looking forward to see it and
playing with?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Probably friends are wrong?
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Yeah, no, yeah, always always good fun, totally iconic, you know,
it's just it's that's that's just the Australian love there.
And you know, another up and coming band that I
haven't been lucky enough to see yet would be Ocean Sleeper,
So I'm looking forward to seeing those guys as well.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Yeah, Like, do you guys go to festivals like this
for the whole day and see other bands or do
you just prefer to arrive place to you said, and
get on with business.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Well usually though the whole day, I guess. You know,
in the past, we've only well we've only really been
lucky enough to don't forget anyone. But I'm pretty sure
that night and Day was the first and only time
so far we've really headlined a festival here in Australia.
That was amazing and we just we hung out the
whole two days. You know, we were there just seeing
bands playing our set. You know, it's it's it's a
(05:56):
tricky balance, particularly for myself and Jamie Good look after
our voices, not be running around chatter boxing too much
and trying everything out and just exhausting ourselves. But even
just being on the grounds are just kind of even
just sometimes backstage, hanging out just with some of your
some of your team and just taking it easy. It's
(06:18):
always nice just to be in the presence and just
to feel the air of everything that's going on.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
I spoke before that festivals are this are great because
you get a chance to see bends you might not
have heard of before. So just say someone has come
along and they haven't heard much of Polower, It's like,
what three songs of yours should they listen to?
Speaker 2 (06:34):
You get ready for your life there?
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Yeah, okay, well I should probably try to pick something
from each record and get a bit of diversity going there.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
You know.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
From the newest record, I'd say Nightmare is maybe one
of the better known songs it's done in the world.
For us, we personally love playing it a lot, and
the crowd seems to really get into that.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
One which is exciting Masochist is a bit of a
different kind.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Of vibe, more of a gain on the shoulders, crowd surf, chant,
the lyrics, and then from that first record, the remedy
still seems to be a burner.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
You know.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
We put that song out now the end of twenty seventeen,
and yeah, it hasn't left our sets since, you know,
so we love playing it and seems like crowds still
love to hear it. So yeah, those are three songs
from the across the eras for you.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Nice now pillars of all nine all over the world
for your electrifying live shows made. But how much planning
and practice goes into what we see up there for
an hour or so on stage.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Well, it's very dependent on what we're able to put
in at the time. We always try to make sure
that we get as much practice as we can get in,
but we also regiment. We've got you know, like production
days that we put on, so that's when we'll hire
out of space, get the team to get word of
this from you know, Lance our soundguard, to Calum doing lights.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
To you know, basically a show rehearsal of thoughts. We
might do that for a couple.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Of days, make sure everything gear wise is all up
to speed, everything's all running properly as it should.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Make sure everybody that's working.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Stage was that with us, knows how the set's going
to run, any queues and things like that, if there
is any additional production, making sure that we all know
when not to be at the front of the stage
when the piro goes off, and we'll just try to
you know, you do eventually have situations where you're running
out of maybe an overseas tour and you don't get
as much time as you'd like, and we tend to
(08:38):
just have to remind ourselves, hey, we've done this before.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Just you know, do what you normally do and don't
overthink it.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
But whenever we can, we prefer to have a bit
of preparation, not just for ourselves, but to make sure
that the team is up to speed on everything. And yeah,
it's always good to go out and play a show
to a crowd and feel like you've got that show
now before you even get out on the stage.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Think, guys will be pretty busy.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Since the release of your last album, Fatalism, we've pretty
much played all over the world, right, so how of
the shows, like how the overseas people accept you guys.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
It's been amazing. Yeah, that record has done what the last.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Two have done for us, which is essentially exceeded our expectations.
We always put all that we can into album writing,
but you know, it's always it's always another gamble every
time you put out a record. Will the fans appreciate it?
Will they like it as much as the last one?
Are we doing more? Are we doing something different? Are
we writing songs that we're excited to play? And luckily
(09:38):
so far, every time we put out a record, we're
often trying our best to play as many of the
new track as we can while balancing out the set
with some of the older ones, because we tend to
get excited by playing these new songs.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
That we have written.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
You know, we've had an amazing time over in the
States recently, and in particular, Europe has just been completely
unreal for us. We had an amazing support tool last
year with birtwith which is quite in Birring.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
He'd been lucky enough to do a lot of headlining recently.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
And he's unbelievable and he's not just a great guy,
but he's really has that performers kind of say aura
to him.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
He loves what he does.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
I don't think he's the kind of guy that it
bothered doing it if he didn't love it quite as
much as he does, and it's quite contagious to see.
We felt quite inspired watching those guys and actually took
from our experiences watching their show and implemented a few
of our own fresh ideas into the not Fest sets
that we played at the beginning of this year, and
(10:40):
that was really fun because it just kind of added
a bit of excitement to us. We threw a few
different kind of production ideas and little elemental changes.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
To the songs.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
So it is always just really great to get to
do those kinds of supports where you do get to
see another band that's been doing it for a bit
longer and just kind of be in awe of that
and want to kind.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Of up your own on performance as well. I think most.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
Recently we were really lucky to do a European festival run.
We played some of the festivals that we've been watching
footage of on YouTube since we were young guys, in
particularly the the m Park and im Ring. Might actually
have that backwards now that I say it, but those shows.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Were completely unbelievable for us.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
We got there and saw the stages in the space
and kind of talk to ourselves, oh shit, you know,
there's just so much space.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
We'll be lucky to even have a quarter of this field.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
And you know, when we got out on the stage,
I could we could just see people as far back
as it would go. So many people turned out to
see us. We were so grateful. But more than that,
we felt like we really put on shows that we
were really proud of, shows that we hoped and felt
measured up to the prestige of what we were doing there.
And you know, we walked off stage after those sets
(11:55):
were just the biggest grins on our faces, feeling like
we'd really just done something that it's kind of been
in the making since we were just young guys just
learning instruments and putting together the concept of a band.
So that was that was particularly special for.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Us this year.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Good Well deserved you, my friend.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
So speaking of fatalism, can I ask if you've started
work on the follow up ye or your busy tour.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
We are, we are right into it.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
Actually, we writing sometimes takes this a little bit to
get stuck into and we were quite busy with touring
the last record, but we are well underway with this
new one, actually making some really good progress.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
I was actually just doing a bit of writing with Rick.
Now we do a bit of online work for.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
These days, so we'll hop on discord share links online
that let's us listen to what each other are working on,
and we're actually finishing off a song at the moment
that we're really excited about.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
And then on Sunday we'll be going away. We actually
like to book ourselves airv and bs just around New
South Wales and go away for a week's time.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
And so while we'll do online writing in between, we
love to get you know, in a house together, in
a room together, work for a solid week and we'll
be up in the mornings and work through the evenings,
and yeah, that's sometimes when we get the bulk of
our work done. And it's really handy because these days,
with our busier lifestyle, busier lives, and we don't all
live as close to each other as we used to,
(13:23):
it is good to just have that mandated time where
we can go away and just prodly focus on that
sort of stuff and make some real good progress there.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
So, yeah, we were well in the thick of it
at the moment.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
And what sort of direction has it taken? Is it
what fans would expect or are you guys going to
throw a few curveballs in?
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Well, I'd like to think that there's at least one
or two curveballs per album. We always we always try
to move outwards as opposed to any one direction.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
You know, we've got our course down, but we've always
in every record we're always looking to write something heavier
than we've written previously. We tend to write something that
goes down them a lot of clients, sometimes more than
we have in the.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Past as well. I'd say that our core sound is
made up of a.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
Few different aspects, and on the last record, I think
we deliberately based on the experiences we're going through at
the time and based on just how everything felt during
the lockdown period which Fatalism was written during, we kind
of leaned into a slightly gloomier, slightly darker, heavier kind
of vibe and maybe two Degree somewhat neglected some of
(14:29):
our more melodic aspects. And I don't just mean that
by clean vocals and singing, but just within the instruments themselves.
And so there was a lot of songs that got
written at that period that we left and didn't necessarily
work on for the album in particular. And it's been
also to come back to those and to realize how
excited we were to put those together into different songs.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
But yeah, I think.
Speaker 4 (14:54):
There's a lot that we want to say on this album.
It's got a lot of what you would expect from
us in terms.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Of melancholy melody. We you know, we're always.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
Trying to find new ways to do this, different things
that we personally enjoy in our sound. But yeah, it's
it's just been, it's just been maybe one of the
it's the first record I feel like that things have
really just felt fall into place quite quickly. We quite
we often beat ourselves up when we're making records, and
(15:26):
this one has been painful at times, but it does
seem to be coming together in a way that none
of the other ones had before. And I think that
we're just as excited, if not more excited for this
one than we have been.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
About the others.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Yeah, we're getting we're getting quite far along with it now,
and yeah, I'm just loving everything that we've got on
it so far. So I am just really excited. We're
all really excited just to show everybody exacting. Man.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
There's still a few months to go between now proper Fee,
So what do you go through the interim.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
He's going to take some well deserved time off for you.
Speaker 4 (15:56):
You're busy, well, this month is essentially us writing. Next
month we actually go to Japan for a couple of
shows to play with Pail Dusk. They're really really great
friends of ours. We first went over to Japan back
in twenty nineteen with those dudes, and since then we've
played together in Europe and in America. They're absolute legends.
(16:17):
We love those guys and we're so excited to be
going back to play with them as well.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
We will have a little bit of time off after that.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
I think we're actually going to be staying back for
a few days together just to explore Japan, just to
eat some food. Maybe we'll have some steam between writing sessions,
and then once we get back we'll be back into
the swing of things and yeah, just working on songs
and getting things ready to record Fantasy.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Maybe in the meantime, you are headlining prop and Fury
next year. January twenty fourth, right thirty first in Adelaide.
So again, congratulations made. It's good to see an Australian
band headline. I love there's some great bands there, but
it's good to see you guys front and center above
it all.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Mak On grants.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Thank you so much, mate, appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
No ways, bro, you take amen. We'll see you over there, yes,
You know, this is Jake from Polaris you to talk
about Froth and Fury.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Oh yeah, good morning, Jake. Are you here today, brother? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Good, Thank you mate, thanks so much, thanks for having
me my pleasures.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
So we are here indeed to talk about Froth and
Fury Festival twenty twenty six, where Polaris are headlining next
year on January twenty fourth and berth and January the
thirty first in Adelaide. So personally, congratulations, bro, it's a big,
big achievement.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Thank you so much, really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
No, we're absolutely stoked to be headlining the fests. Just
to be at the stage, to be doing anything like
that at this point.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Is really awesome for us. So yeah, very very excited.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
And it's probably one of the most diverse festivals doing
the round of them made and you got yourselves. There's
Soul Flight and album Comeback Kid, friends of Rum leg Wagon,
like Travels, all the spectrums from punt through to metal,
so flying offsore, do your favorite ones with more likeful
like bands.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
No, I look, I grew up going to sound waves,
so that was all about hitting all of your kind
of niches and the diversities of the kinds of kinds
of different corners of the genre. You know, I'd go
and see bands that I wouldn't normally have been exposed
to just being in my own circles and listening to
what I was listening to at the time. So I'm
always really into a mixed bill, mixed lineup. You just
(01:15):
get to see some stuff that you wouldn't normally see,
and it's always really exciting to see what people are like,
you know, what the chatter is about which band and
who people want to go watch and stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
So yeah, we're we're collectively big fans of it.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
And of course.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
It's stuck with Ossie fans as well on the line
up too, like to say, you got yourselves as Asian
Sleeper Friends are Ryn Private Function, Sleep and Zuko, Like
it's great to see a festival that puts so many
local bands on the bill instead of just having a
couple of taken representatives there.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Yeah, totally, Yeah, especially greats like Friends with Roum as well,
Like yeah, it's it's I mean, you know, that's again,
I grew up going to different fests at home, and
you know, it was always just exciting to see from
the local you know, up than comers to the homegrown
heroes playing on the stages alongside all those different acts.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
So yeah, it's awesome to see that representation.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
So someone within the music industry, I guess its achieved
success so far. Bro Like, how important are opportunities like
this for Australian bands and what can they take out,
like the emerging bands in particular, what can they take
out of something like this.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Well, I think that it does just help to.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
I guess being here in Australia, were so separated from
the world, and there's kind of almost like this illustriousness
to some of the bands that do come over here
and play shows. Getting to see some of our bands
rub shoulders with them, regardless of what level the band
is themselves, kind of helps to put the image of
that band in a similar.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Kind of place in your mind, especially as a young
audience goer.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
I remember when we were younger, pinnacle of what we
could just to go back to Soweth again was always
we just wanted to desperately play that first of all,
and you know, sadly it's not with us anymore. But
you know, every time we get to do something here
at home, I am always reminding myself of what it
look like to see those local bands, to see to
see the local the homegrown.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Heroes and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
And yeah, I guess to the bands that have been
playing it, Yeah, I mean just just enjoying festivals is
the best part about playing them really, like, you know,
getting to take in everything that's going on, all the
different acts and all of the air of excitement, so
different from a normal show, like being open air and
having so much going on. So yeah, just always a
(03:28):
bit of fun and it's just good to enjoy.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Brother Fiery started life during the COVID Heyere in twenty
twenty one at parate Like Brewery and it's grown this
year to Perth.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Then for the first time it's making its home in Adelaide.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Made so usually the big ones in Brisbane, Sydney, in
Melbourne to get all the funline is, so it's good
to see Perth and Adelaide actually getting a run.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
I think that is really cool as well.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Yeah, because they do get put out of fair bit
and I think that this is more catered and tailored
to them and that's kind of really special. And I
wouldn't doubt that you'd probably start getting people traveling from
into state to go to the shows as well, which
is probably a nice change for perfon Adelaide definitely.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
So yeah, it is. It is really great to see
and where we're beyond Stoke to be a part of it.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
And I think it's also a great idea to spread
it over two weekends, so instead of jamming it both
in the one weekend, you know, like I think that's
where other festivals have failed, trying to take things over
to and Adelaide like back it up too quick the.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Next day and thinks it just got too much for them.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Well, Perth's like a different country, isn't it. You know,
you fly, you're flying quite a bit in the end.
There's a bit of a time zone difference, and it
actually between shodos can be quite hectic when you're trying
to get from per to Adelaide or Adelaide to Perth
for a back to back show on any festival or
tour run, it's depending on the time zones, which it
(04:45):
can really tack it out of you.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
So it is.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
It is a clever thing and I think it's also
just nice for everybody to be able to have that
for all of the international acts to be able to
have about a week in Australia to enjoy themselves as well,
So I guess it kind of works out for everybody.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Yeah, definitely, man, so out of all these bad we
lifted them off before. There's so many of them. May
who are you most looking forward to see it and
playing with?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Probably friends are wrong?
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Yeah, no, yeah, always always good fun, totally iconic, you know,
it's just it's that's that's just the Australian love there.
And you know, another up and coming band that I
haven't been lucky enough to see yet would be Ocean Sleeper,
So I'm looking forward to seeing those guys as well.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Yeah, Like, do you guys go to festivals like this
for the whole day and see other bands or do
you just prefer to arrive place to you said, and
get on with business.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Well usually though the whole day, I guess. You know,
in the past, we've only well we've only really been
lucky enough to don't forget anyone. But I'm pretty sure
that night and Day was the first and only time
so far we've really headlined a festival here in Australia.
That was amazing and we just we hung out the
whole two days. You know, we were there just seeing
bands playing our set. You know, it's it's it's a
(05:56):
tricky balance, particularly for myself and Jamie Good look after
our voices, not be running around chatter boxing too much
and trying everything out and just exhausting ourselves. But even
just being on the grounds are just kind of even
just sometimes backstage, hanging out just with some of your
some of your team and just taking it easy. It's
(06:18):
always nice just to be in the presence and just
to feel the air of everything that's going on.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
I spoke before that festivals are this are great because
you get a chance to see bends you might not
have heard of before. So just say someone has come
along and they haven't heard much of Polower, It's like,
what three songs of yours should they listen to?
Speaker 2 (06:34):
You get ready for your life there?
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Yeah, okay, well I should probably try to pick something
from each record and get a bit of diversity going there.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
You know.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
From the newest record, I'd say Nightmare is maybe one
of the better known songs it's done in the world.
For us, we personally love playing it a lot, and
the crowd seems to really get into that.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
One which is exciting Masochist is a bit of a
different kind.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Of vibe, more of a gain on the shoulders, crowd surf, chant,
the lyrics, and then from that first record, the remedy
still seems to be a burner.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
You know.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
We put that song out now the end of twenty seventeen,
and yeah, it hasn't left our sets since, you know,
so we love playing it and seems like crowds still
love to hear it. So yeah, those are three songs
from the across the eras for you.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Nice now pillars of all nine all over the world
for your electrifying live shows made. But how much planning
and practice goes into what we see up there for
an hour or so on stage.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Well, it's very dependent on what we're able to put
in at the time. We always try to make sure
that we get as much practice as we can get in,
but we also regiment. We've got you know, like production
days that we put on, so that's when we'll hire
out of space, get the team to get word of
this from you know, Lance our soundguard, to Calum doing lights.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
To you know, basically a show rehearsal of thoughts. We
might do that for a couple.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Of days, make sure everything gear wise is all up
to speed, everything's all running properly as it should.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Make sure everybody that's working.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Stage was that with us, knows how the set's going
to run, any queues and things like that, if there
is any additional production, making sure that we all know
when not to be at the front of the stage
when the piro goes off, and we'll just try to
you know, you do eventually have situations where you're running
out of maybe an overseas tour and you don't get
as much time as you'd like, and we tend to
(08:38):
just have to remind ourselves, hey, we've done this before.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Just you know, do what you normally do and don't
overthink it.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
But whenever we can, we prefer to have a bit
of preparation, not just for ourselves, but to make sure
that the team is up to speed on everything. And yeah,
it's always good to go out and play a show
to a crowd and feel like you've got that show
now before you even get out on the stage.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Think, guys will be pretty busy.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Since the release of your last album, Fatalism, we've pretty
much played all over the world, right, so how of
the shows, like how the overseas people accept you guys.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
It's been amazing. Yeah, that record has done what the last.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Two have done for us, which is essentially exceeded our expectations.
We always put all that we can into album writing,
but you know, it's always it's always another gamble every
time you put out a record. Will the fans appreciate it?
Will they like it as much as the last one?
Are we doing more? Are we doing something different? Are
we writing songs that we're excited to play? And luckily
(09:38):
so far, every time we put out a record, we're
often trying our best to play as many of the
new track as we can while balancing out the set
with some of the older ones, because we tend to
get excited by playing these new songs.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
That we have written.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
You know, we've had an amazing time over in the
States recently, and in particular, Europe has just been completely
unreal for us. We had an amazing support tool last
year with birtwith which is quite in Birring.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
He'd been lucky enough to do a lot of headlining recently.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
And he's unbelievable and he's not just a great guy,
but he's really has that performers kind of say aura
to him.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
He loves what he does.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
I don't think he's the kind of guy that it
bothered doing it if he didn't love it quite as
much as he does, and it's quite contagious to see.
We felt quite inspired watching those guys and actually took
from our experiences watching their show and implemented a few
of our own fresh ideas into the not Fest sets
that we played at the beginning of this year, and
(10:40):
that was really fun because it just kind of added
a bit of excitement to us. We threw a few
different kind of production ideas and little elemental changes.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
To the songs.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
So it is always just really great to get to
do those kinds of supports where you do get to
see another band that's been doing it for a bit
longer and just kind of be in awe of that
and want to kind.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Of up your own on performance as well. I think most.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
Recently we were really lucky to do a European festival run.
We played some of the festivals that we've been watching
footage of on YouTube since we were young guys, in
particularly the the m Park and im Ring. Might actually
have that backwards now that I say it, but those shows.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Were completely unbelievable for us.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
We got there and saw the stages in the space
and kind of talk to ourselves, oh shit, you know,
there's just so much space.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
We'll be lucky to even have a quarter of this field.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
And you know, when we got out on the stage,
I could we could just see people as far back
as it would go. So many people turned out to
see us. We were so grateful. But more than that,
we felt like we really put on shows that we
were really proud of, shows that we hoped and felt
measured up to the prestige of what we were doing there.
And you know, we walked off stage after those sets
(11:55):
were just the biggest grins on our faces, feeling like
we'd really just done something that it's kind of been
in the making since we were just young guys just
learning instruments and putting together the concept of a band.
So that was that was particularly special for.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Us this year.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Good Well deserved you, my friend.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
So speaking of fatalism, can I ask if you've started
work on the follow up ye or your busy tour.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
We are, we are right into it.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
Actually, we writing sometimes takes this a little bit to
get stuck into and we were quite busy with touring
the last record, but we are well underway with this
new one, actually making some really good progress.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
I was actually just doing a bit of writing with Rick.
Now we do a bit of online work for.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
These days, so we'll hop on discord share links online
that let's us listen to what each other are working on,
and we're actually finishing off a song at the moment
that we're really excited about.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
And then on Sunday we'll be going away. We actually
like to book ourselves airv and bs just around New
South Wales and go away for a week's time.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
And so while we'll do online writing in between, we
love to get you know, in a house together, in
a room together, work for a solid week and we'll
be up in the mornings and work through the evenings,
and yeah, that's sometimes when we get the bulk of
our work done. And it's really handy because these days,
with our busier lifestyle, busier lives, and we don't all
live as close to each other as we used to,
(13:23):
it is good to just have that mandated time where
we can go away and just prodly focus on that
sort of stuff and make some real good progress there.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
So, yeah, we were well in the thick of it
at the moment.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
And what sort of direction has it taken? Is it
what fans would expect or are you guys going to
throw a few curveballs in?
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Well, I'd like to think that there's at least one
or two curveballs per album. We always we always try
to move outwards as opposed to any one direction.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
You know, we've got our course down, but we've always
in every record we're always looking to write something heavier
than we've written previously. We tend to write something that
goes down them a lot of clients, sometimes more than
we have in the.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Past as well. I'd say that our core sound is
made up of a.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
Few different aspects, and on the last record, I think
we deliberately based on the experiences we're going through at
the time and based on just how everything felt during
the lockdown period which Fatalism was written during, we kind
of leaned into a slightly gloomier, slightly darker, heavier kind
of vibe and maybe two Degree somewhat neglected some of
(14:29):
our more melodic aspects. And I don't just mean that
by clean vocals and singing, but just within the instruments themselves.
And so there was a lot of songs that got
written at that period that we left and didn't necessarily
work on for the album in particular. And it's been
also to come back to those and to realize how
excited we were to put those together into different songs.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
But yeah, I think.
Speaker 4 (14:54):
There's a lot that we want to say on this album.
It's got a lot of what you would expect from
us in terms.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Of melancholy melody. We you know, we're always.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
Trying to find new ways to do this, different things
that we personally enjoy in our sound. But yeah, it's
it's just been, it's just been maybe one of the
it's the first record I feel like that things have
really just felt fall into place quite quickly. We quite
we often beat ourselves up when we're making records, and
(15:26):
this one has been painful at times, but it does
seem to be coming together in a way that none
of the other ones had before. And I think that
we're just as excited, if not more excited for this
one than we have been.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
About the others.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Yeah, we're getting we're getting quite far along with it now,
and yeah, I'm just loving everything that we've got on
it so far. So I am just really excited. We're
all really excited just to show everybody exacting. Man.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
There's still a few months to go between now proper Fee,
So what do you go through the interim.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
He's going to take some well deserved time off for you.
Speaker 4 (15:56):
You're busy, well, this month is essentially us writing. Next
month we actually go to Japan for a couple of
shows to play with Pail Dusk. They're really really great
friends of ours. We first went over to Japan back
in twenty nineteen with those dudes, and since then we've
played together in Europe and in America. They're absolute legends.
(16:17):
We love those guys and we're so excited to be
going back to play with them as well.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
We will have a little bit of time off after that.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
I think we're actually going to be staying back for
a few days together just to explore Japan, just to
eat some food. Maybe we'll have some steam between writing sessions,
and then once we get back we'll be back into
the swing of things and yeah, just working on songs
and getting things ready to record Fantasy.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Maybe in the meantime, you are headlining prop and Fury
next year. January twenty fourth, right thirty first in Adelaide.
So again, congratulations made. It's good to see an Australian
band headline. I love there's some great bands there, but
it's good to see you guys front and center above
it all.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Mak On grants.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Thank you so much, mate, appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
No ways, bro, you take amen. We'll see you over there, yes,
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