August 8, 2025 • 19 mins
Sydney rock outfit Stormflower are effectively about to take their first steps into the world, placing themselves at the mercy of the public in pursuit of musical fulfilment.
They say in music, as in life, it is the little things that ease the pain. Things like planning, preparation, practice... anything that can be considered a building block or a platform to sustain you along the arduous journey that confronts each and every musician at some stage of their career. But no matter the amount of time and thought you put into even the minutest of details, the music machine will invariably strike and send you flailing into the darkness from where you came and poke holes in your surroundings just for good measure.
Sound bleak? That's because it is, but building a firm base can act as a buffer and allow that faint glimmer of hope to remain in your eyes, if even for one moment longer.
Which is what Stormflower have done before unleashing their debut song Coda into the world. They have spent countless hours planning and practising before releasing music, even managing to secure a place on the roster of Australia's emerging label XMusic, but you can never be too sure. The proof, as they say, is in the pudding.
And that pudding arrived earlier today courtesy of Coda, with HEAVY taking the opportunity to talk with the band while still in the honeymoon period, catching guitarist Owen, drummer Julien and vocalist Robert a mere couple of hours after Coda hit the streets.
"Coda is a bit of a journey," Owen began. "It's touching on a few elements around where we are and the whole cycle of life thing and in reference to CODA and the DSL CODA, etc, where we return to start in that sense, and trying to figure it out along the way and try to get some help along the way to help make sense of it all as well."
The press release refers to Stormflower's genre-defying sound and experimental nature, which we ask the boys to elaborate on further.
"I guess we've got lots of influences," Julien measured. "I think there's bands that we love that are quite experimental as well. We try to do something that's a bit unique, mixing different genres. And I guess when we say experimental, that means musically, but also spiritually, maybe trying to challenge ideas and concepts."
In the full interview, the boys discussed Coda in greater detail, which marks their first release under XMusic and is part of an upcoming EP featuring a blend of heavier and more accessible tracks. The band emphasized their commitment to emotional depth and authenticity in their music, highlighting their perfectionist tendencies in the creative process and their collaboration with XMusic to ensure quality. They shared their experimental approach, merging influences from various genres to create a unique sound, and expressed excitement for live performances and audience connection and more.
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They say in music, as in life, it is the little things that ease the pain. Things like planning, preparation, practice... anything that can be considered a building block or a platform to sustain you along the arduous journey that confronts each and every musician at some stage of their career. But no matter the amount of time and thought you put into even the minutest of details, the music machine will invariably strike and send you flailing into the darkness from where you came and poke holes in your surroundings just for good measure.
Sound bleak? That's because it is, but building a firm base can act as a buffer and allow that faint glimmer of hope to remain in your eyes, if even for one moment longer.
Which is what Stormflower have done before unleashing their debut song Coda into the world. They have spent countless hours planning and practising before releasing music, even managing to secure a place on the roster of Australia's emerging label XMusic, but you can never be too sure. The proof, as they say, is in the pudding.
And that pudding arrived earlier today courtesy of Coda, with HEAVY taking the opportunity to talk with the band while still in the honeymoon period, catching guitarist Owen, drummer Julien and vocalist Robert a mere couple of hours after Coda hit the streets.
"Coda is a bit of a journey," Owen began. "It's touching on a few elements around where we are and the whole cycle of life thing and in reference to CODA and the DSL CODA, etc, where we return to start in that sense, and trying to figure it out along the way and try to get some help along the way to help make sense of it all as well."
The press release refers to Stormflower's genre-defying sound and experimental nature, which we ask the boys to elaborate on further.
"I guess we've got lots of influences," Julien measured. "I think there's bands that we love that are quite experimental as well. We try to do something that's a bit unique, mixing different genres. And I guess when we say experimental, that means musically, but also spiritually, maybe trying to challenge ideas and concepts."
In the full interview, the boys discussed Coda in greater detail, which marks their first release under XMusic and is part of an upcoming EP featuring a blend of heavier and more accessible tracks. The band emphasized their commitment to emotional depth and authenticity in their music, highlighting their perfectionist tendencies in the creative process and their collaboration with XMusic to ensure quality. They shared their experimental approach, merging influences from various genres to create a unique sound, and expressed excitement for live performances and audience connection and more.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:14):
Thanks for having us today. We are Stormflower, Sydney based
rock rock metal band. We've been around for you know,
a year and a half, really working for year and
a half.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
We just recorded something.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Late last year and we're very keen to play some
gigs in Sydney. So I'm Julian the drummer, as Owen
lead guitar, and there's Robert here who is the lead
singer and guitar as well, and we've got Yvonne who's
the bass.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
So we're just.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Four beautiful gentlemen. Thanks for joining us to start today.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Yeah, thanks for having us.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
My pleasure so start.
Speaker 5 (01:00):
I have today released your new song Coder guys, so
tell us more about it musically and then what you
were going for with it.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Yeah, Well, Coda is a it's a bit of a journey, yes,
it's it's touching on a few elements around.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Where we are and the whole cycle of.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Life thing and in reference to Coder and there's ol coda,
et cetera, when we return to return to start in
that sense and trying to figure it out along the way,
try try to get some help along the way to
help make sense of it all as well. So it's
(01:45):
that kind of and you'll you'll notice there's a few
references throughout the song in regards to the whole spinning around,
everything spinning around us, and we're just trying to, you know,
stop the world from spinning for a moment so we
can actually capture what what the hell is going on
and try and make some sense of it all.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Good luck with that, Yeah, And I think I think, Chris,
the song musically speaking, is for us. It's kind of
a strong song this, you know, it's it's all our
songs out written by by us, and but you know,
we've got inspirations from from lots of lots of bands,
(02:26):
you know, from the eighties, nineties.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
And so on.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
So I think that song is quite strong musically as well.
So we hope that the public will enjoy that one.
Speaker 5 (02:37):
Oh no, excuse my ignorance, you guys, but it's just
your first song that you released, full Stoppers only the
first one you release your ex music.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
It's our first song full Stops as Stormflower, like Julie
was saying, we've we've only been together for the past yeah, yeah,
to eighty months. And Stormflower as a band only came
to fruition really as a name earlier this year, so
it is our first release of Stormflower, and definitely our
(03:09):
first with ex music as well.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
No, so along those lines like why is this particular
song I guess to launch this phase of your career?
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Yeah, I mean Julian saying we've got a few influencers
there that as most bands do obviously, that range across
a few things, but it kind of has a few
elements of everything we like. We've got a few softer
ones on there as well, So Rob's actually like classically
trained pianist, and we wanted to you know, capture some
(03:45):
of those elements in some of the songs as well because.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
It's still good music.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
So we've got a couple of softer ones where we
bring that in, but coder is also got some heavier
that that introduces us as a band and most of
what we cover as well, So as.
Speaker 5 (04:09):
A band, I guess sort of in your infancy still,
like what does signing with someone like X music do
for the band? Like, what sorts of things is it
open up for you?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
It's a good question.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
I mean it's a very early stage, Chris right now,
but we're really hoping to, like we said before, play
some gigs in Sydney, potentially into state, you know, talking
to people like you, reaching and building an audience, playing
with other bands. You know, Spotify could be interesting, but
(04:44):
really we can to do some live. We are a
live band, I think first and foremost. We've got quite
lots of energy on stage. So we hope that X
Music will allow us to grow little bit.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Yeah, and so a lot of those lines like how
important is it to be on an Australian label as
an Australian band like you see so many bands these
days just simon someone from overseas that they probably don't
even know what they look like, you know, but people
that did house is probably probably the way to go
in it.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean huge privilege in that sense.
And it's great to have something and someone like X
Music who's who's around and actually trying to promote buzzic bands.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
And yeah, I mean, just to carry on with what
Rob saying, you know, well, it's hugely appreciative of EX Music,
you know, what they're doing for us, but what they're
doing for the local music scene as a whole, because
if it wasn't for companies like that, you know, it
(05:50):
just makes it harder for local bands to get a
foothold to get exposure, to get their music out there.
And yeah, I mean it's hard enough already the live
music scene, you know, probably in most cities across Australia.
Speaker 7 (06:06):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
And it's there's a way that you know, we can
support the local music scene through being with X Music.
We see it as a win win because it helps us,
but it also helps them to keep the flame alive locally.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
Sure, but enough about Tim and X Music because you'll
get a big edge soon. We'll get back on you guys, like,
is paid a standalone scene or is it part of
a bigger picture.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
It's the first release of our upcoming EP.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Right, what more can you tell us about that? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
So that there's a few other songs, Chris.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
On the EP, there's there's four songs in total, I think,
sorry five. I think they're all very strong, Like oh
when said before, There's two or three songs that are
pretty heavy, and then there's two other songs that are
a bit.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
More I guess accessible to the general public.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
But we we're trying to convey a lot of different
emotions in these songs. So there'll be four more songs
released over the next few weeks.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
And as a like as a band, just sort of
starting out, like what sorts of things is discuss going
into your debut album or your debut rep like just
check on everything you've got and hope for the best,
or do you do you think about things a bit
more and work through your songs?
Speaker 7 (07:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:27):
I think Yeah, it's a good question.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
I want to I'd love you to expand on that,
but I'd like to say that, Yeah, we think a lot.
I think we tend to overthink a lot things, not
from a commercial perspective, but from a musical perspective.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
We're very committed to music. You know, we've been playing
music for years now, and we think.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
A lot about the meaning of the words and what
we talk about, like oh, when touched on or when
you want to talk about that a little bit, because yeah,
it's a very meaningful sort of.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Set of songs. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Yeah, it's a hard balance to strike, getting the subject,
the meaning, the music to all compliment each other. And yeah,
we probably are guilty of overdoing it. And as far
as we're a bit of perfectionists, we like to take
our time, so you know, if there's something we're not
(08:20):
happy we we'll rework it, probably more than it should be,
but that's just the way we work. And yeah, it
can take us a bit longer to get stuff out,
but we want to be happy once it does come out.
We want to be able to sign off on that
and put it out there with pride.
Speaker 5 (08:39):
I suppose that goes back to the last question a
little bit too, Like having a label with you, you've
got someone to bounce that sort of stuff off, Like
if it was left to your own devices, you probably
would take forever, and.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
You know, like get it to where you think it's perfect.
Speaker 5 (08:50):
But someone independent to the band I guess listen to
and they say, look, iuys, you ain't going to get
that any better, get it out and let people listen
to it.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Yeah, hundred percent. And it's not only that it's having
that objective pair of ears is fantastic, but also like
little things like what we might think is how the
greatest song on the EP and we want to get
that one out there first, doesn't necessarily mean that it
is or to someone else's is they think? And that's
where you know. Ex music has been great as well
(09:20):
in helping us put together from a listener's point of view,
what is the ideal singles to get out there, which
one first and next, et cetera. So all of those
elements really helped to kind of guide us along the
way too.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
There's a lot to it in you know, like going
through high school and shit, you're thinking about being in
a band and all you got to do is you
get to write record music and you're going to throw
it out there. But when it actually comes down to
the nitty gritty, there's a lot of behind the scenes
stuff people just don't know about it.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Totally. Yeah, even the recording process, you know, it just
and all the detail that goes into that, you know,
from setting up to recording to producing too, laying it
all and you know, then you've got all the post
production and artwork and everything like that. There's there's so
many moving parts to it all. And by the time we,
(10:11):
you know, finally get to hit the stage, there's probably
how many pairs of hands have been like involved, you know,
along the way.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Yeah, on the recording critics, we actually recorded live. We
wanted to capture that live sound or I did a
couple of takes on the drums and then we used
that and then we started to integrate guitars, bass, and
then Rob's voice and backing vocals. And we worked for
days and days at the studio to try to have
(10:41):
a discent product that people can enjoy. But we believe
it's only the start of a journey.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (10:50):
People these days too, where people have listened to the
electronic stuff and you know, all the perfect, polished and
it was starting to become the normal.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
But people now they're starting to come.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
Back and they can tell if you're recorded it live,
or they can tell that you haven't overproduced it and stuff,
and it's good to see that appreciation of music actually
coming back.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Thanks.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Yeah, that's it. Yeah, And that's the whole idea of
you know, just trying to capture us as a band,
us as a sound. No click tracks on any of
the recordings we've done, so it's all just very raw
and just capturing the true element of us along the way.
So and you know, any imperfections like that is actually
(11:31):
what we're looking forward to help give it that character
as well.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
Readden through your bio and your press release, guys, like
it describes your sound as gen defying and experimental, Like
can you elaborate on that for us?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Yeah? I guess we've got lots of influences.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
I think there's bands that we love in common that
are quite experimental as well.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
You know, we've got a lot of.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Bands from the sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties that we love.
So we try to do something that's a bit unique,
mixing different jaws. And I guess when we mean experimental,
that means musically but also spiritually, maybe trying to challenge
ideas and concepts. You know, I think the world is
(12:25):
very asepticized, and we try to offer something that's a
little bit different. But it'll be up to the to
the audience, you know, to to to experience that, you know.
Speaker 6 (12:37):
Yeah, yeah, we're not afraid to mix different sounds together
as well to try and get through the message of
the song.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Right.
Speaker 6 (12:45):
So for example, piano, we had piano. Originally, we've talked
about it and it was like, well, no, you know,
it's not really our thing. We want to be heavier,
we like heavier music. And then after a while, well,
actually that works really well. We try it, we put
it in, we see if it brings a different dynamic
to the sound. So that's really what we're after there.
You know, we don't mind going across genres and if
(13:06):
you mixed some metal with some jazz, if it sounds
good and conveys the emotion and that that's something we
stick to and we honor that.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
Yeah, you've mentioned live shows a couple of times, guys,
So if you got any book yet that the people
come and check out or Yeah.
Speaker 6 (13:21):
So we've got something coming up in Newtown towards November
when we do the full EP launch. So pretty excited
about that. But we're just in the process now finished recording,
get it out there, get it all out on socials
to get the exposure, and then we'll line up some
gigs in the next couple of months to start start
pushing it and start showing everyone what we can do.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
It's the best place for people to keep up. We've
what you doing and find out where you're playing.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Facebook.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
We're on Facebook, Instagram, We've got a website, so there's
gote a different platforms.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
We've got our website as.
Speaker 6 (13:56):
Well, YouTube and tiktoks.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Yeah, very cool, that's pretty faire Spotify.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
Well.
Speaker 5 (14:05):
In the meantime, the song Coda is out now for
everyone to digest, and he's a cracker of the song guy,
So get behind the local talent and check it out,
and I'll see you guys at a gig somewhere in
the near future.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
I'm guessing.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
I appreciate it, thanks for your time, and yeah, I
hope you enjoy it. I'd hope to see you on
the road somewhere soon.
Speaker 8 (14:55):
Start a storm river, good crow. I don't know.
Speaker 7 (15:22):
What I do, still com so what hell?
Speaker 9 (15:49):
Cause I don't want that's way, So what hell? I'm
not gonna wait, Mom.
Speaker 10 (16:25):
Snool loud fred By.
Speaker 8 (16:30):
Start living.
Speaker 10 (16:38):
But I can't see that small floe that tree so
starts bending around around the time.
Speaker 7 (16:52):
So help, I'm doll.
Speaker 8 (17:02):
When SO count when they won?
Speaker 11 (17:32):
No chill shot go chill shot.
Speaker 7 (17:51):
One?
Speaker 8 (17:52):
And so what help? So help? So help this way No,
(18:58):
so help
Thanks for having us today. We are Stormflower, Sydney based
rock rock metal band. We've been around for you know,
a year and a half, really working for year and
a half.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
We just recorded something.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Late last year and we're very keen to play some
gigs in Sydney. So I'm Julian the drummer, as Owen
lead guitar, and there's Robert here who is the lead
singer and guitar as well, and we've got Yvonne who's
the bass.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
So we're just.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Four beautiful gentlemen. Thanks for joining us to start today.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Yeah, thanks for having us.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
My pleasure so start.
Speaker 5 (01:00):
I have today released your new song Coder guys, so
tell us more about it musically and then what you
were going for with it.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Yeah, Well, Coda is a it's a bit of a journey, yes,
it's it's touching on a few elements around.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Where we are and the whole cycle of.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Life thing and in reference to Coder and there's ol coda,
et cetera, when we return to return to start in
that sense and trying to figure it out along the way,
try try to get some help along the way to
help make sense of it all as well. So it's
(01:45):
that kind of and you'll you'll notice there's a few
references throughout the song in regards to the whole spinning around,
everything spinning around us, and we're just trying to, you know,
stop the world from spinning for a moment so we
can actually capture what what the hell is going on
and try and make some sense of it all.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Good luck with that, Yeah, And I think I think, Chris,
the song musically speaking, is for us. It's kind of
a strong song this, you know, it's it's all our
songs out written by by us, and but you know,
we've got inspirations from from lots of lots of bands,
(02:26):
you know, from the eighties, nineties.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
And so on.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
So I think that song is quite strong musically as well.
So we hope that the public will enjoy that one.
Speaker 5 (02:37):
Oh no, excuse my ignorance, you guys, but it's just
your first song that you released, full Stoppers only the
first one you release your ex music.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
It's our first song full Stops as Stormflower, like Julie
was saying, we've we've only been together for the past yeah, yeah,
to eighty months. And Stormflower as a band only came
to fruition really as a name earlier this year, so
it is our first release of Stormflower, and definitely our
(03:09):
first with ex music as well.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
No, so along those lines like why is this particular
song I guess to launch this phase of your career?
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Yeah, I mean Julian saying we've got a few influencers
there that as most bands do obviously, that range across
a few things, but it kind of has a few
elements of everything we like. We've got a few softer
ones on there as well, So Rob's actually like classically
trained pianist, and we wanted to you know, capture some
(03:45):
of those elements in some of the songs as well because.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
It's still good music.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
So we've got a couple of softer ones where we
bring that in, but coder is also got some heavier
that that introduces us as a band and most of
what we cover as well, So as.
Speaker 5 (04:09):
A band, I guess sort of in your infancy still,
like what does signing with someone like X music do
for the band? Like, what sorts of things is it
open up for you?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
It's a good question.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
I mean it's a very early stage, Chris right now,
but we're really hoping to, like we said before, play
some gigs in Sydney, potentially into state, you know, talking
to people like you, reaching and building an audience, playing
with other bands. You know, Spotify could be interesting, but
(04:44):
really we can to do some live. We are a
live band, I think first and foremost. We've got quite
lots of energy on stage. So we hope that X
Music will allow us to grow little bit.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Yeah, and so a lot of those lines like how
important is it to be on an Australian label as
an Australian band like you see so many bands these
days just simon someone from overseas that they probably don't
even know what they look like, you know, but people
that did house is probably probably the way to go
in it.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean huge privilege in that sense.
And it's great to have something and someone like X
Music who's who's around and actually trying to promote buzzic bands.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
And yeah, I mean, just to carry on with what
Rob saying, you know, well, it's hugely appreciative of EX Music,
you know, what they're doing for us, but what they're
doing for the local music scene as a whole, because
if it wasn't for companies like that, you know, it
(05:50):
just makes it harder for local bands to get a
foothold to get exposure, to get their music out there.
And yeah, I mean it's hard enough already the live
music scene, you know, probably in most cities across Australia.
Speaker 7 (06:06):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
And it's there's a way that you know, we can
support the local music scene through being with X Music.
We see it as a win win because it helps us,
but it also helps them to keep the flame alive locally.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
Sure, but enough about Tim and X Music because you'll
get a big edge soon. We'll get back on you guys, like,
is paid a standalone scene or is it part of
a bigger picture.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
It's the first release of our upcoming EP.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Right, what more can you tell us about that? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
So that there's a few other songs, Chris.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
On the EP, there's there's four songs in total, I think,
sorry five. I think they're all very strong, Like oh
when said before, There's two or three songs that are
pretty heavy, and then there's two other songs that are
a bit.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
More I guess accessible to the general public.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
But we we're trying to convey a lot of different
emotions in these songs. So there'll be four more songs
released over the next few weeks.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
And as a like as a band, just sort of
starting out, like what sorts of things is discuss going
into your debut album or your debut rep like just
check on everything you've got and hope for the best,
or do you do you think about things a bit
more and work through your songs?
Speaker 7 (07:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:27):
I think Yeah, it's a good question.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
I want to I'd love you to expand on that,
but I'd like to say that, Yeah, we think a lot.
I think we tend to overthink a lot things, not
from a commercial perspective, but from a musical perspective.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
We're very committed to music. You know, we've been playing
music for years now, and we think.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
A lot about the meaning of the words and what
we talk about, like oh, when touched on or when
you want to talk about that a little bit, because yeah,
it's a very meaningful sort of.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Set of songs. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Yeah, it's a hard balance to strike, getting the subject,
the meaning, the music to all compliment each other. And yeah,
we probably are guilty of overdoing it. And as far
as we're a bit of perfectionists, we like to take
our time, so you know, if there's something we're not
(08:20):
happy we we'll rework it, probably more than it should be,
but that's just the way we work. And yeah, it
can take us a bit longer to get stuff out,
but we want to be happy once it does come out.
We want to be able to sign off on that
and put it out there with pride.
Speaker 5 (08:39):
I suppose that goes back to the last question a
little bit too, Like having a label with you, you've
got someone to bounce that sort of stuff off, Like
if it was left to your own devices, you probably
would take forever, and.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
You know, like get it to where you think it's perfect.
Speaker 5 (08:50):
But someone independent to the band I guess listen to
and they say, look, iuys, you ain't going to get
that any better, get it out and let people listen
to it.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Yeah, hundred percent. And it's not only that it's having
that objective pair of ears is fantastic, but also like
little things like what we might think is how the
greatest song on the EP and we want to get
that one out there first, doesn't necessarily mean that it
is or to someone else's is they think? And that's
where you know. Ex music has been great as well
(09:20):
in helping us put together from a listener's point of view,
what is the ideal singles to get out there, which
one first and next, et cetera. So all of those
elements really helped to kind of guide us along the
way too.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
There's a lot to it in you know, like going
through high school and shit, you're thinking about being in
a band and all you got to do is you
get to write record music and you're going to throw
it out there. But when it actually comes down to
the nitty gritty, there's a lot of behind the scenes
stuff people just don't know about it.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Totally. Yeah, even the recording process, you know, it just
and all the detail that goes into that, you know,
from setting up to recording to producing too, laying it
all and you know, then you've got all the post
production and artwork and everything like that. There's there's so
many moving parts to it all. And by the time we,
(10:11):
you know, finally get to hit the stage, there's probably
how many pairs of hands have been like involved, you know,
along the way.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Yeah, on the recording critics, we actually recorded live. We
wanted to capture that live sound or I did a
couple of takes on the drums and then we used
that and then we started to integrate guitars, bass, and
then Rob's voice and backing vocals. And we worked for
days and days at the studio to try to have
(10:41):
a discent product that people can enjoy. But we believe
it's only the start of a journey.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (10:50):
People these days too, where people have listened to the
electronic stuff and you know, all the perfect, polished and
it was starting to become the normal.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
But people now they're starting to come.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
Back and they can tell if you're recorded it live,
or they can tell that you haven't overproduced it and stuff,
and it's good to see that appreciation of music actually
coming back.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Thanks.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Yeah, that's it. Yeah, And that's the whole idea of
you know, just trying to capture us as a band,
us as a sound. No click tracks on any of
the recordings we've done, so it's all just very raw
and just capturing the true element of us along the way.
So and you know, any imperfections like that is actually
(11:31):
what we're looking forward to help give it that character
as well.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
Readden through your bio and your press release, guys, like
it describes your sound as gen defying and experimental, Like
can you elaborate on that for us?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Yeah? I guess we've got lots of influences.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
I think there's bands that we love in common that
are quite experimental as well.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
You know, we've got a lot of.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Bands from the sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties that we love.
So we try to do something that's a bit unique,
mixing different jaws. And I guess when we mean experimental,
that means musically but also spiritually, maybe trying to challenge
ideas and concepts. You know, I think the world is
(12:25):
very asepticized, and we try to offer something that's a
little bit different. But it'll be up to the to
the audience, you know, to to to experience that, you know.
Speaker 6 (12:37):
Yeah, yeah, we're not afraid to mix different sounds together
as well to try and get through the message of
the song.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Right.
Speaker 6 (12:45):
So for example, piano, we had piano. Originally, we've talked
about it and it was like, well, no, you know,
it's not really our thing. We want to be heavier,
we like heavier music. And then after a while, well,
actually that works really well. We try it, we put
it in, we see if it brings a different dynamic
to the sound. So that's really what we're after there.
You know, we don't mind going across genres and if
(13:06):
you mixed some metal with some jazz, if it sounds
good and conveys the emotion and that that's something we
stick to and we honor that.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
Yeah, you've mentioned live shows a couple of times, guys,
So if you got any book yet that the people
come and check out or Yeah.
Speaker 6 (13:21):
So we've got something coming up in Newtown towards November
when we do the full EP launch. So pretty excited
about that. But we're just in the process now finished recording,
get it out there, get it all out on socials
to get the exposure, and then we'll line up some
gigs in the next couple of months to start start
pushing it and start showing everyone what we can do.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
It's the best place for people to keep up. We've
what you doing and find out where you're playing.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Facebook.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
We're on Facebook, Instagram, We've got a website, so there's
gote a different platforms.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
We've got our website as.
Speaker 6 (13:56):
Well, YouTube and tiktoks.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Yeah, very cool, that's pretty faire Spotify.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
Well.
Speaker 5 (14:05):
In the meantime, the song Coda is out now for
everyone to digest, and he's a cracker of the song guy,
So get behind the local talent and check it out,
and I'll see you guys at a gig somewhere in
the near future.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
I'm guessing.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
I appreciate it, thanks for your time, and yeah, I
hope you enjoy it. I'd hope to see you on
the road somewhere soon.
Speaker 8 (14:55):
Start a storm river, good crow. I don't know.
Speaker 7 (15:22):
What I do, still com so what hell?
Speaker 9 (15:49):
Cause I don't want that's way, So what hell? I'm
not gonna wait, Mom.
Speaker 10 (16:25):
Snool loud fred By.
Speaker 8 (16:30):
Start living.
Speaker 10 (16:38):
But I can't see that small floe that tree so
starts bending around around the time.
Speaker 7 (16:52):
So help, I'm doll.
Speaker 8 (17:02):
When SO count when they won?
Speaker 11 (17:32):
No chill shot go chill shot.
Speaker 7 (17:51):
One?
Speaker 8 (17:52):
And so what help? So help? So help this way No,
(18:58):
so help
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