We’ve been working pretty closely with Cara Walkam aka meadowhip. She’s been singing for us at live shows and that’s been great. We’ve played a few cool shows lately around Wollongong and up in Sydney as well. Looking to get back in the studio in the next couple of weeks.— Mark
So Nima came around before Strawberry Swing was even a thing yet in like early 2019 and he had the piano stabs and this little piano groove. When he played the first chord, I think I’d just gotten Goodbye Yellow Brick Road on vinyl, and I just shouted Bennie. The rest of the song didn’t really sound like Bennie and the Jets but I just started singing about this girl called Bennie who hangs out with Mick Jagger and Billy Joel but won’t dance with us.
We wanted it to match how we play live, so it was all about minimising any digital trickery (their all live takes, no looping or quantising) and keeping the energy really high. I think Nima got the keys down in one take and I got the drums down in two.
So Nima won that round.
We then had our live guitarist, Nate put the rhythm guitars down and wail out that solo, and Ben ended up throwing bass on it during mixing which was great.
And then we’re at North Gong Hotel in Wollongong for a Sunday Sesh on July 10.
For me it’s the feeling of locking in with a band and then feeling the audience lock in with that, there’s nothing like it on earth. — Mark
My favourite food is, and I know this sounds lame, but my mother’s cooking. I do most of the cooking at home, so it’s nice to go to my parents house and not have to do anything. And my favourite place to hang out is wherever there’s people, I just like being with people.— Mark.
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