The king of pop culture himself, Mr Perez Hilton, praised the band’s single ‘Couch Potato’ as so dope, “They’ve got a real laid-back, positive vibe that’s infectious.” Factor in that the band have earned this praise after a whirlwind 18 months, they should easily be on your ‘Ones-to-Watch’ list. We had a chat to the band ahead of their summer tour and trip down to Torquay.
Hi, how are you and what are you up to at the moment?
We’re great!! Currently in the tour van, we just started the first leg on our Life’s A Beach Tour. Loving the sun and pumped to be back out on the road.
Not too long ago you played your last Melbourne show for the year, how was it?
It was really amazing and a little overwhelming. We didn’t expect to sell out two shows in Melbourne so close to each other. Our fans are actually amazing.
You played for Tram Sessions as well, what was it like playing on public transport?
Haha, yeah it was surprisingly challenging to play music on the tram because every time the tram would stop we felt like were going to fall over. But seriously, it was really cool – it was fun to get on and have a bunch of randoms jam along with us.
And earlier in the year you went over to the USA and Canada, what was the response to your music over there?
The response in America was amazing, we weren’t sure what to expect when we left to go there but then turning up and selling out shows, meeting our fans and travelling around the country really blew our minds. It was definitely a dream come true.
So you must be happy with your Life’s A Beach tour and getting to visit so many beaches around Australia, are there any you’re particularly excited to get down to?
We’re really pumped about this tour. We’ve been hanging to get out on the road again after America. We’re also stoked to hit up some beach towns we’ve never been to. Byron Bay and Torquay are two places we’re particularly excited about. Going to be really sick to get out to those places, have a skate, play some shows and maybe try and learn to surf.
Do you think you’ll do any surfing at Bells Beach when you’re in Torquay?
We’re open to having someone try and teach us, we will probably need all the help we can get. We literally just found out that the scene at the end of Point Break wasn’t really shot at Bells Beach and it actually devastated us.
You’re set to play NYE On the Hill this summer as well, do you think you’ll have any time to actually sit back and take a break with the good weather?
Probably not, we have a pretty tight run. Though we always manage to squeeze in some chill time when we’re together.
You’ve already achieved so much in the industry for such a young band, do you still get those pinch-yourself moments?
Yes, definitely! I don’t think I’ll ever get used to people singing our words back to us. That’s always really surreal. We’re announcing our first US show for our next tour in a few days – the fact that we’re already going back to do our second national US tour is crazy to us.
To be honest everything in the last 12 months has been a bit of a ‘pinch yourself’ moment.
Next up is the release of your debut EP, what sort of tracks can we expect from that release?
We decided to properly release the four tracks we put up online, when we first put those up they were just done in our bedroom. But now we’re in a place where we can do those songs justice and release them properly. We’re also working on our debut album which is going to take some time and didn’t want to make people wait any longer before being able to buy our music properly.
Thanks again for taking the time out to chat with us, is there anything you’d like to add before we finish up?
Thanks for having us. We appreciate the love and can’t wait to get to Torquay and party with you all.
When & Where: Torquay Hotel – December 29