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PoC la Best of the INTERVIEWS 44 Orianth 49 Slowly Sonly 26 The Wonder Years BPe 208 wis 22 devin ‘ABNova Twins 24 Ocear wij Winers REGULARS 04 Ne 06 Fresh Frets 08 Spotigh 40 Axes in Action: Beabs FEATURES 35 Bost ofthe Blues 62 Alter Bria 176 Mod squad: Fluence pick-ups 0 Pursuit EX S Concert niversary Jazzmaster ‘93 Cort KX-700 EverTune 28 Big Scor sent 30 Press Club 32 Clutch ieDelusionals | 62 Alter Bridge 1: King Stingray LESSONS 36 Blues tip 51 Buddy Guy tec 57 Jimi Hendrix techniqu 68 Tablature: AC DC — Hol’ Bels 94 Line 6 POD Go Wireless ‘emo 102° 1v Junior IV SE 1x10 combo 98 Peavey VynyrX2 4\NEWS BILLY CORGAN CLAIMS BUTCH VIG STOLE HIS GUITAR SOUND FOR NIRVANA’S NEVERMIND ity Corgan has joked ino new vio fo Laney thathe fl Butch Vig “stole” his guar soune when he went nto work ith Nirvana on Nevermind. The Smashing Parkins man as recent signed with Laney and ina spirtedlongform vdeo interview with the amp band, he the ongoing debate on who develope the grunge sound ‘Success has mary masters nd fare nas but one" acowledges Corgan. “Poop say, Who invented the grunge sound?” Soundgarden were the fist band of that era where | thought. OK, Something dferentis happening... But think, being trom Chieag, we were very inuenced by w came out of Dero the Stooges, Ted Nugent, ob Seager. Those ae tough, rougher bands. Seat ‘was litle more psychede an says the Detroit edge - alongside a etme of UFO, Zeppelin andSobbath istening — to th Pumpkins developing a meaner hard rock ound than ther est coaet contemporaries. im Chicago you Better bring ft wth te rock or ove golng to get booed outa the buling,” says gan, "So we had a tougher ako ont. once Jimmy and I decided we were going to go heavy, we went alin and that’ when | trted ging my BLINK-182 TOUR CONFIRMED Last ssue we reoorted on the rumoured return of Tom DeLonge to Bink 182, Not ony has that rumour ome true, but the pop punkthreescme nave announced an Austra tour, a its a massive ‘one. the ine of wring, the group has anounced 12 fusse shows and two in New Zealand, withthe tour Kicking ofa Febcuary 2028, That big 72 show bow out was orignal a mere eight, but such was cable demand, more shows were added, Bink82 wil be supporied by Rise Against fora shows, wih kets aval assuring theyre nat Sold out) at venation com a, tsa big change in tune frm Hoppus’ words backin August, when the possibility ofan ginal line-up reformston was all but shot don mere igo news ta share, There sno nouncement” ne a. itand when Binkhas ‘any announcement about anything, you wil her from the officiel Bink-182 outets” Well the oficial Binkt82 outlets have spoken Words by Shaun Prescot Silltar | .w-get0rv0 ampli: Corgan implies that ne ‘ug th Vig when they worked on Pumpldns debut album, Gish story ke ote swe recorded our album Gishin 1990, going into 191" says Corgan, in ser icusness, “Butch Vig that album tooo an make Nevermind with Nivana The fst time heard Nevermind ooked at Butch Vig - we were siting next to alake ona July ‘tn day cca 1991 ~ and | sai, "Mothertucker, you stole my gitar sound!" So that's al say about Words by Matt Parker that sound ito te Smashing LINE 6 ISSUES MEGA HELIX UPDATE, DUBBED “THE BIGGEST ‘SONIC IMPROVEMENT” SINCE LAUNCH Line 6 nas introduced what looks ke a game: Changing frare update tots Hel mut-ttects a amp modeler family, which has been dubbe he biggest sonic improvement to Hel since I frst ipped backin 2015 Usually such bla cams are viewed wit caution, butitlooks as though Lin 6 has well and wuy delved on ts word. Asan overview the fee 3.50 Update f impressively comprehensive, debuting ve ‘amps, seven elfcts end aswathe of new feature The biggest news isthe updated IR engine, which has been completely rebultn abd to deliver improved sonic options and usabiy, the Beso which nave neverbeen sen in th its inception. Wh te new IR engine Line Shas aso Introduced 20 gta cabs and four bass cabs, which ‘can be paired wth achoie of 2 microphones. working inthe HX Eit’3 50 application also manipulate mic anal, postion and a ‘ding a boatload of new tonal posses. 1g teaks tothe mic pas tens can be ma In the Hx unt thats just scraping he surface ifyou own a Hele go check it out, orf yourein the rmaretforone, he deal ust got sweeter Words by Matt Owen SrA) EDITORIAL Ee Pe Pe ee Cen rd Pn Pr er Cee Corieremoertientin SaaS re Bobi ra itd DR acd Henriksen AMPLIFIERS COMPACT SIZE & QUALITY ANALOGUE pre RM e user ee ce CU RAC ILS TCU CCUM RE Blac Ll Ce ole Io Ce Henriksen Bud 10 Henriksen Bud 6 Dual Channel, 120W 10"Eminence with Tweeter Pree erect aca / Cie : 1; cS. = e | Ve | Henriksen CIF UDO ALa GUITAR FACTORY www.guitarfactory.net | 02 9817 2173 | G)theguitarfactory SYDNEY'S PREMIER BOUTIQUE GUITAR & FRETTED INSTRUMENT SHOP. SINCE 1972. ab? FIVE ISLAND DRIVE ‘THEY ARE A oof gere-bendng vitronacts ‘areakinghavoc on Eora country witha ferce ‘sound an even ferer message. They quite aptly describe their “trance-lavoured mosh as what would happen “if Denzel Curry met vith Rammstein to wite a Sega soundtrack” KINDA LIKE Hacktist, RedHook, Eeca Vandal and Enter shikar (CHECK OUT Their equally poignant and pemicious debut EP, WhiteRose. Armed wth anarsenal of intense rif, mind shattering beats and colt vocal flows that pu some of rurmetals greatest to shame, the record ~ named in tribute to one of hstorys most iconic an-ascist movements see Five ‘lara Drive raise a pissed miele finger toa cruelly regressive status ao. "289 gee ae PLATONIC SEX ‘THEY ARE A quartet of Meanin-hased luminaries carrying the toch forthe kind of angsty, scuzze ut inlerock made conc Down Under by Screamfeeder, Magic Dit et al They've mastered the arto the ebb and ‘ow, wth their songs effortlesi ding from gentle and buoyant meldies to wall-shaking Blasts of axe-hased anarchy. KINDA LIKE sweater Curse, Sceamfooder, Pavement and Phantasti Fetiture ‘CHECK OUT The rio ofsinges they've roppesin'22the crunchy anc mosh-ready Disappoint Another’ the desl fuelled feminist anthem Devil's Advocate’ andthe ‘ippingy emotive sonic rlrcoastr thats “Exhausted Compating For You. Al wilappear onthe debut cv cut bythe year's en, FUTURE STATIC ‘THEY ARE A Nar-based quintet of dent angled devants rom wham no speaker isa. Their quisotc sonic chaos istered bythe redding of Ryan Quaizza an Jack Sith, whose contrasting ultra-bright melodies and punishing chugs galvanis a mighty bedrock Farsnger Ami Cook to glide ove [KINDA UKE spirtbox, Dream state, Saesin and Bring Me The Horizon. (CHECK OUT The purmellng Venenos, which alongside lst year's soaring and soo heavy ‘Waves’ will appear on Future Statics debut album (due outin 2023). you've aught this column intime, to, you can hear both eat the band’ first-ever headine show: they be tearing the Northcote Social Clb toshreds on Saturday December 1th FVNERAL “THEY ARE Seven melancholic masterminds who, with rch and riveting soundscapes that take ther stener on urneysbefore frontpeople Tm shunt and ly Turner even singa word, ay their sous bare ke the world depends oni... honesty it might {KINDA LIKE The National, American Football, Socer Mommy and Big Thiet. (eMECK OUT Their heady and heartrending debut EP, When Get Sober, which the Eora based collective say is their “attempt to articulate the heaviest pars ofthe human experience”. sa gltering kaleidoscope of acoustic and electric guitar, keys, strings, horns and more al brought together with ‘moving reflections on love, loss, gender, auction, mental less and morality HOLLIE COL SHES A bubbly songstress from Eora country wading through (and celebrating) ‘the labyrinth of eary-twentes set ciscovery, queer love ae accloneof emotions with her twangy and sick and almost defiantly human inde pop. KINDA LIKE HAI, Tegan & Sara, Taylor [CHECK OUT He simultaneously grandiose are quaint concept EP Jlia Steves, hear ‘melting romance bursting atthe seams with Colour and charm. ol wrote it ver tree year, she recent tld Triple "with each song time-capsuing a particular fetng” that the record “amalgamatels into a story that detailed every experience [she's ever had inlove” [THEY ARE The future's wicein Australian hardcore using their convulsive prongs of vin tuned grt and guttural might 38a voice for change. Based on ora county, the ‘band say their mission fs “to pastvely grow the hardcore sane by challenging cll norms, embracing versity, and promoting ‘compassion across poltical and raiallines” KINDA LIKE Terror, Deathbed, Sik To Your (Guns and Knacked Loose (CHECK OUT The beautifully savage Gang Called Speed P, wivch sential wave through the industry when it landed ack in June Jem Sow’ yrs ae fercely confronting, their impact amplified intensaly by the way Josh Clayton and Dernis Vichdvongsa lta hl break loose on ter fretboard Bi Tole nt PROTECTING YOUR INSTRUMENT MADE EFFORTLESS THE GLOBAL LEADER IN © emer SUC aia ae Le) a ee 5585558559555 LCR CUR Lp CUCU Oa Ck Petra Career De aay EC aT} DR oe eee LETT C7 enna te De ae tet eee egy een ren cig Cee Crary Cornett eae See ee es ere ere oer eon tes tees eC uaa ty Ceres Cone ern ee een ec eget) Petes en iee erent oe ta Te ee ees eee erent aie arent) eer eee ety Se ee en Se ee ee eee re ee ee ae ee ert ern oad ee ee eee eee Perera enn ene R CLE ee ne kets eee as ern a ee eel een eee eet Ct ee te enon alternative tunings and | woud love to sit down, gt experimental and write ee Raa ray Ee cant Faeroe cory My current go-o utr ism Hagstrom Viking sem-hollo.|aternate between Dr eee er ee nea Cae rd eet eee en eet rt ee ee rata ers een ne re een ed perenne tre et stopped. 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Soon became enamoured by Bach and een atte ers Cats een ea enc een Se ee ceed Cee ee et aL ete ne pers Mee ere ee cn instrumentation, and try to hear every songas a produce approaching my parts Pe ee eee eats ee ete eer See rt ee arene ty express melody and construct a harmony enn eter gener ne ee ek Set a ee ey Peete nie Gee on etre Pe er mie teas Seen aera! ee eet eee een ‘some dy. someone were to offer mea Dave Grohl sigrature Gibson DG335 with ett eter ety Ce ee tee eee) Pee ne ee ee ee ee ee es Ce teste tr eee eee een ei ey musically wholesome, Getting to jam with him on that Tele or his Manzer eee aerate ere er eco me uti SEV elle) aT BER WHERE TH 100, MEN SLA he Two i a besutil thea, Stately and regal wth ts art de ¢, ered standing platforms 2 clad in suis ~ a fiting en Zsndle- pop queen, 300 (aka Bostrice Lau}, Brisbane sh That it even went ahead nec fist-ever tour of Australi nmendable: eayon inher set, Las adit cvs tha she's been wallosed by a gnatly ‘could'tell~not only cid Lous trough the righ wth impressivo ener absolutly stunned with her vocal arto that can be atibutad othe use of backing tare ‘WHEN Suto SEPTEMBER 4,2 REVIEW ELLE RD tracks, but those never took the spotlight away from and melodic tenor, instead uilised the mie sounded ful and inmo short pat to Laus touring bandmates (Jaco Bugsen on gitar Lous Semlokan-Faith on drums and Elana Seve on bass) Where her songs fon record, here they were vivid and eruptive Most surprising was how much of his own favou tnbrought tothe oid, ameing up nergy with ils that ered more towards punk tan Lau comty ini pop. fe an, though, wit Laus ang Bugden bo matching his fervour thal fretboards, Laus hers spent mast ofthe set nto Strats, hand her asiealy neon green th the former used oul ofher most memorable ifs (and dori tearing sol on shew pane’. ‘so worth mentioning was a turqu nging wth a tasttl gt, grungy ard an i the right. The ped Lt angel 1 fa, ar underused troug acoustic guia though, was ulised perecy: Laus brought tout for 'See You Soon where her and Bugden’s gene strumming was conaste by te sharpness brought by Semiekar-Fath and Sewel, and rounded out nicely by the unobtrusive synth racks She playedCotfle, the fst song of her encore, so AXES IN ACTION| 1 ai end Le ry COTE} 1 a A Peers Eee Oe oer ears eet Pete ca aes aa) cacy aed 15, Back To Mars ree ent 11.Coffee 18, Cologne on the acoustic -it was expectedly beaut, but darn near inaudible with her crowd debvering a ngaleng nthing shot of rhapsode of he ng vial on Tktok ‘Another rack the crowd sung wth fervour alin Laws was “he Pettect Pir rightly so, a8 st-eleased second album, one ofthe biggest ighlichts nuded bythe stings being ‘onned out the mx unfortunate gies bold na >ighity Sewell shone ng that Lau iterlly wote had her (osty crowd esting ef rom her palm on that track, whipping them into a reay fois energised salvo. But hat could be sald for prety mich alot the 18 songs she ft nto an impr ht hour — with two albums and five Ps under her belt fs Coffes there simpy w 3 ime for any tile. twas note however that athough ta tut came in suppor of Beatopa, Lau ‘nly play four songs from ft naf as many 3s se oe Ths fe se shove ered ot soso bay whe te You rN sore Pays Bass’ and ‘Dye Red, and ‘Don't Get The Dea ould ve ended the set ona truly explosive no las, there ace only 0 mary songs Laus can ply in ‘one night ~ unt, of course, se stats doing three m sare pacted tom stood wit ad ade \ fate th bby, chara aid Wharton bet ere Astana ibe onan’ no ob at use me ae. | 4 2 SAV a elle) KING STINGRAY Cee ana) Oem ST Ce RR oa ees See ao ee EEO Errecrerner Preemie) rere ec ee ee tay ey oreo rene ener tary See erent Ly eee ed ee eee ey ee ee eee ees Ce Les ers Ec rere eet Packed from the stag ight back to the merch Sere te ey ete ee ere eyo etre sr in, Cee ens ee ad eee eer re Pert a ere a ree ee eer Pn eae Peet none ee ert ‘crowd interaction Ce eer | Paes reeni Seen et ot) indie ay ‘AXES IN ACTION | 13 p30 e ee en eee) mT 4, Camp Dog Eaeetc) 6. Lupa aCe] ean etter 10.103 {improv jam} ea a 12. Yellow (Coldplay cover) ee) bandmates, the chorus and bridge of what appears to be 2 ler new song cal an esponse chant ere guitars and yisoi player Dmathaya nga taught the ee ing in Ylqu ‘Matha, and fnaly another jam tha ed into Hoy anak. Though super un, admittedly stretched outalitien as ts welcome ~ we'd suggest siming dv the intros and chanting, er nes tune care ercund the set's mi ched between the soating Lupa’ and alk Min Way and feeling ka abridge n those songs’ une ils, Notable 10 that aside fom te ipoating Raypi thse ack were the only ones sung ene inYolqu Matha, ‘There wasnt much of languag Yunupau conveyed the songs moods and energies perfect ms performance —and explained thelr ‘meanings botoe each ono ~ wth his bancmates” King thei debut ri, hough forts ngrey performed al but one song bum =the fly an instead iting the J singalong momen} band’s punches cs tha ‘he mosh sprung toi and Burarang je dunes Le gested ofthe harecere punk ight ater, it was detintey th d the most excng Raypi where Kel ingray Ite, he has a right future in mp Dog’ brought the bigest feoing nmunal ecstasy, strangers feeting ike fry all belted fromthe top of eu ings “Camp je!" Therein ed the ecormance~ that fel tty and kership are ingrained in thei msc Yo band’ fve members interacted, geeing eachother up when somen ni or poignant Campo Messer got te shine Nis own, and he downright stole the show wth is slapped myth onthe utrafunky Mika vy Rare fora band so young’ tulyhar to tel how King Stingrays rm here: he ne set vas naib tight nd meticulous paced [wtnout ver fein igi racer scripted, and ‘hoy performed wth the kindof roncied chemistry thats often ony gaan They bounced a Fiing their nd flow in perfect sy avays cng the vibe back toa celebratory one. Asie tom a shorter jam section, th change we'd make to King Stingray lve show ho ring itt Melbourne, It Were up ous they dit the stage here at east thrice a month, © aa SNS) ORIANTHI'S FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, ROCK CANDY, IS PRETTY DAMN SWEET. THE ADELAIDE POP-ROCKER TELLS US HOW IT CAME ABOUT. rand turn othe eight, crapping O more than sever-ande-al years ate she wowed the wri wth Heaven In This Hel Thanuly, fs needn't have wate song to get around to the ‘Adelaide poprocke'fth album, Rock Condy. The tevacer landed ast month te welkearned acain com er fanbase. teling of her spit as an anist, having minted tin ss than two weeks with prodicerfbandmate Jacob Bunton, inthis in She tls Australian Guitar how & all happened LE November 2020 when Oxanth made her eS Normal you'll wie songs over afew years and think, “Ths wil bea god song forthe reco” But instead of sourcing songs fom a wider catalogue of material} this was more ike, Let's just make in tis time period” [was wing} what was on my mind at ‘the time and ust feeling inspire. was just me ane Jacob nthe oom, fing out. ‘ings Like Dying Without You, wrote that song in ike ten minutes. had th il, went into the stutio, and we recorded together, jst strumming the guitars in the mide af the room, hk put ‘wo vocal takes dwn on that ene was 2 very ive recording, Ws very honest andthere, you know because I warted tobe that way The perfectionist in mei brutal, could slave over Something for years. But ulimatey, ths was kind of a challenge because | wanted to put hale} on ysl and Jacob, Hike, “Let's make a record this fast diets wite 2 song a day” le tre ourselves into it, and we had fun doingit, we realy id. And we Silltar | .w-getarworkt Vatrlianguitar called it Rock Condy because t's rock and pop. LT loves good pop song. ve been witing pop songs since Iwas edly young and honesty, we kn of produce it tht way because | wanted the verses tw focus move on storyteling than aggression. We wanted to have that sot of beat going ito it, and fox the vocal to be produced a certain way think al prety cohesive, but yeah that sang is deftly on the pop spect fer sure. thnk it ice to have abit of variety inthe ‘atalogue~ I get bored, you know? Fn a big fan of county, ma big fan of blues, roc, all that. Realy forme is jst about how it makes you ee So vith the production, went to come across the wot ds ny mind, ore Spier ore Honestly, that's a part of my personaly, Noto say {ma oramati person, but when thngshitme ~ ke @ breakup ~ tha’ ek’ eramaticto me, Getting you heat broken, thats dramatic. That's where songs he Voi and ‘Where Di Your Heart Go’ come from. Those songs relationship a with how he woul core. | ess in those moments, ke wit he sounds and how we go the guitar tones ‘and the ums and watt ~ and just the esting of Itt wanted people to sot of fel te same way las feetng That's my new PRS Signature Pate Stock model The tnish is clad Blooming Lotus — it's actualy the ‘same colour as my fst Jin Hendrix thi, which as ‘a tie-dyed one used to wea. was ten yeas old af yon used ta walk mies in fant of me because twas so bright and crazy. ust thought twas sucha ool colour Its kind of ke afotus- there's lots tow al donn the nec, whichis a custom shape vith 24 frets ~ i's ver playable fst kind of peck, wich reaty dig I'm looking at tight now and it makes me very happy o admire slike. tnd of goes with Fock Candy because fl ik akin a candy store when {play because its such a beaut pece of an, but tals sounds crea. Tr very hands-on with everthing that | reate— especialy wth al the PRS mode's I've done, ar then the Gibson accsticthat came outwith, Thats the one 'm holdnginthe promo stat, that redone, that's ny signature 1-200 withthe 245 neckline, That was the ist time Gibson have dene a hybié acoustie. The necks onthe J-200s are usally prety at, and ke the playaity of them, but wanted smaller neck so was ke, “Can get an electri gater eck onan acoustic body” So they followed me ow that abbthle. We mage that quar togetner ‘awnileagoandit’s been on backorder forthe past, like two years. © aU Ta WEIGHBRID jor much of els ead lan vas best FRc ic serson teirrner macs Dato ama te rr oy ‘tvnota ete nina? acer Sterol ice Sa STs boat erica emda 70750 Fattri ites” Nob ata cn oe Undermine ay sasoow nerd gins baste Gombedinns wt win orgs rov nd TT ear at pope sano nh opeang ngs nso Tamer Een bona aT Signy vis ead ye Selncdomtenetendatecnteer ttl WELCOME TO THE PAGEANT ess: Oe UL ron akeos [Ne azole Coa URLS aos Uren A&R instead forming his own Broth Records imprint. oan’ as ale to min rom levels of eat that not even he knew ested Tree years into ns Solo ourney Malan has ‘pene the gates to his wonderand, welcoming us with open arms onthe debut abun P's Pageant ‘Anda he tls stain Guitar, thsi just the entry point there’ a wele wari of ereatity o explore Inthe mina of Pel. and just as we're excted to see to fruits of, 0 too she excite to uneart them eatical with plenty of indie-pop in-between. E Ton thik so came rom a setting, in my previous pace of employment, where concept albums ‘were eal big thing the themes and the jes and the musc and precction, everything was itertnined, But with this album, I went tid myself of that 1m cheating alte bt, because obvious Ive had career in another band, but was tying to approach this abu tke someone who's never made misc bere. now that can sound quite contved, but | guess just eke skipped aot of steps, you know? | hd get enjoy that process myset Hust wantec to ty things, There's ke alto onvertonal wisdom you pick up along the way oF jus ut you get od, rst yu can Google on howto vite andrecord a song, So just wanted tryevershing, even new, "This probaby st going 1 work” You know, tings tke using cetaln mics, where people would be Ike, "Oh, you should tse tis mi, ths isthe standard mi you uso record 2 ceum” Te jus be ike, "Wel, | don't know that fora fae: Most ofthe time Iwas wrong, but sometimes wo «came vp wth some realy cool things. But yeah dont want ry to sound Ike was super intentional about how the album came about | was jst shooting the shi ely. guess I'd abvays had ances of the souncs wes int, or how to layer things propery. Inthe pst, woul just slack so many instruments and so many tracks into a recording. Idi that at the start of the recording process forth album and Tim would ust laugh - he'd be tk, “Man, have never recorded so ‘mary tacks in my if!” But came out of [the process] realing hat was a “safety net” ting forme ‘Count To 10" asthe las song | wrote forthe slum, and that song has way es layers than the other ones |thinkCoun To 10s Iresised alot of things about how write now realising hat don't need stack things to make them sound good I isn good to worry about tat na of stuf in he mining Stage, ete, because ts where Cara UA} oro SUAS Fake mien Chinen COLOUR ares tine of evenwhelning when you get to thet. Yesh, guess tats the main thing ~ not “issis more’ but you know, mare is nat always beter. eth actly ~ iw defintlyon my ind vas thought oud maybe yo do i sininGons but yous hrs happened my ie mat cus me rest akg tht ap And Garge wen qe ing ie etwas hing ato myelin wn a rt th est eyes tha wes in Gangs, [ust kind of. feat nye and what! wate oo tems oe picture ae gong tobe Pardo dovotn so woud have elt cheap forme odo tis Of something so greet an so ig ke Gongs fever you don hes wl aves be ered throu tht ns. Obviuywth ett Sale being, you know, the tsthing| do pes- Gangs ut Sic en realy does fe Be people re esting the Pe matra sow separate ety a Totally, yeatt And Tm bl Imtemoral abou everything. put ts auton my avn recotdabel and ve been doing eveything myselt and you know if was sti part of my former act 1 lyon alot ofthat clout to push and promote it. ‘And peopl til think works ke tat ws alkng to Someone recenty and thay were lke, “Man, you're so lucky that you get odo what you're doing at he back of Gangs.” And was ke, “Wel, actly Alot of thas to dowith COVID. know some amzing, very famous Australian artists in bands, ‘who have pul ol projects out end hed them not do as elas they could have because of COMID just levelled the playing feds whic s sad, but also kind ot nice for ma, because it helped separate [Pel fom Gang OF outs SLE There are deftly ts of plans to pay shoms, but dont went to just go down the same route dd pay all the same venues that i in my ast band; im trying to rei things and doit trent. think you kindof nave to inthe curent emate 00 = people arent going to shows ike they were before They telly need a reason to leave the house, ight? And sol want tobe more engaging with how the show, whether that's the venue a ihe eccasion, forth playing with, Thee’ 3 reason why! havent done anything yet, and why nothing's been announced. ea Ineo aa SHOULDN'T DARE C/ nthe surface, LS. Dunes appears to be the Jpost hardcore supergroup of our widest dreams: Anthony Geen of Crea Survie) ‘on vocals, wth Frank leo ff My Chemical Romance) ‘and Trae Steve (of Coheed nc Caria on guitars ‘ound out by Thursday’ Tim Payne on bass and Tucker Rule on drums. Teirjust-eteased debut album Istited Post Lives, and the fist ve set went down ‘atthe epochal Riot Fest ~ even the mast outanlsh of fan-fcton witers couldnt moke ths up Ctehing up wth Steves, though, we learned ‘quickly that LS. Dunes don't realy identity with the supergroup label ~ ner any af the stereotypes that «come alongwith i. The band wast fred to cash in ‘nits members’ individual fame, and although tere 8 limmersof ther signature styles sewn across Post Lives My Chem’ melodic angst on ‘Like Forever Coheed’ matry git on "2022, Thursdays searing bite ‘on Permanent Rebellion’ - this tuys he work of n outt galvanised by sow uniqueness With ove for Pst Lives dominating the online emo scene, Australian Gutar sat dove vith Stever to ata litle more on LS, Dunes oxgin story. Weal ners th tag: op arene sing these herbonds bw personal hate at rm Mie jumped ito ths [new poe because each inddsalin he band, we hosed apiece pat our hers sous, mses, dn the pandeme Weallinew tate were oi fo ot - we'd a been ntouch and we hd anon dalogv wth tron we'd ov in fryer Tooter andthe dscsses doy Soneing pret the pndeni end ve avays wate to work nh him realyhae to ge a shutout ou tanage al log, who comet athe dts ot tihelnew te ace Cohed ecard tha we'd ten nating on bu love tobe wong on muse {Beltar|010 guitancorcom ausretangitar Kee ome) ier |UPERGROUP”. Al live setting taken awey ~not being able odo this thing tat hod always been such an important part of making music ~s0 al! wanted todo was write Ist edd a way to express myst, Not to bo lame, but tal comes from the nea, you know?! realy speak through my instrument, 0 especially with everyting going a, las looking for a chance to do that agen. Because forme that's the mast therapeutic thing ~to be able to write and create with the quia, and turn my emotions into melodies, ‘Wo ddn' have one. There was no expectation, wes'tke, “Oh, wel weal pla in these other bands that ae pretty wel-krown, so when we gt togeter and throw some paint tthe wal i's gonna be kill Iwas ke, “Let's try something new” We al respect tach other as musicians, andl think sometes.n ‘our ater bands, we tnd ta ens abit are in the shadows, Bu think of us deserve to fet ke we've exressed ourselves artistically ~ rely ~so we wanted to giv each eter a sae place for tha, where we coud aust throw the paint at the wall and eog tach athe en fo do whatever we ft ike doing. Ikwas about a month after we started working ‘on a bunch of diferent songs - maybe even alite longer. Tucker kd of ticked him inte doing i He told Anthony ne was jst working wit some ends, ‘oting serious, so tere was no preconcewved ration that he'd have to impress anybody. So Tucker sent hi, ‘song ~it was the fst song we had, Antibodies’ — ‘nd he was He, “Wa, that's actualy prety good! He sent nak tous with is vocals and we aust agreed, “Theres something het. ‘We lft o goed about. became an addiction, sending eas back and eth, and everybody adeing to each aters ideas, egging each ther onto take chances... Anthony was ie the final pece ofthe puzzle. oS Eee ‘Yeah, I's got thing odo with where anybody NaN ge Tea) OEE Rea Rolls i ame trom. And the cool ings, it’ almost ike a throwback to our eater days, when we would all see see each ater on tours and be like, “Yeah man, maybe someday wel work on some music together ‘You leo, everyone says that on tou, But when you ally go through witht. Adm not saying, he, “You can't cal us a supergroup!” I's just that to me, this afing band I couldn't be more proud tobe 2 prt of Coheed that’s where come from, you krow? There's no way Tele here talking to you about LS. Dunes, it Coheed ‘and Cambria didn't. nl dont want fo sound ack o anything, ut feel ke | got play on 0 af the best record that came out this yea. But bo af thas records, and both of those bands, are equally important to me. LS. Dunesis way beyond being a “sie projet ETT ow many songs did you have in the bag Tsay wehad atleast nine ofthe songs demoed cut. Itas.a very different experience fr me. And the way everybody was writing, some ofthe songs came about in totaly new ways fo us. Lk ‘Gray Ves — hich thin tes with Blender as my favour song onthe record ~ that song started with Tim onthe bss. Same withthe the tie rack, "Pst Lives’ ~ Tim sent over the bass par forthe main ers, Tucker aided a groove, added some gua tothe verse. ‘nd toy all oa ike ts weld kind of tone go, so Wil Yip cari al ofthat rom the dem tothe stucio cording. nd then Frank wict this banging chorus that comes ight out ofthat Iwas endless. say we had at east 25 ideas ‘that we were working an by the end ofthe wting process), and we jst picked the nine or ten tat we ‘ought were the most sl, The pandemic kindof got the way of how we'd planned todo tin the Stu. didnt get to goto Wis actual studio — Frank did, and Tucker al te dum there, but Tim and envded up doing our pats remotely. But we'd done al ‘the preproduction together, which was Rlptu That ive us the time and space t think about what ve ally wanted to de, and the energy ta be Ike, Yo, we've gota spark ner!” © ie. ae TWIN TERR LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM THEIR LIVE DEBUT DOWN A ee RS UNDER, NOVA TWINS TAKE AUSTRALIAN GUITAR BEHIND THE ‘SCENES OF THEIR A\ \UDIO-VISUAL ASSAULT. WORDS 8Y BLUE ROBINSON PHOTO SY FEDERICA BURELLL Jere officialy a mater of weeks aay from the grand return ofthe Good Things lvl, wih st edtion abe yeas hitag Melbourne on Friday December 2nd, then Sydney and Brisbane over te res ofthe weekend sporting its biggest and most insane lineup yet. Locked ino headline are Bing Me The Horizon and Deftones, with NOFX ierorming 1994's ionic Punk In Obi) and TIM (perfring fothe fist ine in 9 years) bile right underneath Pethap the most exciting name on the poster, though one a ite further down the ist Nove Twins. Unlike ay ve band you've ever seen these fre-startng Londoners blend the energy of punk and the fs of nusmetl wth the attitude of hip-hop and the ot of drumstep, delivering an auso-visal assault you're sure tohave engraved into your memories for Aecaces to come, Nova Tis set at Good Things be thi ist ever in Australia and they come hot ‘onthe heels ofthe ban's ince secon abu, Supernova Belore they make the trek Down Unde, staan Guitar caught up wth both members ofthe pair vocalstgutarist Amy Love and bassist Georaia South “te eat alitie mare about what we can expect rom Noa Tin’ chaci stage shaw Sa Georgia South: We play cut alto the album actualy fel ike one thats kindof snk up there azaes. t's nspled by things ko "90s RAB, but also the heavier end ofthe rock spectrum, 50 weve kindof blended the twoto create our version ofa sexy Nova rock song. We eally bing that element tot Ive and wehave these dance battles wth a twerkatfand moshaf, Honestly so fun! SE TI ‘Amy Love:‘Choose Your Fighter is alot of fun to ley. And then ‘Sleep Paralysis i abit of aciterent vibe for us, and that goes dove realy wel. But “Choose You Fighter's real fun ‘South: is really ur, actualy t's a good festival banger aswel eT ‘South: We'e so excted, aren" we? Love: Yeah, were excited Im ooking forward to hing it of sunmer Soin - we cone out of our winter and hop stright into your sureme ‘South: Yeah, vary excited fr that. Weve abays ome to Australia, soi ees great that our be atthe Good Things festival We've wanted fist tie wl 0 lends onthe bl, oo, sol bea fun wee ow much do you know about Australia's local] Hrusic scone’] Love: dont know loadsa but we are both rally into Sampa The Gr ‘South Yeah, Sarpa The Great and Ecca Vandal Love: Theyre both really coo artists — they came coves here and we saw them lv, and they were both incredible ‘South We doit knew too much about the scene, but hal of my fami rom Australia, sve aways ‘wanted just go and see wat the vibes ke. SL NN NT TA Ta Love: Wie have no dea thnk depends on thee sets, and if the timings work between our set and tho music scene ve done festivals together whore we havent played itso not a quaante, But well se! hen you have played i together, what's been icc Ud Love: t's funny, our fst ime plying itive — and meeting them ~ was at thee aena tou inthe Uk, ‘and every right, things were going wrong wth the sor the in-ear packs wouldnt work and we oula'thear anything, twas erly just stress. 50 the fst few times we played tt was like, F°"* But ‘once we toned eut al he technical efits, tas (t.And then we played it agan wth them atthe INME Awards, at the 02, and tat went ral we South: That tour was mental. We came out of the pandemic and went fram seeing no ne, to sudden being on tis arena our and paying for €0.000, people every night. We were lke, "Wooacocah”t fettike amove, Love: twas aot, but twas the best our! ee =n Love: m swinging around two Mustangs. One of them s a custom model ~ is ht pink, sparky, ith a zebra scrathplto~ is wild And that's usualy that use for my D tung, and ten for a quick guitar change, my standara’s just pli, he, mawveish "Mustang. Iswitch between those two for pretty mich the whole sets South: I've gota Westone Thunder, whichis this Japanese bass rom te 80s. They dont make them anymore say so ust gt them secondhand. And than Ive gota wicke custom Fender P Bas its ed of ke teal Tlecastershaped P Bass, whieh Love: For one, the shape — is very comfortable with my body, and actualy is around my bust ‘area, Sometines find tat when gatas ae 00 bl, they can fee abt jaing and uncomtorable, And i's short scale as well, wich i super unto play. thas 0 pickups, 2 isnot as twangy as the orginal ‘merian Mustang — is actualy Mexican, bt i's ‘super ight. 's gta beste tone, anit ust ely works wit althe pedal ve gat ony yeah, absolutely ove. ty ferent guitar all the tm, but ust always ind myself going back to that one ‘Sout: ke Amy sa, I's us the one that keep going backto, I's so heavy butt just ads tothe tone so much its made out of ke fou difere Iypes of wood. | remember seeing tin my dads frends house =I was Searching ora Bass tthe time, and saw ion his wall and was tke, “What that?" Fé never seen anything ke t's 66 ' got 2ebra stipes on it. ended up buying of Fim for 100, an ve ust ved it ever sine jus sounds sofa, it works with al the pedals, i's passive... iustoreat! South We co actly eto ak abo what ech wee gto ur nd i base we er ep te ingedentsto ors! Or pedboads are huge hou there's tl op anchg ecuny sts wring te peaks mandy. AB INTERVIEW A WORLD BEYOND THE GARDENS JUST A YEAR ON FROM THEIR SECOND ALBUM, SLY WITHERS HAVE RETURNED WITH CLEARER MINDS AND CATCHIER HOOKS. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR JOURNEYS THROUGH THE FIERCE ROCK FOLIAGE OF OVERGROWN. tore was ave year gap between Sy Wihors! T ‘sehttied debut and Gordes, wth the lator ‘album = which arrived last June = presenting a ini reinvented band Eager to rie its igh, the Bocrlo-naive quartet wasted no time leucking entn on album number thee, bung on the sentiments explored on Gardens for what shaped up ‘0 be tht stove soquet Overgrown Asimpked by ts tile, Overgyoun pices up a short ite after Gardens, when its protagonists — cual frontmen Jono Mata and Sam Blivich-had geined lust enough perspective to answer the questions they posed onthel second opus. ‘And, 35s the caso with mast sequels, the stakos here ae igher ~ Gardens was an unexpected hit or ‘SiyWiters, debuting at 700 the ARIA Chats and taking the Band on two largely sld-cut rational tours. ‘One-upping it wasn’ to dficul,though ~ another benef of sequels they were able to embrace was the infleted budget though their fist two ‘albums came togeterin the band's short busts of ree time between touts and ay js, they were abe to spend months dedicated cating Overgewn, The end results Sy Withers biggest and mest ambitious efor, taking te ideas ‘resented on Gardens and blocring them Into an epi showease of punkintones poignancy. Before tey take iton the oad Bitch and Mata gave Australian Gitar a tour ofthe path they travelled to make it happened ‘Sam Blivic:I thnk the biggest thing Isthat our songs have always Been, he, subconscious form of journaling for us. We'e always ust tracking our Ives through te songs, so in areal simplistic ‘sense, Overgrown a seque! to Gardens because that’s jst the way we write songs. But thinks more ofa sequel becouse Itapproaches the same ideas we were talking about in Gardens, but om that perspective of having afew more years Under our bets, Weve gone rom tying 1 figure ut adthood incur ently 206 oiguring cut the net lage of ou lives wth some of those challenges nthe ear-vew minor Jono Mata tink the “sequel thing aso come about because a lot ofthe songs started as ideas we were kicking around when we were making Gardens That process of wing never ely stopped - we firished (Grdens] and then a month oro later. we vere back in the studio with another set of demas, So the songs on Overgyown were a product of he ime we spentin the immediate aftermath of Grdens =the time we spent away rom home, touring, tying to keep our elatonships going and dealing with everyting going on in Penh, aA | Btvich: thnk big thing that Overgrown looks at, which Gordens id isthe future. At eat with the stuff was wing about, Gardens was more about figuing out howto be an adult whereas Overgrown Isat more abou figuring out how o sustain being anadul, and ooking aea to the rest of my fein bitmore af “mature” way. Mata think there was abit a changeup that came about because we had more ime to werk fonit Alter we put Gordens out, we realised that songwriting] was something we coud take ait more seriously and turn nto more ofa “day ob" forousetes. nthe past, we'd do tall ourselves = {rial an then we'd bring Ro band, and that's when the collaboration would happen. But iis te, itwas Sam and working on the fist idea fora song together, demoing it, and then taking itt the band from thare. So it wa at more colaberatve trom the beginning thik this the fist ime you're going to hear both of eur ideas going into a song, ater than one of ‘ur ideas coming in andthe rest ofthe band ating to atthe en ofthe process Andis interesting because think our writing tyes have always been Aqut diferent. but complementary so working together ftom the start just meant we could goat sleeper into the songs. Blivich: Yee, absolutely, Mata Its also our frst ime being in stucio and having the time to stp the songs down and put thom back together. In provious Sessions, twas ik, ‘Okay, here ae te songs thet we want to record let’ record tem” Everything was demoed out by the time we it the studio, and then we ust mace i sound better But ith Overgrom], we had encugh time in the stud tha we were abe to go, "What does the album nee? How can we scratch és many itches as possbler™ ‘Gong through tat proces wth Dave Parkin was great twas so beneficial to have someone onthe ‘sie being ke, “You can do this, you can push for his” So or aot of tose songs, the final product, Ssaunds nothing like the oxiginal deme that we went int the studi with. And that was a realy fercting way to cot ‘Was that an easy process to adapt tot Mata: There were challenges. You na, you ave had ths ida fore Song for Tmt, an thenin the ist ve minutes of recog be a canplte 120 om were you mous was gong to go. That ane a challenging Wing toletgoot but youve gottotnstint process. And we wer in reat hand to Got in everyone's atte was tat tas the paces we needed to get the bes lbum auto ust was e Hg ay eon Biivieh: nd for however challenging oa tase twas to dv hat deep nto out songs twas equal a5 excng, We were alls onaoare vith he ide of putting 3 Ite more time nd etn because we wanted ta bea atmredeiberte wt he rocorcings as opposed ost trarsating whatever happened nthe band ‘oom fie we'e wing then Jno and | goto spend someting ike 10 weeks inthe stud he days eek, Tesday to Saturday, am to Gp — jst crating these songs, assembling tom end flkng abun tem anc making tem the best songs we cal Thete were had is, fo sue, butte incre exting and ince ang Mata: Yeah thot wos thet ime weve been able to doa recor where asthe ony hing on our mies. A jst tam hav that tne ~you kr, 80 hour fright nthe stove hate abi to go oun al ese rable tha! we noma woud Athen you an fi row ay that ong a he end afte yond be ke, “Wel, weve gat he tine to go down anthe2bithle tomato We ho ay ess tobe distracted by,so we et way mare comfgtabe Drngng up eas hat we normaly wou {ilar | oe gutrvorkdcomjaustrotangutor FULL BLOOM ON THEIR GAME-CHANGING FIFTH ALBUM, SLOWLY SLOWLY SLAM THEIR DARKEST LYRICS INTO THEIR BRIGHTEST SONGS, MAKING FOR ONE HELL OF A MUSICAL ROLLERCOASTER. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR TAKES IT FOR A RIDE Pp: much a soon as they’ fished miming ni two-part epic Race Car Bes, Slowly Stowly were thrust into a whitind of petsoral highs and lows. Like he'd done ali if, frontmen Ben Stewart chronicled ala tin song, leading to some of his darkest material yet - bul also some of his brightest. Musial, Stowart was sped bya ke Chaka Khan and post-splt Paramore, and this broadened plete offered a stark contrast to his sharp and sobering, melancholic poetry. I announcing Slowly Sow fit album, Daisy ‘Chain, Stewart said that t Race Car Bives saw hin ‘wiping the sate clean and tying to oivent [hi sei” then ts follow-up “ighiights the downfal [he ‘experienced ater tha" He admited that inthe pursuit of seltevoution on Race Car Bes, he lost sight of what~ and who — was around him: was so helen on my personal development hat had my bikers on tink asa ite too self-centred and forgot what’ important” So came apetod of rezeinvention, where 10 ‘mave forward Stewart was forced ta vekon with Nis past and face his demons head on, Not only da he succeed, he channeled the experince into Slonly Slowls most suprising aloum to date. As the band starthashng ut the sets or a packed year of touring nsupportof ft usraian Gutr caught up with Sew to lara move about how Daisy Chain came ogetier PSE NSN ‘ean. That song came pret at inthe pice, and went through a couple of stages with think ‘xignaly this was going tobe a sated rece, but then tain fet quite right. And then fra whi. 1 was going to call Paper Mache, which is the closing rack—but you know, thats petty dark song, and twas kind of ating for hat “resolution point to.come around So when ‘Daisy Chain came along, itkind of jst ted evening togetier thin we're probably nov for musi that ens fon the more depressing sido of things, but aways fight have some sort ot resolution in all aur boces of work so Irealy hoped that something ae tha was gonna come ‘ong [or this record). ‘nd wien ‘Daisy Chain happened, was juste, Tha’ Ws rua fea ice the resolution to al the issues that hd been happening (nthe process cof making the album) 50 Pow ei you ge about finding he rght balance [Alef the musics writen oer spe uk perc, And tink refs in eves Because t Wes soc needa pth cal tems] op 2ganst mis chy, happy eer case et wos tr ry way lca oth Ries Bree a egret atest eerie ics much tbe gina Uroush l o i,lockebo tad en wtag thes deresig record ee needed tobe anos he fooling nyse dancing ete eee eee Su Adah tm when wax wig te ak | fet sper ned al these new suns, an hat Think hs records cur biggest departure, guitar wise, rom stu we've done inthe past. wouldnt ven cal myself a guitarist. pay guitar ike a drummer = er html, and play lt of open tunings and things that make sense in the moment. ve never had a guitar lesson, so definitely approach the guitar in my own way. And so thnk on cur past records, just play Bock chores toughout 2 song bbacause that was hw | envisaged the skeleton of that song. But for his rece sed bass and drums more to bulé that seleton, | would write asong and have the chord progression et, but then | would take al he guitar chords out ofthe song and be lik, "Okay, now let’ start tg gutar parts that complement he arangement, tha arent nacessaly the are bones, ke, structural chords of the song ‘nd think that helped because Ive aways hada very sel INTERVIEW | 19 conscious approach to guitar playing | dont fet ‘worthy enough to call ayelfa gutarist. You know, Fa _alvays fel this need to wrt inticate guitar parts, or stuff that you'd needa knowledge of chord structres ‘or scales to understand, But realised, making hie bur, that you dont need any of that. As ong as it sounds good, t doesn’t mater how compexits. And so fr|Dasy Chai, just tok that freedom and en wth ne cong that realy ticks out for me is "Turn A TT frrom?] Trew a tof insiration fort rom my favorite Song of lime, whic sit Nobody’ by Chaka Kan. think [Turn It round sounds ike ths mash up ofthe greove fom that, an then something nthe Vern ciagram of Mcrae Jackson and Incubus ts {ng wei butt works! just wanted one of those hypnotic graces, and all came together there. Ws tree chords for most of that song, and yeah, vas an opportunity to puta different haton and really tap into that swagger kind of thing Tha super porcusive vocal and that ile guitar movement, right before the chorus ~ thats aimost lea Jackson 5 chord progression Iwas super fun to wrt. And we deliberately held it back rom being single, just because fee ike there's nothing worse than when a record comes out and you fea ike you've heard al the best bis. So Tum kt round] ‘was lice my ig chocolate cooke crumb ~ is my treat forallthe ie-ars that tay up tl midaight to Meat the econ Ta Se SLO Twant to help people party through te pain | want te valow think inthe past, Fe walloned, anda want todo that on Day Chin Tmean, "Tun round = that songs iterally about no being a victim, and taking the onus upon yourset tobe more postive. Is ike, “Youve been kicked in the guts before and you got right back up, so whats another one? You have the powers in your hands, get up and ge it done” | wanted to capture that sor of energy Iesinspire by some of thse great records by bands ike Paramore They're able to sil eary the sul of what makes thom Paramore, but they ‘move throught ful specrum of ‘emotion, Thats the sort of band want tobe ~if someone's having a goed day. want them tobe able to put on one of our songs and pat tot, jst ‘as muchas want them to beable to put on one four songs theyre hing a terse day ‘And this eco, thin, sus tying to stop into that ght, 2O)INTERVIEW IN THE MIDDL OF IT Dieters inte Se ee tech ey neh mong ent oe epee ht Tee lb aye ees. sas onasiae Marcrieora mente ‘oof ee se Deca n Fis wd to thnk that ite anost been a decade Tprety mach wert sig into the songering afer feleased A oy Venus Most a he songs were wien byte end of 25 = there were» couse thatcamea fon yosloter ut te song wae Bl one witn ina cele monn. ts realy twas mostly the recoding process. had problems ‘it things ke mapping the tempas =the songs ‘wore prety epic and complex in some ways, sit was just abit had onal them dv inthe recording "tue ferent payers, deren stucios,cterent ‘methods. that took up the bulk ofthe time ‘nd then was touring and dong al ofthat tun ‘between: managing the day-to-day takes up afar bit cof te, so there wasn't aay alto be to work onthe record Things have changed nthe industry, where alt of arists now have to put on diferent hats ar do ot ofthe work themselvas, which they oi’ have te do before. And you know, budget stuf. Tore’s a whole bunch of st that kind of ew out Letty wasnt expecting it take as lang asd — was prety shocked ane panicked over that. When id the fst bateh of recording, | got the songs back and | went, What the am going todo? I don't have tho songs. Fdnever experienced that in such big wa betre, 0 a o work really har [to pus tough tha) ‘And there were a tof pints where Iwas thinking of dllerent ways todo the record: Do ust do an EP? Do ust do tas singles? Do Ian the whole thing? Do I start again?” There were alot of deisions to make along the way, and the deiion-makin takes up so much ime. Tested tue o my von forthe most par, which 1m gla for =| was sure whether woul. Thre wore a couple of songs that realy shape-sited, tough and that happened wie brought Marty Brown into produce some ofthe songs. That nas when | nas really stwaging Td tied everthing | coud thnk of to get these two songs inthe bag, and ‘touat, “Okay, well, ust going to have to run with what ve got” Bul wast entre happy. ‘And then Marty came in and sad, "Oh ve go an deat” So ust sald, “Take it. Just take it do what you want todo th.” Ande dt was jing at st because it was quit ferent to how | would have produced the song, and wasn't sue how it was going to Mtwith th rest ofthe record, Bute sid ino & diferent form, wher stl ftin wt eventing ese, and las happy wit the final osu resisted at frst, butitsor of grew on me. And now t's ike. That's how twas avays meant tobe The wo that Nar worked on were Equations and Dazzing™‘Dazzing’ was hard because i's very balay ~ alot more ballad than m used to and the temp wast sting ight. The original version wos quite downbeat and much tower, and was wavering between, “Sold go much slower, or should go much fester? Becaure te temoe can realy dotermine the mood of the song. Bu then when May tok it amay, he puta bit more pp nto it And NINE YEARS IN THE MAKING, MAGIC DIRT FRONTWOMAN ADALITA HAS RETURNED WITH HER THIRD SOLO ALBUM, INLAND. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR. FINDS OUT WHY IT’S WORTH THE WAIT, \VIORDS £Y ELLIE ROBINSON. PHOTO BY LISA BUSINOVSKI ce that's when tho penny erapped —itwas tke, “Oh, ‘that’s how is mean to be Soe AT Well | hate giving vp, and was tke, “These songs need to be heard" Ihnen that fd shave, Pe lays come back to going, “I wish Fl put tis ‘out thougit the songs] were ust oo good to nt release. And I could have done them es Singles or @ litle E, but quess am a it of en “album artist” lke a 0 album, ard gone so far wth tall ang invested so much te and 0 much energy that, yesh, guess that’s what kept me going, There'd be breakthrough moments, ton, and abt of aight athe end ofthe tunnel that tung me along eventhough twas alot af false hope along the ‘way. as a prety interesting proces. 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Named in inte tothe sandy shores they call ome, the album oes some of the Sydney sertets mast soul and swaggering tunes yet, proving them undefeated asthe kings of cise rock, Before they hitthe read forthe worl tour to end all wor tours, RustaianGutar cracked a couple of verbal tines with lead guitarist Angus Goodwin, How di you want this record to really embrace ‘what Ocean Alley is in 2022? guess we just went inthe crecton that fet ght ‘ors Over the whole of COVID, we were spending alotot tie at home and around where we ve, an the tecod kind of evaves around that, | ques — just. the feating of being at home that’ prety much what iaspiedit Especially with this album coming together in the time thatit di, being able to really embrace that flow state and spend a tie more time just living ‘with the songs, id you find yourself ‘experimenting with many new techniques or laying styles? ‘Yeah, [mean having so much ime not touring, you're doing alot more practice at home and tying to work outrewthings I was spending afotof te on Yotue, leaning leks trom guitars that ke and tying o workon some new techniques I's fun o put ‘hem into the new songs i's] something diferent, more challenging, ‘Who were some of those guitarists you were Influenced by? ‘ust afew YouTube guitarists ike Mateus Asato and Tyler Bryan that ues rack lead guar sot of st. | dont thnk i's an overstatement to say that this record has some of your best guitar work Like on ‘Parking Fines the way that real buzzy lead part ‘gels with that walling ick, t's ike the musical ‘equivalent of taking your fst sip of catfee inthe N GUITAR GETS Braet al ‘morning. Wher did that song come from? think Baden had that one he'd wien tat at hme, and then we allgot together, and we kind of puta our own parts oni. | just payed slide on that ond fl ke thet kindof worked. There’ three guitars 50a otf the time, fit’ feling Hikes ‘quite busy wih guitars, go to side to kindof ada something diferent, {sta bit of balancing act to fike make sure you're not overcrowding a track when you've got thre guitarists inthe band? ‘Yeah, you've just got to work outa ft in ier it is, lgues. We're definitly conscious of tying to give each ctr space an pay tings that complement each other’ guar. So iht after Parking Fines’, we've got ‘Changes, ‘hich i total 180 from what we've come to expect from Ocean Alley. What wast ike to ‘momentarily become "90s grunge band for that song? That was eal fun, W's dtintaly completely «ferent to anyting we've eve done before, But mean, is extn to ply ciferent sorts of genres And t's net hat we were realy ging fr thet — tut end of evolved that way guess. You have one lick {hat sounds that sort of way, and you folow it down that road andi kind of eles into a whole rack, which sounds completly ferent to what wo usualy te {sit gratifying exercise for you, to explore those sounds and ideas that you normally woulda't? ‘Yeah t's nice to xpiore thse sounds. gues aows you to pay aerently asa guitar, youTe laying those efferent sot of gente. goto do a Sonat the end ofthat trac, which was at of un but would realy be abe todo that on alt of our other songs. ‘re you exited trip that soo tive? ‘Yeah! mean, i probably nave toga back and Cea ad relearn t= haven't realy played it since id but yeah, nah, fr sure, exited to play all of these new Songs ine ‘The other song | wanted to vibe on is ‘Snake Eyes’, because I fee ke that real cruisy, almost sort of reggae sroove, with the wah stealing the spotight ‘Here it's definitely a highlight. What can you tell, ‘me about that one? That was aneer one of Bade's ideas. We had fan ibn where we met up fora week end wrote a bunch ofthe songs, en that was ane of them. nd yeah, once again, we ust went down that road with t ‘once we haathat chord progression I's ice to just try and write something ferent. thnk diversity is what we were going fr on this album — maybe nat pletely intentional, but yea, bythe end, felt Te al the racks were qute diferent. What kindof guitars were jamming up a storm on forthis record? The majoaty oft was done on my 60s elesue Strat, then onthe hear ones, fr things ike Changes | was using my Gibson SG. And then ve Just gota Tee that’s setup forse, soll the side songs were done with that Whats it about that Strat that just makes your heart skipa beat? dont know. Fora lot ofthe albus weve done, ve kind of mixed up my gutars~ it almost makes you play a bit iferenty. played on my Les Paul alot nthe previous albums, but just love the sound ofa Stat, <0 wanted tous i lot for tis eco, ‘What aboutin the way of pedals and effects? The other boys have much more complicated igs. | pretty much ust use an analog delay, a chorus anda comprestor. use a wah otcasonaly, too. guess! Just strive to have a nice, clean sound with good bt of dlay and chorus. © {ieltar 0102 gutarcorkicon/eustrotanguitor THE jo] 5 BU) Ce) | ae FUTURE ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ELIZA & THE DELUSIONALS Poet narrate te oars Sr vercunnG untae JOINS Sei MI Ie =e an ow And Then san apt fo ia & The Delusional’ debut abum, bending the shimmer and pomp of modern-day producton wit the bubblegum bthenes of 90s inle-po CChannetingcasette-ape classics lke The Blue Nie, The Cranberries and Alans Morissette, Elza Klatt ‘and co. bing the Linevice'd plait of tek youth into 2022 wih akeon ea forthe crisp and the cool thanks inno short pat fo the sou-narming tums of uarists Kurt Shuse and Tox Mast, Most of Now And Then came oli in Skuse and Kat’ home studio, but hat wast the plan since tei breakout inthe mié-2010s, Elza 8 The Detsionalshave become a stape ofthe North Amescan indie cut, nd beore the pandemic nit thay were eyeing of a permanent elecation to LA ‘Alas, the weld hal othe plan, andthe band’s debut grew homely afar Butit was all he better fora lt sadn announcing the album, it “waste best thing to come foutof the pandemic fer us. We had just deat witha huge lass of at of aur touring n Amacica, and whan we got back to Busta we both were fetngqute lost and sad, We took the opportunity to buld a studio at home and bunker down ana turn al of the feelings that we had been experiencing forthe 9 With te record igh on ou shorts foc Album Of ‘The Year, we caught up with Kat and Skuse to dg a litle deeper int the story behind Now And Then, ELEM TT aa liza Kat: I kind of happened natural for us, because we gre up listening oso mary bands fom that time period thnk they're subconscleusly our favourite styles of gutar paying and tones, and we naturally len towards that sort thing t's always ‘hard question about making tour ow, because ‘we do realy think too mich about tine fut comes tite with our songurting and our preferences on production 36 tonal palate on this record is magical =e hits Sere SE eee eee E ar Klatt: Who we vere demoing forthe record, we new we wanted todo something diferent without Sound, Kut has a strong love fr synthesise, whichis something personaly never really messed around wih, so Ithink having that aspect inthe wing and demaing process was really co0, twas a whole ne thing we could uso to crete toxtures and melogios with instead of jst the gut We stil Wanted stay true to ur big guitar sounds n some form, but adding the smth in and using it for sore of those undering melodies, Iwas realy easing and brought Something new o our sound for sue Klatt: If king of weil bacaus [that EP] was such ‘1 tueming point fr us, but fee ike we id get to realy experience its cause it came outat the begining of he pandemic, and the songs were witten afew years pir to recording itso think we ere honesty jst ready to move on. "Now And Then was so abi collabo between myself and Kurt, wich was ne, 0 think itwas always going to sound ferent, and ike the next progression or ea of Biza& The Delsionals. Our headspaces were als so diferent to where we were when he EP as wniten and recorded, 0 thin re album was vey distant rom SS Se TA Soe ito one st-encemgesing, 40-minute mascal] fournary Kurt Skuse: It was honesty just cumnation of diferent enotons splayed ovr a two-otivee yea pevod. Eliza and hac been writing and knew we wanted to do anal, but drt quite koow the timeline as we had a bunch of touring fined up across] the USA. wasnt uni the pandomic hit and wo we forced to come home that ay started to stn We were all struggling menaly— quite lt, tobe truth The sive ining rough the shi was that ths was ultimately where the album was bor: the overall Concepts, themes ond aesthties eal developed this te, as we immersed ourselves into the writing an sunk ou est nto the kes ofa nostalgic pe Lots of reflection in tis time allowed us tonot TSP} i rly have to sist and watch the world bur, and telly shaped how the album came tobe ‘Shuse: Speaking tuthfuly i's probably aot unt now that Ican ok beckon the ast few years ana reflect on what wedi without hating tre thought of it was sue a ough time, mental, the whele wore uring down and everything felt so bleak. Las etremy lucky to have Elza o help me through in that period of tin The album tse was suc an outlet ~ and realstealy the ony one we had atthe time: is why hr it feos very personal. We stout to create a word that we fet comfort \we could escape, that would lake us back time 1 Certain points of ou ves, for no oer reason han because it fet right and gave us some form of soa 1 nd Then tera rs in eronolagcal ore oF the evetsEiza and Ihave been trough growing Up, alle way up tothe closing tac, ‘Now And Ther wich prety much summed up for us at that speci time, SE Ze oT in those setsions~ and the material that came] ia Klatt 95 percent ofthe record was wisn ny jour home sti 50 think big par ofthe feeling vie was intnted there thinkit se ke most people tthe tie, we were forced to stay home, We kind f forgot about the outside weld We wor submerged in fecings and inspired by momoris intat stuco. ove that we dial ofthe recording at ons stu, because i felt refreshing to be ou of ou house and creating ina diferent musical pace ‘Skuse: Being able to jump into Ken's space ways great ~ he realy isthe bes, and Elza ane always fa super insprein his presence, Tats where ne did most of te guitars and vocals. Once we knew we were going tod the albumin usta wth Kon, we knew we would being using Aitock to track dhs: lan Haug. wh owe the tuo, has lays made us fel weicome, and at ths stage in our career italy does feel ikea home avay rom heme, ©> 26) INTERVIEW ee \ © CHASING THE HUM ‘THE WONDER YEARS HAVE OFFICIALLY PEAKED WITH THE HUM GOES (ON FOREVER, AN ALBUM CHRONICLING A DECADE AND A HALF OF DETERMINED GROWTH. AUSTRALIAN GUITAR GETS THE LOWDOWN ON IT. FRc stoic tc tiesea (et ih center tongs fas hyve rained pp hi sabe sry her oo ‘Soon Sister Chis, you kind of stopped away trom ‘that pop-punk vibe, What drew you back tit for Hurt Well thnks more about why we leftitfora moment With Sisto Cities, we dint want to da something that stod in opposition of ou past work, we just fet ike we'd reached lot of mits of where ‘we Wete allowing ourselves to go, And so we though. ke, "Lets ore ourselves to push past thse imi” ve ghven ike 100 bad metaphors fortis, so here's ‘ne of thas: we had this sta ols that we were realy adept at using, and we had gotten so adept at Using them that we fet Heit could become rte and formulic to keep using them, ‘We wantedto avoid that, so we sac “Lets throw ‘out all these ing tools and feure out how to use Somme now too" We went Io ane producer we looked at every aspect the songwriting process

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