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HEAVY Talks To RELIQA Backstage At GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL 2024 · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: On the person.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, we're here, you're right, we're going to thank you.
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  Speaker 2: So you've got that whole seat to yourself.
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  Speaker 1: No pressure pockets.
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  Speaker 3: That's that's a really annoying thing, right, would you talk
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  Speaker 3: into that for of course? No problem.
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  Speaker 1: How do you go with how we did for you?
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  Speaker 1: Did you?
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  Speaker 2: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: I loved it a good yes, thank you so much
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  Speaker 3: that we had some week so.
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  Speaker 2: I thought, oh my god, sorry, not.
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  Speaker 3: Right, not right.
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  Speaker 1: I don't even think to do honest.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, probably it's not on Yeah, so just just here,
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  Speaker 3: it's fine.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, cool, all right, thanks for joining us. This is
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  Speaker 2: Cara and Chris at Good Things twenty twenty four with
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  Speaker 2: money from a bit of a chat before she goes
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  Speaker 2: on stage.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you pleasures online just as usual. Just quickly, are
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  Speaker 3: we live? I didn't think so it's.
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  Speaker 2: Actually Relica Yeah, okay.
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  Speaker 3: Sorry, I just just think reliquois. So it's not a
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  Speaker 3: song cue. I just it's more for your sake. I'm
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  Speaker 3: not I'm not like precious about that. I swear it. No,
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  Speaker 3: I'm just glad. That's so great.
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  Speaker 1: Okay again, this is twenty four with a monique from
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  Speaker 1: a Relica.
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  Speaker 3: Hi, I'm great how are you.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks you for taking the time.
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  Speaker 3: To join us, of course pleasures online.
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  Speaker 2: So you're actually on stage probably about four hours.
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  Speaker 3: Something like that.
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  Speaker 1: You look like you're pretty collective together.
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  Speaker 3: But I think so, you know, it's been weird. I
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  Speaker 3: think I had a moment to myself just a few
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  Speaker 3: minutes ago because I've been you know, we're rushing around
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  Speaker 3: getting here, rolling in like I don't know all of
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  Speaker 3: those things, and only just stood by myself with the
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  Speaker 3: last a few minutes and I was like, we're actually
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  Speaker 3: playing today, Like you know, you get so caught up
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  Speaker 3: in the commotion you're just like, oh, I'm just like
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  Speaker 3: going with the flow. And then I think the nerve,
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  Speaker 3: I think the nerves set in like a few minutes
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  Speaker 3: to go. So I'm kind of I'm up here right now,
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  Speaker 3: but don't want to many. No, No, We're feeling good.
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  Speaker 3: I'm I'm really happy already. This has just been like
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  Speaker 3: the star treatment, which is so nice, like it just
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  Speaker 3: makes the experience. It's pretty spacious in here. Honestly, I
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  Speaker 3: think we're pretty go go go, Like I I find
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  Speaker 3: that we we don't tend to take too much downtime.
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  Speaker 3: We're usually just like always doing something I just love
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  Speaker 3: to be kind of amongst it. Like I only lately
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  Speaker 3: I've really been giving myself the space to kind of
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  Speaker 3: have a minute alone and get myself ready and obviously
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  Speaker 3: like get into my fit and the whole get up
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  Speaker 3: and everything. So that's kind of a nice ritual, is Like,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, pretty much after this I'm gonna go head
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  Speaker 3: down to our tent and like do my face just
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  Speaker 3: scream like into the void. So, you know, like I
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  Speaker 3: think in terms of rituals, it's just giving myself that
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  Speaker 3: that little bit of time alone, you know, like because
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  Speaker 3: I do feel somewhat of a separation anxiety with the
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  Speaker 3: rest of my band when it comes to shows. I'm
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  Speaker 3: just like, oh, I always want to Ben come with
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  Speaker 3: me or Brandon come with me or whatever. But I
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  Speaker 3: think there's a nice grace in sort of just being
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  Speaker 3: by yourself sometimes. Yeah. Energy, energy, Oh my gosh, I'm
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  Speaker 3: so happy to be here.
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  Speaker 2: So you've had a huge year.
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  Speaker 4: I feel like I've seen your name's.
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  Speaker 3: Let me just get out there, and I think it's
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  Speaker 3: really good. I think the best part is that this
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  Speaker 3: is the end of the year. Like this is I mean,
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  Speaker 3: this is the start of the end in terms of
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  Speaker 3: twenty twenty four. So it just feels like a really
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  Speaker 3: nice like way to close the chapter, which has been,
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  Speaker 3: like you said, like such a big chapter. And you know, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: like you said, like with releasing the album this year
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  Speaker 3: and and doing quite a couple of really cool tours,
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  Speaker 3: including our first headliner like tour, which was sick. We're
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  Speaker 3: so happy with how that went. But yeah, I think
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  Speaker 3: just being here today just feels like I'm trying to
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  Speaker 3: really take those moments of gratitude and realize that this
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  Speaker 3: is a really nice way to just sort of like
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  Speaker 3: full circle the year. Yeah, and you did the world
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  Speaker 3: amazing And how do you feel like it has actually
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  Speaker 3: landed in the world, Like, how are you feeling about it? Well,
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  Speaker 3: I'm pretty happy with how Secrets of the Future has
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  Speaker 3: gone so far. I think it's a bit of an
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  Speaker 3: interesting No, don't stress at all. Did you want me?
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  Speaker 3: Did you? I just wanted to seamlessly correct. I I
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  Speaker 3: just went, do you want to do that again? Like,
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  Speaker 3: go ahead, I'm chilling, I'll do whatever you like. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: of the world? Did you say Secrets of the Future?
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  Speaker 2: Ye? Place in the world?
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  Speaker 3: You know? No? No, No, you did good. It's okay.
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  Speaker 3: You've had a massive year and everything is going on.
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  Speaker 1: You just released Secrets of the Future, which is amazing.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. How is this place in the world. I
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  Speaker 3: think I'm really happy. I think it's I think that
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  Speaker 3: our music is not an easy genre to define, as
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  Speaker 3: you know, Chris, I we it's it can take some
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  Speaker 3: people some time to really like find what they love
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  Speaker 3: in the album or like. But I think that that's
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  Speaker 3: kind of the exact purpose of of Like that was
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  Speaker 3: the rationale of the album, you know what I mean,
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  Speaker 3: Like we wanted to fit something in there for everyone's taste,
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  Speaker 3: and that's kind of just what we do as a band,
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  Speaker 3: like we because all four of us have such diverse
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  Speaker 3: different styles of listening from each other that that sort
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  Speaker 3: of manifests in an album that tends to be pretty
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  Speaker 3: diverse in terms of sound. So but I think that
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  Speaker 3: I'm really grateful for the people who have like really
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  Speaker 3: stuck with it, because I think we've just we've just
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  Speaker 3: gained a lot of not just fans, because we have
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  Speaker 3: gained a lot of fans from this album, which is
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  Speaker 3: so so sweet. And the labels help, you know, having
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  Speaker 3: a Nuclear Blast and Gray Scale on our side, rapping
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  Speaker 3: Gray scales. Actually having them on our side helps with
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  Speaker 3: the fan based growth, of course, But I think it's
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  Speaker 3: not just size, it's like connection. Like I'm finding the
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  Speaker 3: fans that are around and are really loving this album.
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  Speaker 3: They are so like deeply in love and passionate about it,
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  Speaker 3: which I love because I would rather have fifty of
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  Speaker 3: those fans than five hundred of fans who just kind
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  Speaker 3: of yeah, that's okay, you know. So really the passion,
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  Speaker 3: I think is what I'm loving so much. The and
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  Speaker 3: and seeing such a diversity in terms of our of
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  Speaker 3: our listenership, in terms of our fan base, people that
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  Speaker 3: listen to all kinds of different things. For example, Spotify
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  Speaker 3: rap just came out, Yeah, and we're getting tagged in
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  Speaker 3: all the like oh Relica is my number one, which
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  Speaker 3: is so sweet. But those lists look so different every time.
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  Speaker 3: One time it'll be like Relica, North Lane, Void Division,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like your standard like Aussie metal core sort
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  Speaker 3: of vibes. Sometimes it'll be like Vola Voyager, your more
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  Speaker 3: prog sort of style. And then sometimes it'll be like
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  Speaker 3: Doja Cat Chapel Roone, Relica, you know what I mean. Like,
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  Speaker 3: I find that's so cool, like different fan bases like
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  Speaker 3: just come together here, which is really nice at the.
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  Speaker 2: Job in the album come out, Like a lot was
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  Speaker 2: made of the fact that it was the start of
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  Speaker 2: a new chapter because it's calming down so well and
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  Speaker 2: people accepted. Is there temptation there to sort of continue
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  Speaker 2: on that rather than making a new chapter?
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  Speaker 3: I feel you. I think there absolutely is. Like I
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  Speaker 3: think we're still sort of figuring our place in the world,
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  Speaker 3: like you said, where you know, coming coming through the
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  Speaker 3: through the ranks, and we definitely have a lot of
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  Speaker 3: freedom to sort of just keep doing what feels right
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  Speaker 3: as opposed to sticking ourselves into a particular niche. I
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  Speaker 3: think like our next record is probably going to be
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  Speaker 3: like some form of a continuation of Secrets of the Future.
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  Speaker 3: But it's not like Secrets of the Future was like
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  Speaker 3: an open and closed book, you know what I mean,
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  Speaker 3: Like it's I don't think that chapter is ever going
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  Speaker 3: to fully shut because we're we're kind of always writing
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  Speaker 3: music that is like a direct step like development from
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  Speaker 3: what we just did. So I think that whatever we
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  Speaker 3: do next, it's going to flow quite logically. And I mean,
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  Speaker 3: who knows what that means When it comes to Relica
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  Speaker 3: because there's lots of different sounds that we do. But
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  Speaker 3: as logically as you can think, you know, like just
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  Speaker 3: sort of like a nice linear progression like I think
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  Speaker 3: just time will tell.
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  Speaker 4: Really bands, young bands like yourselves like play safe and
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  Speaker 4: they like to go down the road where massive scepts
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  Speaker 4: for you guys, just like you say you smash it
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  Speaker 4: and not that you don't give a fuck what people think,
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  Speaker 4: but you don't give fuck what people think, so you care,
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  Speaker 4: but you're just doing your own thing and you're not
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  Speaker 4: playing it safe.
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  Speaker 1: I'm trying to say, like, not many young bands come
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  Speaker 1: to and keep.
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  Speaker 3: That thank you, No, that's really really kind for you
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  Speaker 3: to say. Yeah, it's kind of just like the main
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  Speaker 3: ethos of our band is just to make music that
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  Speaker 3: inspires us, that we feel inspired by and kind of
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  Speaker 3: just have no hold barred. Like, while it is important
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  Speaker 3: to have limitations in artistry because otherwise you could just
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  Speaker 3: you have the entire universe of creativity to explore, but
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  Speaker 3: you don't really know where you can go from there.
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  Speaker 3: So limitation is good. But in saying that, we don't
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  Speaker 3: try to limit ourselves to any particular genres and as
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  Speaker 3: I said, we just welcome the fans that come in
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  Speaker 3: as a result of that lack of limitations.
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  Speaker 1: I guess, yeah, guy's got the question She've been dying
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  Speaker 1: to ask you.
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  Speaker 3: Please can we talk about? Please? Can we talk about
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  Speaker 3: hail Storm?
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  Speaker 1: I just I couldn't even imagine like get going and
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  Speaker 1: doing this.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, how was it and what did.
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  Speaker 1: You take from that experience to implement in the band?
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  Speaker 3: Like you just I'm so glad that you asked about this,
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  Speaker 3: because I will take any opportunity that I can to
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  Speaker 3: talk about Lizzie Hale and hail Storm. They She's just wonderful.
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  Speaker 3: And I think I said this to Tiana Speed. I
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  Speaker 3: shout out to Tiana when around the time that we
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  Speaker 3: were sort of reflecting on it, and I said something
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  Speaker 3: along the lines of, like Lizzie and the rest of
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  Speaker 3: the band, they have every right to be jaded and
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  Speaker 3: sort of a bit like a bit I don't know,
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  Speaker 3: pessimistic about the industry. Jaded is the only word I
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  Speaker 3: can think of, like, sort of they have every right
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  Speaker 3: to be because they've been slogging along from the ground
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  Speaker 3: up for twenty plus years, but they are not. They
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  Speaker 3: It's as if they play their first gig every night
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  Speaker 3: because they are so like just grateful to be there,
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  Speaker 3: and they share that gratitude with us as well. They
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  Speaker 3: were grateful for us to be there. And I spent
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  Speaker 3: like so much more time with Lizzie than you would think,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like she has again, they have every right
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  Speaker 3: to close themselves off, to just get in their dressing
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  Speaker 3: room and like not talk to anybody, and I would
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  Speaker 3: be okay with that, because you know, they have big,
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  Speaker 3: big shoes to feel every night. But no, they they
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  Speaker 3: were just the most lovely people. And I think that
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  Speaker 3: I think I've learnt, like I've taken away lessons to
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  Speaker 3: you know, just just kind of I know this sounds cheesy,
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  Speaker 3: but just to always be grateful and to realize that,
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  Speaker 3: like this is such a privilege to be sharing art
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  Speaker 3: and everything that I'm saying right now came directly from
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  Speaker 3: Lizzie's mouth, like straight to me, and she just I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I've I've been a fan of hers and the band
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  Speaker 3: since high school. They were one of my formative bands.
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  Speaker 3: So it was such a special experience and it is
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  Speaker 3: so so powerful. And she was actually battling a chest
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  Speaker 3: infection on that tour, and you would not know, right,
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  Speaker 3: you wouldn't know at all. But she you know, she'd
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  Speaker 3: come off stage and she'd have some rehabilitation to do
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  Speaker 3: and stuff, but she never she never let up once.
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  Speaker 3: You'd always think that, like you have every right, like
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  Speaker 3: please just go and sit down or go and like
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  Speaker 3: like shut off the rest of the world. That's okay,
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  Speaker 3: go back to the hotel. But no, she was on
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  Speaker 3: the ground like with everyone getting amongst it the entire time.
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  Speaker 3: And I just I could not speak highly enough of
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  Speaker 3: that band, truly, truly, such a great advocate. I guess so,
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  Speaker 3: I guess you're right. Go please, please.
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  Speaker 2: Out of all the bands play, give.
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  Speaker 3: The members. Oh my god, I can't go down to
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  Speaker 3: the members, but I'm gonna see if I can get
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  Speaker 3: five bands that would make like the ultimate group. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: let's start off with Loath. I started watching, I watched,
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  Speaker 3: started the day with them. This morning. They were so sick.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, if I was going down to the members,
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  Speaker 3: I'm sorry, I don't know his name, but the front man,
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  Speaker 3: that guy's got riz like he's like is that what
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  Speaker 3: the kids say these days? He's he's got style. I
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  Speaker 3: love him. He's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: You.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, oh my god, you gotta have someone from corn
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  Speaker 3: in there, like make get it a bit sludgy, Like
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  Speaker 3: that would be so much fun. I'm gonna shout out
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  Speaker 3: North Lane, like I think that every single member of
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  Speaker 3: North Lane. Like I'm a bit biased because obviously we
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  Speaker 3: work so closely with Josh, but they are all so
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  Speaker 3: talented and so deserving of the success that they're getting.
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  Speaker 3: Where are we at? One? Two three? Can I okay? Okay, okay,
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  Speaker 3: Well let's let's throw a little bit of a wild
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  Speaker 3: card into the mix. Maybe like someone from like Killing
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  Speaker 3: Heidi could be cool in there, you know, like I
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  Speaker 3: just like that bit of an old school vibe as well,
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  Speaker 3: could be I mean, I'm just wanting to have bowling
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  Speaker 3: for soup in there for the laughs, Like, I just
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  Speaker 3: think that would be so funny. But can Relica be
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  Speaker 3: a part of this too? Oh yes, brilliant. I'm so happy.
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  Speaker 1: Next year.
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  Speaker 3: Oh my god. Oh I was just about to say
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  Speaker 3: void of Vision, but unfortunately they're calling it a day. Yeah, no,
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  Speaker 3: they're here. Yeah, they were fresh in my mind. You
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  Speaker 3: know what I would love to see make them suffer
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  Speaker 3: on there. I was sort of yeah, yeah, no, they
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  Speaker 3: are absolutely destroying the game. I'm so so happy with
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  Speaker 3: their success. Yeah, make them suffer. I think that they've
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  Speaker 3: already they've played a couple of times, but I always
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  Speaker 3: enjoy a Red Hook set. They always they She's just
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  Speaker 3: the most wonderful person, and like they just put on
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  Speaker 3: a killer show every single time. So much fun for
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  Speaker 3: a festival as well. And oh it's great, it's amazing thing.
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  Speaker 3: I love it, Oh my gosh.
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  Speaker 2: And then.
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  Speaker 3: Hmm, see, I can think of a couple of non
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  Speaker 3: Aussie bands that I want to see on here. I know,
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  Speaker 3: I know, like I'm seeing all of them amazing as
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  Speaker 3: bands today. But a band that I wanted to see
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  Speaker 3: on this Good Things lineup, which I was kind of
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  Speaker 3: gunning for, but they weren't. So I think next year Turnstile.
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  Speaker 3: I think Turnstile are well due back in Australia and
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  Speaker 3: I think that they are the perfect fit for this
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  Speaker 3: sort of variety lineup. They just have that festival vibe
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  Speaker 3: going on and I just love Turnstile. Oh miss you guys,
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, pleasures, Aline, thank you so much. Sorry, I'm sweaty. Sorry,
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  Speaker 3: Oh of course absolutely I can. Okay, Oh my god,
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  Speaker 3: that was.
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  Speaker 2: A crack, I swear to God away professionals.
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  Speaker 3: I am sorry. Sorry about in the correction, I felt
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  Speaker 3: so loud.
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  Speaker 1: I was gonna.
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  Speaker 2: You're waiting, ye shot sho. Okay, we'll be down there's
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  Speaker 2: razing like.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be there at six forty
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  Speaker 3: To see you guys there