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Happy Homecomings With MARK DALBETH And KEVIN HICKLIN From BLVD OF EYES · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: Up. This is kJ Boulevard of Ize.
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  Speaker 2: This is Mark Dabos from Boulevard of Eyes, and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we're pretty excited to be going to Australia for the
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  Speaker 2: first time this November.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, stoked, stoked.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you having us, no.
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  Speaker 4: I've had It's been a while since we caught up
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  Speaker 4: with you guys. So firstly, before we get into business,
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  Speaker 4: how are you been?
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  Speaker 3: Really good?
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  Speaker 2: We've been sort of doing a lot of writing, playing
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  Speaker 2: a lot of shows sort of locally around America, like
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  Speaker 2: La Florida a few places. But yes, is like the
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  Speaker 2: first sort of group of songs we're written together as
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  Speaker 2: a band, and it's like it's coming together nicely. We've
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  Speaker 2: got a whole bunch of ideas and yeah, pretty good,
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  Speaker 2: good vibes, good vibes.
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  Speaker 4: We have got a couple of things to get through,
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  Speaker 4: but we'll start with the big one, of course, is
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  Speaker 4: that Boulevard of I's have been announced finally coming to
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  Speaker 4: Australia's November. I remember talking about it in our last interview.
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  Speaker 4: We were all just joking around, going, yeah, that'd be
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  Speaker 4: nice to get up and it's happened.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's yeah, thanks big, thanks to Heavy obviously, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: everything's just come together really smoothly, sort of just came
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  Speaker 2: together pretty quick, Kevin, like it's been about a month.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, Yeah, it's just one of those things that
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  Speaker 5: just came, you know together. You know, shout out, you know,
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  Speaker 5: too heavy, big shout out to ex Music for making
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  Speaker 5: it happen.
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  Speaker 1: For us as well.
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  Speaker 5: So we're excited, man, like you know, everything like Mark
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  Speaker 5: is saying, just came to fruition pretty quick.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, we're stoked to do it.
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  Speaker 5: We're going to have our I don't want to skip,
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  Speaker 5: but we got our new release coming out around that time,
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  Speaker 5: so it's just going to.
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  Speaker 6: Be killing fantastic. And there's been just the two shows
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  Speaker 6: and out so far.
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  Speaker 4: The first is on a cruise ship around Sydney Harbor
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  Speaker 4: on November twenty third with The Midnight Devils Awaken, The
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  Speaker 4: Hate Yourselves, Frankie's world famous House Pain and others.
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  Speaker 6: Not a bad way to kick the tour off. Batee
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  Speaker 6: on a cruise ship.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's amazing, kind of Sydney Harbor, like yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: mean I couldn't get better than that.
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  Speaker 3: That's awesome.
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  Speaker 6: I you can swim.
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  Speaker 3: Good enough.
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  Speaker 4: The following Saturday, November twenty ninth at Soapbox Bear in Brisbane,
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  Speaker 4: and that's something festival of sorts. There's a ton of bands,
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  Speaker 4: including Midnight Devil's Wake and Hate. There's Drinklers, Piston Fish,
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  Speaker 4: Chaospear Engraved, plenty more guys. I'm not sure which one
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  Speaker 4: I'm more excited about. Rocking out on the water or
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  Speaker 4: rocking out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's amazing. I've always loved playing Brisbane. Brisbane crowds
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  Speaker 2: are amazing. They're just like really good fans of rock
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  Speaker 2: and metal. So yeah, all those shows are amazing. Super excited.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, both shows of course, speaking yourselves and the
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  Speaker 4: Midnight Devils, who are out of Nebraska over there.
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  Speaker 7: You much about them, I've sort of just heard about
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  Speaker 7: them through you, but yeah, we'll definitely have to dig
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  Speaker 7: more on them, learn the catalog and yeah it gets
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  Speaker 7: it on.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it'll be cool.
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  Speaker 4: They've got one on it and that I was going
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  Speaker 4: to say, listener, it's called Get Laid. It's a really
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  Speaker 4: good one.
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  Speaker 1: For some of this.
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  Speaker 6: I guess like I've just rutted off a whole heap
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  Speaker 6: of names.
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  Speaker 4: You guys are playing with it before you come, do
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  Speaker 4: you do a bit of research on who you're playing
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  Speaker 4: with then what they sound.
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  Speaker 6: Like or do you rather just leave it cold when
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  Speaker 6: you get here and see how it goes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, sort of checked out a few bands and some
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  Speaker 2: bands that are sort of fortunate to know already Awaken
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  Speaker 2: the Hate are awesome, Like they kind of like more
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  Speaker 2: of like a sort of like a groove metal sort
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  Speaker 2: of sound really cool.
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  Speaker 3: They seem like a great bunch of guys.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty much everyone will playing with them, pretty excited to
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  Speaker 2: just actually watch them before we go on stage.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, all good, all good bands.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, what about you, keV.
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  Speaker 5: You know, I've been a fan of everything that Heavy
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  Speaker 5: you know, puts out and all the bands they promote,
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  Speaker 5: So I'm really looking forward to like the Heavy Fest, Yeah,
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  Speaker 5: because I've discovered a lot of new music. So saying
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  Speaker 5: you know, you know, of course, you know, me and
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  Speaker 5: Mark are always rap and chatting about you know, music
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  Speaker 5: and you know, different bands, and you know, with the
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  Speaker 5: tour side of it, that's kind of fun side because
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  Speaker 5: you know, all the space of such killer music and
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  Speaker 5: then we get to meet the people and do the
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  Speaker 5: tour and things.
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  Speaker 4: So excited now, I know you're not going to come
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  Speaker 4: all this way just to play two shows one week apart,
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  Speaker 4: but unfortunately we can't reveal any dates yet, but there
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  Speaker 4: will be other shows in between Melbourne and Brisbane, right there.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, So we'll kick things off
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  Speaker 2: in Melbourne and then sort of make a few shows
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  Speaker 2: heading up and off and up to Brisbane.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, they're gonna be awesome, busy, which is good.
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  Speaker 4: Well, it's just like one of the homecoming for you too,
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  Speaker 4: Mark here and as close too.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's funny.
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  Speaker 2: It's funny because I was thinking today, I was like,
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  Speaker 2: the last time I played shows in Australia was was
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  Speaker 2: I think November December twenty fifteen, was was a Ballasira
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  Speaker 2: hailstorms one. So I was like, shit, literally ten almost
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  Speaker 2: exactly ten years later coming back. So it's exciting because
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  Speaker 2: like I really missed Australia and just looking forward to
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  Speaker 2: seeing everyone really playing shows, seeing everyone, seeing all the
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  Speaker 2: SARTs and a few drinks.
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  Speaker 4: Last time we spoke of, I think you guys have
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  Speaker 4: played too many shows. I think because you're just starting
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  Speaker 4: to get into playing a lot of shows, have they
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  Speaker 4: been going?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Really really well, we've got about how many, Kevin like,
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  Speaker 2: about twenty shows now about roughly twenty shows.
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  Speaker 1: Think we're closer to thirty.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, like it's been a minute, like we went to
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  Speaker 5: work since you know, since we talked to you last.
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  Speaker 1: It's been great.
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  Speaker 5: Man, Like we you know a lot of great response,
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  Speaker 5: you know, but yeah, just hitting the stage and we're
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  Speaker 5: you know, this band is absolutely built you know on
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  Speaker 5: live show.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a been epic. That's what we love to do.
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  Speaker 4: So runners through a typical Boulevard de vides live show
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  Speaker 4: for people who might not have much about you.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, yeah, it's definitely high, high energy. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we we have we have a really unique singer and Chloe,
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  Speaker 2: you know, she has a really unique voice. So it's
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  Speaker 2: it's pretty pretty awesome to hear that live and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: just put on a big show, high energy, Yeah, riffs,
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  Speaker 2: middle rocking out, all.
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  Speaker 8: That stuff, vibe all that man like you know, like
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  Speaker 8: that's that's the one thing too, Like you know, we
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  Speaker 8: we we tap in, you know, uh, we love hanging out,
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  Speaker 8: you know, especially with everyone that comes out to support
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  Speaker 8: you know.
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  Speaker 1: Uh so every venue is different, you know.
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  Speaker 5: So we love to capture the vibe and just and
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  Speaker 5: just bring it, especially with the other bands you know
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  Speaker 5: that we can chance to perform.
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  Speaker 4: With so yeah, nice, nice And of course your vocalist
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  Speaker 4: Chloe is married to a gentleman by the name of Robs.
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  Speaker 4: As you and I know, this run of show is
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  Speaker 4: sort of starts just after Metallica's finished.
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  Speaker 6: So brave man not to hang around and support his wife,
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  Speaker 6: wouldn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that would be amazing. I'm not too sure
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  Speaker 2: exactly where. I don't know if they're staying in Australia, Kevin,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know they're going leaving Australia. They're hanging around.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure on there, Zach rowding, but but yeah, yeah, if.
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  Speaker 3: He can stay around, he will for sure.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, you know, and and shout out to him,
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  Speaker 5: you know, of course, you know, the whole family is
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  Speaker 5: just you're super supportive. We had a chance to play
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  Speaker 5: down in Tampa and and Rob came through.
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  Speaker 1: Man. We didn't get him out of there, man, because
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  Speaker 1: Tampa went crazy when he rolled in.
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  Speaker 5: But yeah, just big love to him, you know, give
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  Speaker 5: his loves more a lot of encouragement.
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  Speaker 1: So we're very grateful.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, definitely, last time he spoke, just released last year's EP,
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  Speaker 4: Buying Lives for the Truth Seeker.
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  Speaker 6: So how was the reception for that. I know you
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  Speaker 6: guys had high hopes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's good.
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  Speaker 2: It's been like a nice sort of like natural progression
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  Speaker 2: because we're we're still we're still such an new band.
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  Speaker 2: Like literally, these new songs were written. It has been
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  Speaker 2: the first time as an actual unit we're written them together.
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  Speaker 2: So it's been like this nice little kind of climb.
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  Speaker 2: We're hoping with the new stuff we're writing right now,
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be another jump up again. We're pretty
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  Speaker 2: excited about the material, you know, we're put in together.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a nice sort of progression. You know, we're
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  Speaker 2: sort of even though we've been sort of kicking around
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  Speaker 2: for a little bit, we're still relatively new. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's only only outputs from here.
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  Speaker 4: Hopefully you did mention some new music you've got coming out.
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  Speaker 4: I believe you've got the n EP coming out in November.
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  Speaker 4: We'll talk about that in greater detail at a later
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  Speaker 4: date because that's for a separate interview. But what can
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  Speaker 4: you tell us about it briefly? Is it is it
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  Speaker 4: what fans would expect from Boulevard of Vice or is
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  Speaker 4: it going to be in there.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be some surprises.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, Yeah, hopefully for us, you know, we
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  Speaker 5: hope to catch people by surprise. I think it'll show
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  Speaker 5: a lot of where we progressed, you know, especially live wise,
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  Speaker 5: We've tapped into, you know, the things that you know
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  Speaker 5: have worked for the man, you know, things that we
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  Speaker 5: wanted to expand on.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, it's a part of the journey. We're really
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  Speaker 1: really excited about it.
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  Speaker 5: And like Marcus stand it's the biggest thing that I
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  Speaker 5: love about it so far as highlighten our chemistry just
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  Speaker 5: like as musicians, as individuals and mosto together.
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  Speaker 1: So excited. Man.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, well, the last point of discussion is effect full
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  Speaker 4: of out of buys. I've also signed with ext Music
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  Speaker 4: since we spoke a lost so basically congratulations and welcome
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  Speaker 4: to the family.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: We we sort of had a few sort of chats
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  Speaker 2: over email and then he was conveniently an Ala a
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  Speaker 2: few months back and we sort of had a lunch
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  Speaker 2: together and we chatted and everything just just got along
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  Speaker 2: really well and it's just kind of developed from there.
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  Speaker 2: Tim Tim playing Smith, He's amazing. He's yeah, so much experience,
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  Speaker 2: so much knowledge in the industry. So we just feel
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  Speaker 2: safe and the good thing about being fixed music is
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  Speaker 2: they sort of keep us in check, you know, like that.
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  Speaker 3: Make sure you know. It's like sometimes it's very impatient.
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  Speaker 5: Shout out to him, like sometimes I'll wake him up
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  Speaker 5: in the morning. He's like me, do you know what
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  Speaker 5: time it is in Australia.
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  Speaker 1: He's very no, he's very no. He's amazing. We're super stoked.
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  Speaker 4: Don't let him take you out for dinner when you're here,
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  Speaker 4: because he takes this somewhere that you fed animal food
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  Speaker 4: and he passes it off as Chinese, just to fucking
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  Speaker 4: just to make a point.
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  Speaker 6: Guy's not playing very much your time. It's been a
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  Speaker 6: pleasure chatting up as always.
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  Speaker 4: Bull Ofard device here November twenty third and twenty ninth,
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  Speaker 4: the days to be announced. There will be more so
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  Speaker 4: keep an eye on next music and eying heavy, keep
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  Speaker 4: an eye full of ourd socials, and we'll see you
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  Speaker 4: in about four months.
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  Speaker 3: Guys. Okay, awesome.
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  Speaker 1: The infemost
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