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Putting On A Show With TOM KIELY From PATIENT SIXTY-SEVEN · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: So my name's Tom Kylie. I'm the vocalist of Patient
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  Speaker 1: sixty seven. Yeah, we're a medical band from from Perth, Australia,
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  Speaker 1: and we're lucky enough to be opening for Mice and
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  Speaker 1: Men and Crystal Wake on their Australian tour in May,
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  Speaker 1: which is very exciting.
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  Speaker 2: Fantastic Tom, thanks for joining us today.
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  Speaker 1: It's great to be here. Thank you for thank you
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  Speaker 1: for chatting to us on this good Friday. It's a
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  Speaker 1: great Friday, Great Friday.
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  Speaker 2: Mae.
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  Speaker 3: Moday hasn't been to my place yet, but I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to hijack him on the way past.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully.
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  Speaker 4: Good plan. Good plan.
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  Speaker 3: So, as you say, Patient sixty seven hit the road
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  Speaker 3: next month for a run of shows with Mice and
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  Speaker 3: Men and Crystal Lake, starting in Perth on May the
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  Speaker 3: fifth and in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, finishing in Brizee on
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  Speaker 3: May the tenth, not too far away.
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  Speaker 2: Rather than you're packed and ready to.
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  Speaker 1: Gay, Yeah, well, I think I think we've been doing
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  Speaker 1: a lot of planning over the last couple of weeks,
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  Speaker 1: you know, not just getting ready for the shows, but
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  Speaker 1: also just logistically, you know, making sure where we're all organized.
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  Speaker 4: And yeah, it's it's hard.
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  Speaker 1: It's you know, sort of a pitch pitch ourselves sort
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  Speaker 1: of tour in a lot of ways. You know, we've
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  Speaker 1: we've always loved you know and listened to a Mice
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  Speaker 1: and Men and you know, just to get the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to be a part of a tool out this is
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  Speaker 1: is just incredibly humbling and yeah, we can't wait. We're
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  Speaker 1: counting down the day, so bring it.
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  Speaker 2: On, Mantassic.
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  Speaker 3: And you guys are no strangers to international supports, for
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  Speaker 3: you've done a few over the years, but this one's
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  Speaker 3: got to be pretty special made.
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  Speaker 2: It's got to be up there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah absolutely. I mean we've been we've been lucky enough
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  Speaker 1: over the over the journey to support some pretty incredible artists,
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  Speaker 1: both both Australian bands and some internationals as well. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: definitely this is the this is the first time we've
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  Speaker 1: joined an international band on a full Australian tour, So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's definitely a step.
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  Speaker 4: Forward for us.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, we're just trying to take the opportunity with
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  Speaker 1: both hands. And you know, for anyone who does come
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  Speaker 1: out to the shows a little bit earlier, I know,
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  Speaker 1: if Mice and Men have a have a great presence
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  Speaker 1: in Australia. They have a great fan base you know,
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  Speaker 1: across the world, but in Australia. I know their shows
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  Speaker 1: here do really well. So if anyone who does come early,
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  Speaker 1: we're just excited to get the chance to play for
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  Speaker 1: those people and hopefully introduce a few new people to
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  Speaker 1: our band, which is you know what it's all about,
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  Speaker 1: so can't wait.
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  Speaker 3: Also, where do you think you actually fit into the
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  Speaker 3: sonic package of the three bands made?
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  Speaker 2: Like what's what's Space sixty seven got by you?
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  Speaker 4: Thank Yeah, it's a great question, Chris. I think I
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  Speaker 4: think you know.
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  Speaker 1: What we do is we definitely have elements of the
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  Speaker 1: heavier side of metalcore, which you know both bands, but
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  Speaker 1: both bands certainly do. But I think it's that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's an Australian sort of twist on the metal core sound,
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  Speaker 1: which I think people really love. We've got the we've
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  Speaker 1: got the you know, big riffs, and then we've got
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  Speaker 1: the you know, the breakdowns, and I think just as
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  Speaker 1: well being able to bring in that that mix of
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  Speaker 1: melodic and heavy, which I think, you know, this tour
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  Speaker 1: does really really well.
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  Speaker 4: I think we're going to compliment both bands nicely, and
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  Speaker 4: you know, get to hear.
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  Speaker 1: You know, for a lot of people, they might hopefully
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  Speaker 1: or might not have heard of us before, so you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's an introduction to our band and some of the
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  Speaker 1: sort of Australian Australian at acre which you know, I
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  Speaker 1: think anyone who goes to shows regularly in Australia knows
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  Speaker 1: that it's something that our country is very good at
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  Speaker 1: is bringing you know, good heavy music to people. So
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  Speaker 1: we're just happy to be a part of something like that.
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  Speaker 3: So what sort of attitude do you hit the stage
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  Speaker 3: with a big supports on this made Like, do you
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  Speaker 3: just go out there and do your job to warm
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  Speaker 3: up the crowd or do you go out there with
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  Speaker 3: the attitude that you're going to bury fucking internationals and sharp?
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  Speaker 4: What do you got?
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  Speaker 2: Like, what's the sort of mindset?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, a good question as well.
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  Speaker 1: I think, you know, I think for us, we just
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  Speaker 1: want to want to be ourselves. I think obviously we
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  Speaker 1: want to make sure that we bring a high level
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  Speaker 1: of energy and intensity because we know that you know,
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  Speaker 1: ultimately our role on the tour is to get the
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  Speaker 1: crowd warmed up, to get the crowd moving, to get
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  Speaker 1: the crowd excited for the bands that are coming after us,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, by doing that it sort of leands
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  Speaker 1: nicely into what we like to sort of do anyway,
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  Speaker 1: which is, yeah, play with a lot of energy, get
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  Speaker 1: the crowd involved, me very interactive, you know, and try
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  Speaker 1: and bring that sort of spark to the stage.
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  Speaker 4: And then you know, after.
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  Speaker 1: Our sets finished, hopefully people are even more excited for
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  Speaker 1: the for the next few bands. So by the time
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  Speaker 1: and you know, opening it's always tricky because you you know,
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  Speaker 1: the crowd's definitely the most a lot of the times,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's still getting warmed up, maybe not moving
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  Speaker 1: as much. So it's our job to sort of to
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  Speaker 1: sort of shake off any cobwebs people have had if
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  Speaker 1: they haven't been to a show in a while. You know,
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  Speaker 1: what can we sort of do to get people banging
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  Speaker 1: their heads, you know, maybe getting a mosh bit going.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, we find a lot of the times
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  Speaker 1: it shows once you start talking to the crowd and
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  Speaker 1: interacting with them, you know, there's not a lot of
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  Speaker 1: you know, there's there's a lot of people who are
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  Speaker 1: ready to ready to get moving. Yeah, if we can
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  Speaker 1: get a few mosh pits going, that'll be that'll be
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  Speaker 1: a highlight for sure ly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Now, say someone's come along and they haven't even heard
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  Speaker 3: of Patient sixty seven before, mate, Like, what three songs
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  Speaker 3: in your should they listen to before they come?
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  Speaker 2: So they got to idea what to expect.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, this is this is good.
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  Speaker 1: I like I like the question because we we think
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  Speaker 1: we have We're pretty fortunate in a sense.
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  Speaker 4: We have a pretty sort of growing catalog.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we've released an album and a bunch of EPs,
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  Speaker 1: some collaborations and things like that. I think would say, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: listen to probably our songs. Added I think that's a
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  Speaker 1: really good starting point because it does blend that sort
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  Speaker 1: of heaviness with the with the melodic side of things.
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  Speaker 1: If they're after something a little bit heavier, I'd say
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  Speaker 1: check out our songs shed My Skin, because that's just
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  Speaker 1: both of the wall heavy, And then I'd probably say.
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  Speaker 4: Our newer song Barricade.
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  Speaker 1: It sort of leads into a little bit more of
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  Speaker 1: the I don't want to say softer side, but definitely
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more of the a little bit more.
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  Speaker 4: Of the melodic elements that our band can bring.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's got a sort of an electronicy sort
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  Speaker 1: of feel, you know, big chorus and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, i'd say probably Scattered, shed my Skin and Barricade,
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  Speaker 1: and you know we'll be playing all three of those
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  Speaker 1: on the tour as well, So.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, a good chance for people who want to know
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  Speaker 4: when the.
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  Speaker 1: When the big breakdowns are coming and when the when
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  Speaker 1: the mosh callout is going to be happening.
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  Speaker 4: There are three songs they can they can get around
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  Speaker 4: for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Now, what do you do in a support like this,
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  Speaker 3: bro Like, as you say, you've got a fair few
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  Speaker 3: songs to draw on and you probably haven't got that
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  Speaker 3: big a settlers, So do you tell the setlist to
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  Speaker 3: sort of try and fit in with the other bands
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  Speaker 3: and what you think the crowd like, or do you
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  Speaker 3: go out there and play. You put your best foot
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  Speaker 3: forward to play all your best tunes and hope people
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  Speaker 3: like them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I think we definitely have tailored this set to to
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  Speaker 1: what we feel will be a good opening sort of
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  Speaker 1: set of songs.
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  Speaker 4: Knowing I mean, we'll be doing.
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  Speaker 1: Headliner later in the year and the setlist for that
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  Speaker 1: will look different because we are going to cover a
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  Speaker 1: bit more so ground, whereas a set like this, where
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  Speaker 1: it might be a little bit shorter but it really
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  Speaker 1: gives you an opportunity just to pick songs that you
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  Speaker 1: think are gonna are going to serve serve the crowd
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  Speaker 1: in terms of, yeah, bring that real big energy from
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  Speaker 1: start to finish.
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  Speaker 4: So I think we do keep that.
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  Speaker 1: In mind, you know, because we know that we we
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  Speaker 1: also want to introduce people to the band as well,
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  Speaker 1: So we want to pick songs that we think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: have have done well in the past, but also songs
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  Speaker 1: that translate really well live, you know, as an opening act.
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  Speaker 1: So that's definitely at the front of our mind and
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  Speaker 1: how we've built the set list, and yeah, it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be it's gonna be a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 3: Now, I hope I've done my research probably here mate,
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  Speaker 3: And what I can tell your most recent single, The End,
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  Speaker 3: came out in October last Yeah, yeah, was at the
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  Speaker 3: start of a new album cycle or was it finishing
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  Speaker 3: the last one?
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  Speaker 4: This is a great question and we haven't had the
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  Speaker 4: chance to speak on this yet. So The End. So
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  Speaker 4: we did three single what we technically we did four
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  Speaker 4: because we did.
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  Speaker 1: The Deluxe at the start of last year which had
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  Speaker 1: our song impaired on there. Then we did three standalone
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  Speaker 1: singles which was Barricade, phil a Life two in the end. Now,
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  Speaker 1: none of those are going to be part of the
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  Speaker 1: new album we're working on. We're working on a brand
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  Speaker 1: new album at the moment. The band's been in and
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  Speaker 1: out of Melbourne the last couple of months recording and
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  Speaker 1: we'll continue to be doing that, some of it here,
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  Speaker 1: some of it over eased, so we'll be doing a
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  Speaker 1: brand new album, all completely unreleased songs that people haven't heard,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll be playing one of those new songs on
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  Speaker 1: the tour, so for people who haven't had the chance
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  Speaker 1: to hear us before, they'll get a taste of some
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  Speaker 1: new music, which is really exciting. So yeah, the end
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  Speaker 1: was sort of, I guess, sort of the end of
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  Speaker 1: an era for the band a lot of ways as
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  Speaker 1: we sort of look forward to what's next in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six and beyond. So there were three stand alone
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  Speaker 1: so it was ones where we're really proud of. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: a brand new we're working on a brand new record
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  Speaker 1: at the moment.
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  Speaker 3: And as you say, like at the end, was the
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  Speaker 3: end of an era in some respects, but h your
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  Speaker 3: press release says that the new music HOWLDS has started
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  Speaker 3: a new era so can you elaborate on that a
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  Speaker 3: bitch for us?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so, I think I think when we when we
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  Speaker 1: released Barricade and we started that sort of run of singles,
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  Speaker 1: we weren't really sure what direction the band was taking
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  Speaker 1: at that point. We weren't one hundred percent sure how
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  Speaker 1: that would look, you know, in twenty twenty six and beyond.
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  Speaker 1: I mean to be honest, at the time of Barricade
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  Speaker 1: coming out and even writing that press release, I didn't
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  Speaker 1: even know if I had another album, Like, I didn't
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  Speaker 1: know what the future held. And you know, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of stuff's happened in our personal lives, good things, but
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  Speaker 1: obviously there's been some ups and downs in my personal
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  Speaker 1: life over the last twelve what probably eighteen months, I
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  Speaker 1: want to say, and I wasn't sure whether the band
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  Speaker 1: would would get another leased on life. And then you know,
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  Speaker 1: it was sort of late last year where things started
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  Speaker 1: to sort of click for me and the band and
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  Speaker 1: it was clear that we still had another record in
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  Speaker 1: us and we weren't We wanted to keep going and
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  Speaker 1: keep progressing, and you know, we're so thankful that a
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  Speaker 1: tool like this has opened up for us, because it
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  Speaker 1: really has just given us the you know, the motivation
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  Speaker 1: and the you know, the drive to really continue to grow.
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  Speaker 1: You know, being in a band's heart, it takes a
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  Speaker 1: lot of work. I don't need to tell you that, Chris.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's it's challenging. But yeah, but but realistically we
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  Speaker 1: said that, you know, we've still got a lot to give,
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  Speaker 1: We've got a lot of heart in this band. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so the End and those other two singles were sort
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  Speaker 1: of you know, a short a short lived era for
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  Speaker 1: the band in the sense of we weren't sure at
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  Speaker 1: that point where we were going.
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  Speaker 4: But now now going forward, I have no doubt.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we're going to have another another record, another full
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  Speaker 1: length album, all things being equal, that will be working
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  Speaker 1: on and it'll be a brand new sound for the
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  Speaker 1: band and something that will lead nicely off the back
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  Speaker 1: of this tour.
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  Speaker 4: So bring it on.
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  Speaker 3: So musically, is that what fans would expect from Pat
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  Speaker 3: sixty seventy, isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: I think Look, I personally think that this is like
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  Speaker 1: a just the more polished, more modern.
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  Speaker 4: Version of the band.
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  Speaker 1: I think we've really tried to with these new songs
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  Speaker 1: and the sort of people get to hear a taste
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  Speaker 1: of it, on the tour, but.
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  Speaker 4: We've really just tried to step everything up.
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  Speaker 1: I felt like we got probably a little bit relaxed
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  Speaker 1: after the album came out. I mean only in the
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  Speaker 1: sense of we were just we just kept doing single
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  Speaker 1: after single after single. Because it's a content heavy world, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, your band's always having to be busy. It
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  Speaker 1: sort of speaks to the to the pressures, even at
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  Speaker 1: more of a local level, to constantly have songs in
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  Speaker 1: the works and coming out, and it is quite stressful
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  Speaker 1: because if you sort of take your foot off the pedal,
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  Speaker 1: you can sort.
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  Speaker 4: Of feel like you're running behind. But with these new songs,
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  Speaker 4: we really are.
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  Speaker 1: Taking the time to map everything out, start to finish,
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  Speaker 1: create a really cohesive record. It's still very very it's
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  Speaker 1: still got some very very heavy elements. It's got, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'll be doing all vocals on the new record, which
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  Speaker 1: is the first time that's happened. I'm incredibly excited about
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  Speaker 1: that because I've been able to really, you.
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  Speaker 4: Know, hone in on my writing process and tell the
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  Speaker 4: stories I want to tell. There's some great features on
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  Speaker 4: that album as well, and it's.
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  Speaker 1: Just going to be Yeah, Page sixty seven I think
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  Speaker 1: as best as we've ever sounded. But we're not going
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  Speaker 1: to be straying, you know, incredibly too far from what
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  Speaker 1: people know. I think, you know, if anything, you know,
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  Speaker 1: people like things like riffs, breakdowns, and choruses.
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  Speaker 4: I think we're bringing that, you know, the best way
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  Speaker 4: that we ever have.
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  Speaker 3: Fantastic Now the ogwised mentor finishes up on the sense
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  Speaker 3: of Maybro. So what's the rest of twenty twenty six
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  Speaker 3: moving forward look like?
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  Speaker 1: For Yeah, it's it's a great question because I think
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  Speaker 1: I think ultimately there's a couple of things, like like
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  Speaker 1: I said, where we've got some headliner dates plans closer
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  Speaker 1: to the middle of the year, and then you know
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  Speaker 1: after that where you know, our heads are going to
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  Speaker 1: be down working on this record for sure, but we're
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  Speaker 1: certainly open to any other opportunities.
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  Speaker 4: That come up. We're still very much.
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  Speaker 1: Looking at America and what international touring might look like.
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  Speaker 1: We're doing a lot of work in the background on
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  Speaker 1: getting ourselves ready for an opportunity like that, really planning
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  Speaker 1: it out, making sure we have all the puzzle pieces
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  Speaker 1: set because you know, I mean, I feel like we've
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  Speaker 1: seen more and more of it now where bands are
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  Speaker 1: like going international and that it's very hard to get
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  Speaker 1: visas and things like that. That's very real, and I
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  Speaker 1: think we're one of the I was very like vocal
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  Speaker 1: about that when it happened, because I feel like people
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  Speaker 1: don't necessarily understand the mechanics. But we are really planning
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  Speaker 1: that forward and looking and looking forward to what that
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  Speaker 1: might look like next year potentially for some international touring,
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  Speaker 1: but for this year, it's going to be all about
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  Speaker 1: this new record, and you know, any touring opportunities along
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  Speaker 1: the way we're certainly going to be open to. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's been a it's been a massive year already for
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  Speaker 1: us with Froth and Fury, you know, working on the
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  Speaker 1: new record and this to us, so everything else that
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  Speaker 1: comes after that's going to be Yeah, it's it's just
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be a defining year for the band.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like fantastic toim what thanks very much for
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  Speaker 2: your time.
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  Speaker 3: Rason Mentor with Crystal Lake kicks off in per I
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  Speaker 3: made the fifth and hits all the capital cities, So
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  Speaker 3: best of luck with a brother and I see it
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  Speaker 3: the Brisbane show.
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  Speaker 4: Kwait Chris, thank you so much.