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CATPISS: Questionable Name, Great Band, Big Opportunities · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: I'm good. How are you, Jacob?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's good. That's good. Welcome to Heavy Mag.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for having us on.
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  Speaker 1: That's good. It's good.
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  Speaker 3: So you're from the band Cat Piss, which, what a title.
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  Speaker 3: I've got to ask, before we start, first of all,
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  Speaker 3: welcome to Heavy Mag and the good listeners here.
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  Speaker 1: Where the hell did you get that name from?
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  Speaker 2: Our drummer kind of came up with it. He was
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  Speaker 2: like looking through those memes on Facebook, just like, you're
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  Speaker 2: dating this guy and he has this list of stupid
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  Speaker 2: band names and he came up with it from something
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  Speaker 2: like that.
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  Speaker 3: Band name generators are quite funny, actually. If you put
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  Speaker 3: some random stuff, that's cool. Well, it's certainly one for
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  Speaker 3: conversation topic and you don't.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Grandma definitely doesn't like.
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  Speaker 3: It, but my grandma's aren't supposed to like it.
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  Speaker 1: It's shock value. So you guys are on the bill
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  Speaker 1: for Big Sound, which is pretty huge.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's massive. I can't believe that we got through
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  Speaker 2: for it really, but it's an awesome opportunity and we're
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  Speaker 2: very grateful that we've been given it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, for sure. And whereabouts are you guys located?
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  Speaker 2: In Newcastle, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, okay. So you're from there. And what's the scene
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  Speaker 1: like down there for yourselves been? Is it getting good traction?
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  Speaker 1: Obviously someone's listened to you and liked what they heard.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Newcastle's honestly the best for it. It's all a
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  Speaker 2: tight-knit community and it doesn't matter. You can have mixed
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  Speaker 2: bills with heaps of different genres and everyone just comes
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  Speaker 2: and gets around and it's awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, that's so refreshing to hear. Yeah, it's a great community.
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  Speaker 3: Like you say, it's, you know, everyone sort of gets
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  Speaker 3: along and supports the locals, which is.
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  Speaker 1: What we need more of.
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  Speaker 3: And opportunities like Big Sound, which is providing that platform
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  Speaker 3: for a lot of up-and-comings, which is so, so good.
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  Speaker 3: So is it the first time you guys would have
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  Speaker 3: played in Brisbane land, as we call it?
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  Speaker 2: We have played in Brisbane, I think, once before when
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  Speaker 2: we went on a little regional tour.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. Mini tours are good. They're fun. Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Awesome.
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  Speaker 3: So what's the history of Cat Pist up until now?
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  Speaker 3: How long have you guys been doing your thing? And
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  Speaker 3: give us the background, all the good dates.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's about four years now we've been together.
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  Speaker 2: And our singer Heath has always been really into music.
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  Speaker 2: And a few of us play in a different band.
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  Speaker 2: And for his 21st, we all got together and He
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  Speaker 2: wanted to do like a live karaoke night sort of thing.
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  Speaker 2: So he jumped on with another band and then he
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  Speaker 2: was like, let's start a band. And then, yeah, just.
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  Speaker 1: You guys love karaoke. The youngins love it.
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  Speaker 2: It's a mega resurgence.
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  Speaker 1: I know. Oh, that's cool. So four years and a
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  Speaker 1: few other bands and here you are. Have you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we just started jamming and writing funky songs. Like
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  Speaker 2: our first EP was just all straight. punk rock and
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  Speaker 2: roll stuff that was easy and fun to play.
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  Speaker 3: And yeah yeah it's.
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  Speaker 2: Always been about the energy for us like we get
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  Speaker 2: on stage to have fun and we look like we're
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  Speaker 2: having fun so i love that gets behind it as well.
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  Speaker 3: That's so awesome because i mean there are great bands
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  Speaker 3: out there and the music is good but they just
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  Speaker 3: bore me like they're just like there's Dude, like I get,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you've got to concentrate, but yeah, I think
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  Speaker 3: that's so important, you know, especially if you're up and
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  Speaker 3: coming is that, you know, that crowd engagement. And if
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  Speaker 3: you're up there doing anything, having a ripping good time,
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  Speaker 3: then it just, it feeds, the audience feed off it.
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  Speaker 1: It's so good.
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  Speaker 3: I think, yeah, I think that's, I mean, obviously the
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  Speaker 3: music's good, but yeah, if you don't quite have that
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  Speaker 3: other factor, you know, you can sometimes fizzle out, which, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And who doesn't love a good punk band? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Getting messy up the front no that's awesome so um
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  Speaker 3: so that's how you describe your style is punk alt rock.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah I think our first EP was definitely more on
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  Speaker 2: the punk side and we're still based in punk but
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  Speaker 2: we are leaning more into the heavier side of things
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  Speaker 2: now with some hardcore influences and things but Yeah. I
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  Speaker 2: definitely still classify us as a punk band. Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And we don't need to get technical about it.
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  Speaker 2: There's a million different words you can throw to explain things.
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  Speaker 1: The studio is what we say. No, that's always, it's funny.
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  Speaker 3: Cause you see a lot of your bands start off,
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  Speaker 3: you know, some of the early stuff is like really
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  Speaker 3: heavy and quite different to where they usually land. And it's,
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  Speaker 3: it's nice to say, you know, that punk is, you
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  Speaker 3: know firmly set where you're like we'll just start start
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  Speaker 3: right here yeah it's good it's good so um so
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  Speaker 3: you said you got an ep out which is just
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  Speaker 3: kind of how long ago do you guys put that
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  Speaker 3: one out.
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  Speaker 2: Um that was 2022 i believe or 21 that was
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  Speaker 2: blood sweat and beers and then we released.
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  Speaker 3: I like it i'm like i'd be keen to see
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  Speaker 3: you guys play actually it sounds like it would be
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  Speaker 3: a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 2: And then we did an album last year, Taste the Piss.
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  Speaker 1: I love it.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if you've got a promoter or a manager,
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  Speaker 3: but you guys are all over that marketing shit.
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  Speaker 1: Like, that's so good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've seen Heath and Dylan are the two most
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  Speaker 2: active in promoting and knowing all the right things to do. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they're all just so keen on it. And we all are,
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  Speaker 2: but they put in the effort to go the extra
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  Speaker 2: mile to do it all.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, that's awesome.
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  Speaker 3: And these days, unfortunately, you know, like it or not,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that's where it is promoting is being on
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  Speaker 3: the socials and just, you know, you've got to back yourself.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you've always had to anyway, but I think,
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  Speaker 3: you know, given the space that we've got and so
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  Speaker 3: much opportunity and it's very much an independent, you know,
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  Speaker 3: field and there's no one set pathway to success anymore,
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  Speaker 3: which is great. But if you're not doing that and
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  Speaker 3: backing yourself and just pushing it all out as much
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  Speaker 3: as you can, you may as well just hang your
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  Speaker 3: boots up and stick to the garage, you know?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So I think, I know about yourselves, but I definitely
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  Speaker 3: think that's, you know, got a lot to do with
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  Speaker 3: you know, who gets the traction and who doesn't because,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we all know that you're only as good
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  Speaker 3: as your marketing manager.
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  Speaker 1: Or your record label. How much do you want to
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  Speaker 1: spend on you? And, yeah, you can do it yourself
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  Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Like, that's awesome. Yeah, awesome.
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  Speaker 3: And so have you found, like, that's your response been
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  Speaker 3: so far has been quite obviously, you know, healthy on
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  Speaker 3: the socials and tracking how that goes?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the socials definitely is good to track it a
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  Speaker 2: little bit but mainly just talking to people at our
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  Speaker 2: live shows because we play pretty often. Yeah, that's so good.
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  Speaker 2: Our singer has the gift of the gab and he
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  Speaker 2: always just talks to everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So who are you hoping to see yourselves when you
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  Speaker 3: get up to big sound?
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  Speaker 2: We have a bit of a list between us, but yeah,
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  Speaker 2: DC Maxwell is cool. I've seen some things on socials
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  Speaker 2: from him. Yeah, cool. And Stimpies and Kiz.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And Low as well. They're more of a heavy band.
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  Speaker 2: So we're going to align with them a bit, I think. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I actually interviewed, I think it was Luca last week.
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  Speaker 1: So keen to see them. Yeah. Actually, there's a few people.
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  Speaker 1: the lineup that are keen.
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  Speaker 3: To see low so the stuff is pretty good it's
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  Speaker 3: pretty heavy yeah um no that's awesome yeah no it's
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  Speaker 3: definitely a big sound it's it's a great event and
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  Speaker 3: it's so good to see it happening again obviously for
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  Speaker 3: this year and it gets yourself gives you guys that
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  Speaker 3: whole you know a week's full of showcasing up and
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  Speaker 3: coming live music which is we need more of that
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  Speaker 3: stuff happening it's um it's the best and good for
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  Speaker 3: venues too because obviously you know it goes hand in
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  Speaker 3: hand when you've got venues that are shutting down it
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  Speaker 3: doesn't leave you know a lot of places to play
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  Speaker 3: um play live music so it's um certainly been well
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  Speaker 3: received and again and a great great opportunity for yourselves
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  Speaker 3: and many upcoming and heading off he's going to stay
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  Speaker 3: for the full week or you just.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah absolutely yeah we're going to get amongst it and
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  Speaker 2: try and wear ourselves out doing absolutely so awesome see.
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  Speaker 3: You guys in action and yeah it's um so anything
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  Speaker 3: else that you've got um on the rest of the rest.
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  Speaker 2: Of the year uh we have been working on some
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  Speaker 2: new music just a few singles that we've been trying
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  Speaker 2: to pump out and get some more things going.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And are you signed to a label or are
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  Speaker 1: you just independent?
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  Speaker 2: We're all just independent. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Our producer is a good friend of the band that
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  Speaker 2: plays in other bands as well. And he's like a
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  Speaker 2: godsend to us. Like he just knows exactly what we
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  Speaker 2: want without us having to tell him.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. That's so good.
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  Speaker 2: Writing music with him, helping us has always been like,
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  Speaker 2: when you go into a studio with a song.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Transforms into something different.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Awesome. Well, hopefully you might, you never know, you
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  Speaker 1: might get picked up by someone.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, if not, you know, I think the
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  Speaker 3: indie opportunity is, you know, it's definitely so doable these
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  Speaker 3: days and it's really encouraging for anyone who wants to
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  Speaker 3: be inspired. Definitely take a page out of these guys' books,
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  Speaker 3: you know. And yeah, well, we love new music here
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  Speaker 3: at Heavy as well, you know, especially Aussie, local Aussie
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  Speaker 3: music and happy to our give you guys a big
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  Speaker 3: boost in the social world and the heavy music listeners.
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  Speaker 3: So give them a listen. What's the name of your latest?
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  Speaker 3: Taste the Piss.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Taste the Piss is our latest one, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And is that available on all platforms?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, all platforms. And we have vinyl and everything still available.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, nice.
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  Speaker 2: Go to the socials and find it all there.
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  Speaker 1: We love the vinyl. Yeah. Love that resurgence. Good sound system, vinyl.
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  Speaker 1: Steph's kiss. The best.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we've got a big show coming up
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the year as well that we
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  Speaker 2: try to put together.
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  Speaker 3: It's talking to another band in that area, and I
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  Speaker 3: think they were doing one similar to that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think other bands do it that we normally
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  Speaker 2: hop on, but we do our own called Piss Fest,
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  Speaker 2: and we just get all of our mates on to play.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. All right. We may be in touch
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  Speaker 1: again because that shit's– that's the goods. I love it.
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  Speaker 1: That's so cool.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you've been an absolute genuine pleasure to chat with, Jacob,
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  Speaker 3: and it's been– been good times and i'm really keen
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  Speaker 3: to see more from yourselves and uh bring on big
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  Speaker 3: sound in brisneyland and uh yeah let's go yeah let's
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  Speaker 3: party on for a few days not quite a week yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I reckon we'll be spent after that so it's probably
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  Speaker 2: a good.
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  Speaker 3: Amount of time yeah yeah get amongst it get rowdy
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  Speaker 3: go home and sleep awesome will you take care and
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  Speaker 3: we'll definitely see you in the next few weeks