Dick Diver On Avoiding Second Album Syndrome

Creating a second album can be a daunting process for an artist, but not for indie quartet Dick Diver, with co-frontman Rupert Edwards surprised he didn't feel any added pressure while making Calendar Days.

“Funnily enough not, and I would have thought that I'd definitely be feeling some pressure,” he muses. “But at the same time it's not like the first record sold millions of copies or anything – it did well in its own way, which is really nice, but I didn't really think about it at all and I'm a pretty self-conscious person. I don't know how I pulled that off. Maybe we were just drunk the whole time.”

The Melbourne band probably uncovered the key ingredient to avoiding the stress of expectation and it's a very simple one - having fun.

“We're really happy with it. It was heaps of fun to make, and listening to it now – we got the test pressing back yesterday – reminds me of recording it, because that was heaps of fun.”

Edwards continued, adding that the band's chemistry has grown at a natural rate.

“I guess we've got to know each other more over the years, and recording the album itself was heaps of fun – we have a lot of fun together. It's sort of just developed very naturally, and I think that probably comes through in the recording. I can't be objective about it obviously, but I imagine it comes out in some way. I think it's just a happy accident – it's really nice – and we're kind of all on the same page. We don't really argue much about what we're doing, we just all do it and usually talk about something else altogether.”

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