Giants Of Science: Warfare Go.

Giants Of Science launch The History Of Warfare at The Zoo on Friday, the Sands Tavern, Maroochydore on Saturday and the Rose’n’Crown, Surfers Paradise on Sunday.

If you’d dragged yourself off to Livid this year and made it to the RNA in time for kick off, you’d have been fortunate enough to catch one of this shining lights of Australian rock opening up the main stages. There’s no doubt the local quartet impressed, and the band found themselves getting the day underway at the inaugural Sydney and Melbourne events.

“Livid was awesome,” Giants drummer Steve enthuses. “I think the Brisbane show was probably the highlight for me, because it was the home crowd and we had a few more friendly faces down the front. The crowds liked it in both Sydney and Melbourne as well.”

Which bands became your drinking buddies on the road?

"I had a big chat with Joey Biro from Superheist who turned out to be a big fan of what we do, and just a big fan of music in general. Every kind of music. It really surprised me. He was talking about how much he liked Something For Kate and John Butler and all these other bands. He was just a big fan of music in general.”

All music fans should have reason to rejoice this month as the Giants Of Science launch their long playing debut The History Of Warfare before heading out on the road for a fortnight of interstate gigs.

“There’s a single coming out around the same time as the album. It’s a double A-side with I’ve Tried and Super C, which are the first and last songs on the album.”

Why those two tracks? Do you thing they encapsulate what the album is about for you guys?

“In a way. We picked Super C because it’s the most accessible track. It’s not really the most Giants song, but it’s the most likely to be played on the radio. That’s actually a really really old song. It goes back to before we were the Giants, before Matt was even in the band. It was the last song we ever wrote in another band that was me, Ben and Ben and a couple of other guys.”

“I’ve Tried is just one of the people’s favourites. After shows people always seem to come away singing that song. It was recommended as a single by a few friends and what nots. Everyone seems to have their own favourites, so there could be a few more singles on the way.”

Radio airplay never seems to have been an issue in the Giants camp before. Triple J easily too to Complete This Progression from their Blueprint For Courageous Action debut, and they’ve made appearances on both the Livid 2002 compilation CD, and the soundtrack for Schoolies Week flick Blurred. However this time around the band has taken a step back from the sharper production of Blueprint for a fuzzier and dirtier sound.

“We just wanted to capture what we sounded like live,” Steve continues. “Keep the vocal effects to a minimum. There’s a few guitar overdubs, but basically what you hear is what you get when you see us live. It’s exactly what we wanted. It’s a bit more raw and a little grittier.”

Is it easier to record this way, or harder to capture your live sound?

“It’s a little bit of both, I guess. If you don’t like a certain part you can’t really go back and expand on it, but it’s quicker as well. We don’t have a lot of cash to throw around, so the less time in the studio the better.”