The Good Breaks And Lulls Of Rock’n’Roll

“We’ve created a good formula here in Australia by just getting out there and playing and playing and playing, so we’re going to take a similar approach over there. I used to live over in Europe and although I wasn’t playing in a band at the time, I know how big it is and how many cities there are.”

Before that, though, there’s some unfinished business to wrap up here. King Of The North are one of the headliners for Mojo Burning, a two-day festival in Fortitude Valley sure to be popular with anyone who’s got a love of guitar-based, heavy rock’n’roll.

“There are so many bands playing on the bill that we want to hang around and catch the whole festival,” Higgs admits. With bands travelling from Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide joining up with a significant contingent of local Brisbane bands, it’ll no doubt be a love-in of immense proportions.

“We’re really pumped about Mojo Burning because we are going to be put in front of a whole new bunch of people, and that’s what King Of The North thrives on – being put in a situation where nobody knows us and we can fuck with their expectations... We get to just do our thing and get to watch their jaws drop.”

It’s an approach King Of The North will take with them to Europe on their inevitable maiden tour later in the year. “The record (Sound The Underground, released in Australia last year) comes out over there in late April, and there’ll be the whole media thing when it gets released. It will take a bit of time to generate some hype, but once we’re there, we’re going to just play, play, play.”

And while it’s a little daunting to work with a label after doing so much independently here in Australia, there really isn’t any alternative. “One, we’re not on the ground there. Two, we don’t speak the language, and three, we don’t really know how they operate over there. So to have someone over there batting in our corner I think is essential in a place like that.”