Have You Heard: Yaurout

Members/roles: We have Daniel Farley on bass duties, Billy McCulloch playing drums and I, James Spencer, on guitar. I also do some yelling and singing, with Billy in support.

How long have you been together? Farley and I have been jamming for around a year. We played Yaurout’s first show in April at New Globe Theatre, but Billy joined us in June and we just played our first show last week at the Prince Of Wales.

You’re on tour in the van – which band or artist is going to keep the most people happy

if we throw them on the stereo? Foo Fighters. Definitely Foo Fighters.

Which Brisbane bands before you have been an inspiration (musically or otherwise)? In terms of success, Violent Soho. That said, The Skinnie Finches have given me inspiration, and The Keepaways are really great. If it weren’t for that first Finches show – where people showed up to watch us play – we’d still just be making loud noise inside of a house.

What part do you think Brisbane plays in the music you make? Brisbane’s really exploding at the moment. Even though there’s a lot of indie dream pop music, a lot of alternate stuff is coming out of it and we’re loving that.

What reality TV show would you enter as a band and why? Family Feud – because it is Billy and Farley’s dream to play on that show. We wouldn’t even be disadvantaged with only three members on one team.

What’s in the pipeline for the band in the short term? We just want to play as many shows as we can. We really want to get our name out there so convincing just one person at any show to think, ‘I MUST see these guys play again’... that’s a win for us.