How Things Fell Into Place For Ivey

Gold Coast indies Ivey didn't always trade in shimmery, east coast guitar-pop. According to guitarist and vocalist Lachlan McGuffie the "band originally began as a garage-rock outfit in 2010 with myself, my brother Matthew McGuffie and neighbour Dante Martin". Skip to 2013 though, when vocalist Millie Perks joined the roster, and "the band then became Ivey, and we started writing original music together, and we have not stopped since".

The result is a growing collection of increasingly catchy grooves. Their latest single, All Things Good, was recorded "in Airlock [Studios] with Konstantin Kersting", says McGuffie. "We'd met Kon a few times around the Brisbane music scene, and also through supporting his band, The Belligerents. It all kind of fell into place, we all worked really well together, and it was a very easy, relaxed studio session."

Can we look forward to more pop gems from these sessions in the near future? "This will be a standalone track," shares McGuffie. "We are compiling a lot of songs at the moment, and we wanted to release one of them while we are sorting out the next EP. Currently we have enough songs to easily release two EPs, but we're trying to take our time."

Ready access to sun 'n' surf probably doesn't hurt, but by their own admission the young band's refreshingly patient, almost Zen approach stems from their connection with each other. "It'd be hard to find a time when things aren't working," says McGuffie. "I mean, Matt and I are brothers, Dante is our next door neighbour and best mate of 12 years and Millie is like our little sister. Everything just seems to click, funnily enough."