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"Penglis attributes their high energy to excitement, not illicit substances."

“The last album was just crazy, non-stop party the whole way through, but this album has more of those reflective moments – it’s more of this storytelling-type journey"

“I’m from California and I’m deep in Florida, and there’s all these bikers around me. Dudes have their hands on buck knives. What did I get myself into?” If life is a direct imitation of art, then Trash Talk embody the notion with brutal authority. Reflecting on past scenarios, it’s apparent touring recollections seem to centre on situations, which contain the same intensity, and strength the band’s music is renowned for delivering. It’s immediately refreshing talking to the boys from Cali. Trash Talk are simply sincere and forthright. The music is innovative and the words precise. This time it’s almost a state of anonymity for the group. While the music is loud, the visit is inconspicuous. In Melbourne for a secret show as part of Converse’s Cons Project Melbourne, Killyourstereo.com chatted to trio – Lee Spielman, Spencer Pollard and Garrett Stevenson – about all things Trash Talk. It’s a dual purpose. A converted warehouse in the CDB now plays host to a cavernous decked out s...

"I often joke with people that I only ever have had one idea, and that I’ve been running with it this whole time"

“Big and old. It’s hard to explain, obviously.”

"We were always a bunch of drunks anyway, but there was some really heavy drinking with guys going on benders and missing gigs"

“The records that I’ve been making haven’t so much been acoustic – they’ve been quiet”

“I’ve been kind of – fairly or unfairly, I’m not sure – put into the sort of bluesier category”

“I find it absolutely liberating – maybe it’s even a form of therapy"

"I love house music, I love all music, but I definitely feel a part of a new generation.”

"The whole thing about us not picking one genre, it’s not like a conscious thing."

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