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“Sonically, they were very playful and there was a lot of our youth evident in the sound that we were making..."

"We played in Adelaide after our first EP and I had a young girl come up to me and say that our first EP got her through her tour of Afghanistan. To me that’s fame…"

"I’d pretty much completely run out of money, so I was staying with a friend in this tiny little attic that she lived in over there. I obviously didn’t stay in Paris too long."

"I’m super heavily inspired by guys like Sampology and DJ Yoda overseas. I definitely think Sampology has paved the way for me and a lot of other guys around the world to really get their head around what’s possible."

"The inspiration for it was always friendship. I think for me – and for all the guys in the band, really, but especially for me – that’s something that I always dreamed of having."

CSS are getting ready to rock the Harvest Festival stage this year and we caught up with them before they fly on down.

"Timberlake’s recent clip for 'Tunnel Vision' is the most obvious case of titillation for titilation’s sake since Rihanna deep throated a banana."

"Though our second CD was a little darker, by the end of the CD it was still a positive record because it was about dealing with negativity in a way to remain positive."

"I remember when we wrote [opening track] Glad You Asked, we were having a discussion about the difference it can make in a person’s day by somebody just kind of doing small acts of kindness."

"We’re a young band still and we didn’t want to put up twelve songs all at once for them to get lost. We wanted to get the most out of every song."

"Now, we’re ourselves, but we can express more through the animation, as a delivery format. Everyone’s got their take on it! It’s just rock’n’roll."

"It’s a less sprawling album than the last one – I think the longest track is only ten minutes long."