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"We’ve been around for about three years at this point, and we’d played Queensland so many times that we really wanted to take our music to some other people, and also we released the CD last September."

"We want to write songs that we want to listen to, because ultimately you’re in a band because you want to write the songs, and if you don’t like the songs you’re writing, why would you expect anyone else to?"

"I would just say that it’s just about four dudes tryin’ to write music that they enjoy and having fun with it – that’s really all we’ve ever been about."

"I’ve got some other projects I’m keen to work on in the next few years, but for now I’m going full steam ahead with Philly Blunt and Black & Blunt music, heaps more graphic design work and some bigger and better events."

"The vocalist [Winston McCall] is a huge inspiration of mine; I’ve listened to Parkway Drive for years now, they’re a great band – love those guys."

"It’s a much better set, in my opinion. It just has a bit more snap. We’re playing some dance music and it does get kind of a bit ravey – and danceable."

"Our intentions were maybe quite selfish. My intention was to make a record with my friends that I really liked, and that if we were gonna tour it, we’d not get sick of touring it."

"I kind of promised myself a couple of years ago that if anything big happened, it’d just take it in my stride. I’d be happy about it, but wouldn’t explode about it; just kind of keep it under wraps"

"We spend pretty much every moment we have when we’re not asleep in our little house working on the songs."

We chat with Oscar Jimenez ahead of his World Music Wednesdays set.

"Fuck you, conscience. Fuck you very much."

Independent punk outfit The Novocaines are enjoying a busy and productive year. Currently recording new material before preparing to hit the road again, the band are utilising all the experience gained from touring overseas. Killyourstereo.com exclusively hosts a studio blog from the band: We’ve been spending a lot of time at Fat Shans Studios in Perth over the past couple of weeks working on two new singles. Both are sounding better than we had anticipated. Once again we’re recording, producing & mixing it ourselves, which has allowed us to experiment more with some interesting tones and recording techniques.