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"At the beginning I wanted to make quite a stripped back record that would work around piano and voice and then surround it with these layerings of sounds that had a bit of edge, that were sonically interesting."

"We still get people bringing jars of Bonox to gigs and we have to sign them, all that sort of shit. I think the joke will go on for quite some time, and that’s totally cool with us."

"I actually got a phone call from my mum the other day saying that she’d just seen our new track Cape Town on TV in South Africa which was really exciting."

"My parents used to come to the shows when I was a bit younger, then the outfits started getting stranger and more horrendous things started coming from my mouth and then they were happy to watch from the sideline."

"I don’t sit down and write lyrics every day, I certainly don’t sit down and play guitar every day."

"I think talking about internal problems is always true when you’re talking about bands."

"I think we used some string players from Australia once, and I know Ian was quite close with the Gelbison guys, and we know Luke Steele a little bit, from Empire Of The Sun and Sleepy Jackson, that great band."

Melbourne trio The Red Lights have kindly given us the first listen of their new single 'Chaperone'!

With All Time Low set to hit our shows next month for the second time this year, touring for their most recent album, 'Don't Panic,' Killyourstereo.com managed to catch up with lead guitarist Jack Barakat to talk about their upcoming Australian tour and the band's recent adventures.

"Everyone was maggot drunk, again (I think it must be a Queensland thing?). It felt like we were being punk'd or something. I guess Queensland like to go hard?"

"Two days later I woke up with a cold. Yep, Laura Marling gave me a cold."

"It was a really stressful time for my family and for me, and I dealt with it quite badly at that point. I was really miserable, pretty depressed."