Features / Music

IMOGEN ARCHER has just joined the PURPLE SNEAKERS online team having recently made the move over to Melbourne from her native home of Adelaide.

“The vocals are very low in the mix sometimes, which... which was a bit of a surprise, I’ll be honest."

"We’re happy that we had Cherry Wine – she sounds great on it – and it’s my way of representing for a good friend who I shared the same birthday with, September 14th, which was really our connection.”

“I’d love to be doing this for as long as I can. I can’t imagine myself doing anything different really, although I wanted to be a hairdresser when I was younger.”

"We played in Perth a couple of months ago at the Nannup Music Festival and people were so excited they started getting naked in the crowd, which was quite outrageous.”

“The seven sins are so interesting, because they’re timeless and I think everybody struggles with them in their lifetime, at some point, if not during their whole lifetime."

“Since The Bamboos started out just over ten years ago, I guess they’ve influenced most of the bands going around Melbourne – The Cat Empire and that sort of thing."

“I’m dumbfounded by bands today... like someone was talking about a band and said, ‘they’ve got a good live show’... What? As far as I’m concerned as a band, that’s all you have!”

“Wigging out is a kind of transcendence. So yeah, we definitely aim for that. It’s quite addictive.”

“It was more a reflection on what I’d left behind. I love where I’ve come to. But I guess I felt like I had to honour what I’d left behind.”