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"I realised that kids need to learn to think critically and not to just take people’s words on everything. That was the fundamental change for me: learning that I want to have good reason for what I believe.”

"A lot of the time when I listen back to those songs I end up in quite a tearful state – which is probably a good thing if it means I care."

“I took my time and wrote slowly, and some of the songs I demoed four or five times just by myself; I really wanted to make great music for the record, and be more melodic."

“We have a drive to write just the perfect pop song. I don’t know what form it will be but... I like the harmonic style we’re doing."

“I am gonna play a mixture of housey stuff and a bit more garagey – not too garagey, but just a couple of classics."

“It’s going to sound exactly like the record because that’s something we really want to do on this cycle, make sure that fans can hear everything they can hear on the record…"

“I think there is a kind of country base which we didn’t realise was there; I was writing country songs and I didn’t even know it!”

"I suffered from anxiety attacks myself, and I wrote the [Split Enz] song Dirty Creature about that, which helped enormously."

Taking place on one stage, there are no hellish choices at Golden Plains, and the good sounds will take you well into the wee hours of Sunday morning.

“I think maybe it’s a little of people seeing it and hearing it, and don’t know what to make of it, because it’s not the kind of dumbed-down thing they’re used to, and it challenges them a little."

“Playing Soundwave means that we’ll have the chance to reach so many people who have never heard the band before."

“You really have to know the right people and write the correct song – a lot of things. We were just lucky enough to be there at that time and be able to do that. We’re definitely lucky dudes.”