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"I’d like to explore the idea that I’m not the only lead singer, to get others to open up... I might not even be in The Dark Horses in twelve months’ time, they might carry on without me, imagine that?"

"I’ve just been trying to work through and finish this album, which is exciting but quite terrifying all at the same time.”

"You can go out and see really awesome bands seven nights a week in Melbourne. We’ll have to see what we can do to change all that."

"To tell you [honestly], I’m not planning anything that long – I’m not planning the next 12 months. The world is big and it doesn’t have a plan.

“Realistically, I don’t think it’s possible that we would do another record like that again. It’s also really natural for bands to evolve as well, and keep finding their sound.”

“We just played a show in Kuala Lumpur with Citizens Of Icecream and a few other really great bands in an art space they set up in the abandoned levels above a shopping mall in Ampang.”

“I never really thought of myself as a vocalist... I always considered myself a composer. Then I started working with the guys and I became the vocalist."

"The major shift is that I’ve gone from amplified acoustic to electric. I’m also changing the way I play electric guitar – it’s a development as well, and it suits this stuff perfectly."

“I never know what’s coming… but that’s how it works. It’s a part of the adventure, absolutely, that’s what keeps me excited.”

Sims is particularly “intrigued by” dubstep – “We were just like, ‘What the fuck is that?’”

“In the past people have seen us play hard, brutal, heavy music and thought there is no room for humour there.”

"We were at a bit of a crossroads. Dave [Starr – guitar/vocals] had a major life-changing thing with his work; I had a business that was struggling and my relationship busted up too, so we were all in weird headspaces."