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It used to be… you go into the studio on this date, you’ll be in there three weeks, and then you’ll have an album. Those days are pretty much gone in as much as that we write for a bit, record for a bit, until we eventually have an album.

On paper, they might seem an unlikely pairing but as labelmates, indie rock icon and You Am I frontman Tim Rogers and country artist Catherine Britt, are currently touring together showcasing their new albums. Michael Smith sat in as they chatted about their guitars and the sounds that are inspiring

“The Road To …” reeks of an album that has benefitted by a lot of time, thought and effort in the construction of the tracks and it’s no surprise that recording was carried out over a few years. “We tried the songs in different formats … a different feel or groove,”

“I had a real vision for how I wanted the business side of things to run, the music side obviously and also the DIY mentality,”

Yeah. He hadn’t done much stuff like us and when it came to mixing, he kind of blew it.

What would attract Catherine Haridy to signing a new act? “The songs to begin with,” she tells. “Are they strong songs?

I come from a spiritual family – I don’t even say spiritual because we are all spiritual people when we are born; we lose some of it but still everybody can come home

“I can’t even tell you how much happier I am.”

Paul Oakenfold may be scoring movies, but he isn’t abandoning the clubs.

Deep Sea Arcade v Europe. Porn, teddy bears, toilets, Santa and sweat.

“Our music has developed a bit from that. We’re a bit more unique now than we were then... “You can have degrees of ‘unique’, can’t you? Because I think we are.”