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"We recorded exactly the same songs, in our view, badly!... I think we mistook a little bit of looseness and relaxedness, and a ‘when it’s finished it’s finished’ attitude, with just too much looseness in the studio."

“I guess it’s got a really kickass guitar chorus and it’s probably as pop as we’ve gone, but I hear this really nerdy, shitty guitar sound, almost on purpose. People have been very accepting of it though, I don’t know why?”

With the ​Parklife ​tour getting under way in the coming weeks, we figured it's high time we preview some of the best the event has to offer.

“We’re completely democratic in that if it ever came down a decision and there was deadlock, everyone would get a vote each but it is more a case of who is most adamant. It’s kind of who cares the most.”

“It’s a really special moment when you hear it on radio for the first time because you know there are loads of other people listening. It kind of gives you fulfilment for all those years of work. It’s hard to describe.”

Prior to unleashing their debut album Leave it All Behind on us, Melbourne based nine-piece soul outfit Saskwatch took their Stax-laden licks to Edinburgh, to see if they could get those renown funky Scots to bust out a jig or two. The band were kind enough to document their trip in a tour diary for us.

“That’s kind of what I like about the album because it is very real. I think it is good when a songwriter writes an album just for themselves. I wasn’t thinking if I was going to have a hit with it or how many copies I was going to sell.”

"The sky’s the limit for us as dance music doesn’t stop evolving. If we replicate what we had in the ‘90s we’ll be happy."

Since we last spoke with Oh Mercy, they've played SXSW, released their latest album Deep Heat and are about to head on tour presented by Purple Sneakers

Apart from the fact that all three bands have landed or landing excellent albums this year, they really have nothing much else in common… or do they?