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“I think we have such different cultures, so I am just kind of curious about that, about the culture in Australia, and the people there."

“If we start playing the new songs too long before the next album comes out then we will really want to kill ourselves about nine months into our second album tour."

“Honestly, I’d rather have them [the crowd] heckling us than just weirdly observing us. I want people to react based on how they are feeling."

"The heavy music scene in Sydney is getting more eclectic every day; there are so many great bands out there doing amazing things and we’re just honoured to be a part of it all.”

"I’ve had a dream about what the cover will look like so I’m interested to know if that will actually happen or if it’s just a bad idea that came to me in a dream... if it doesn’t come true then it’s like, ‘Dammit, I’m not psychic’.”

“It was definitely an amicable split. I don’t think we’d be here otherwise. Greg and I are very close friends – we’re like family really."

"In Sydney there was this bridge that we went to and it was crazy the number of bats that I saw. And they’re massive too! That was the thing, like, we have tiny bats here in New York City – literally the size of a mouse – but the ones that I saw there, they were like, ‘Wow! That could actually pick up, you know, a pizza!’"

"We weren’t talking at all for seven years, so if we wanted things to evolve and improve, we’ve got to be in each other’s faces, you know? Influence each other, learn to respect each other again. So, it’s not been easy, but it’s been fun.”

"We’re each living two other lives on the road, which is a bit ridiculous... We’ve all got our own little things but they all tie together somehow, so we can all help each other if it gets too much.”

Northeast Party House chat to us about their new single, Pascal Cavalier.