Josh Pyke Doubted Himself As A Musician

Josh Pyke is in his creative element right now, if there's anything to be read into the super-quick turnaround between finishing up touring for his third album Only Sparrows in December and releasing his fourth album The Beginning And The End Of Everything this month.

”The last round of touring was just the best round of touring I've ever done. In terms of the band I had I just felt like we were totally killing it; I just felt like we'd really hit our stride. So that felt really inspiring as a musician,” Pyke admits, audibly chuffed. “I've never really thought of myself as a musician musician; I've thought of myself as a songwriter who can play instruments and tour, but I felt like a musician on the last round of touring and it was a good feeling.

“Then I did a long solo tour which in the past has always been really fun but quite draining, and it was definitely tiring but I just felt invigorated by meeting all these people all over the country in places like Darwin and places that I hadn't been before who knew all the words to every single song. It just felt inspiring to know that there were these people who really valued what I was doing. It just made me want to keep going. In the past I've felt like having a break after touring but this time I just felt like getting stuck straight back into doing another record.”

Pyke's method of songwriting means he's never fully clear on the theme of a record until it's done, though the significance of creation – whether his music or through recently becoming a father for the second time – is certainly making its presence felt across The Beginning And The End Of Everything.

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