Greg Phillips, Journalist

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?

Muso’s Greg Phillips speaks with Tristan Bouillaut about his new project Dead In A Second.

At what point does an artist need a manager? Why would you? Where do you find one anyway? Greg Phillips asks Catherine Haridy, she is one!

“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.”

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?

"At Harvest I will enjoy it [playing outdoors] because the whole crowd aesthetic is a different kettle of fish."

Because it’s just my first album, I haven’t really had the opportunity to get to know how I like to work production-wise but with my album, we said that the songs almost seemed like they played themselves

There’s something about the psychology of three musicians that is much more manageable than a four- or five-piece band, we can still improvise