Cam Findlay, Journalist

This reviewer was only left wanting in one respect: if anyone who was there can tell me where to get the pants the bassist was wearing, that would be great.

Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan gave Florence Welch’s performance a few years back on the same stage a run for her money in the babin’ department.

"When we started playing live again, we were really doing it on our own terms, because we wanted to be doing it. It felt organic. We didn’t have any higher-ups telling us what to do."

I’m doing this Valentine’s Day show in Sydney as well so I guess that’s how it’s going. And I’m not ashamed of that or anything. Love and all those emotions like that or, like anyone else, a part of my life."

"It’s not like you come up with a new name and all of a sudden you’re like, inspired to write songs. I know what you’re saying; there’s this idea that the name was emblematic of some big change."

“I guess different people are curious about music to different degrees, and lord knows I’m still getting around to music that I missed somehow. So it’s certainly nothing I could ever fault anybody for."

"But live, it’s pretty simple. It’s like the usual setup: two guitars, bass and drums. It works for us on stage, obviously, and it’s probably what we’ll bring to Australia.”

"We never really wanted to be playing Laneway, you know? It was just something we were doing with our time. We just started mucking around, and as it goes, it’s just gotten more serious as it’s gone on I guess.”

“I don’t really have that feeling of having to judge myself against other musicians and performers. I’ve got this show, which incorporates all these varying elements, and I just try to bring all that out and to entertain people."

"We’re not a new band, and we don’t necessarily get the press we thought we would when we were younger..."