Matt O'Neill, Journalist

Colin Friels is fun as Rothko but his transformation lacks soul. It’s an impersonation as opposed to a character.

“There was always tongue-in-cheek sentiment to this band, in everything we did. You know, it came more out of fun than people realise, I think. We’re kind of a weird bunch,”

Still, even when its flapping around indecisively and diving enthusiastically into insanity, The Séance is always entertaining. Thoroughly recommended.

“You know, you’re in a band and you have songs that don’t really fit with what the band are doing so you just record them yourself and kind of keep them to yourself."

"I seem to be most useful in this universe if I just put my head down and make stuff. Regardless of where it ends up,” he says candidly."

"It’s with mild apprehension that I wander through the gates, though. Having been recently scarred by my last festival excursion and never having attended either Groovin‘ The Moo or Townsville before, I’m unsure of what to expect."

"It’s been something that’s been on my mind for a while. I love Midnight Oil as a band and I love what they stand for and I thought their songs would actually really work in a dub setting."

“I knew from the very beginning that it wasn’t going to be just drum’n’bass. That said, I wasn’t really sure what other styles I’d have on it, to be honest."

Fortunately, there’s more than enough heart and humour on display to overlook such shortcomings.

“The anniversary celebrations were fantastic. We had a great time. It also gave me motivation to power through the next twenty years.”

“It was a slow start for the band, yeah. When we got together in 1998, it was a different set-up for the band and we didn’t really start making our first album until 1999/2000."

"It’s kind of telling a story or working through that experience of beating yourself up and then finding a way to work through it all."