Tyler McLoughlan, Journalist

As the house lights and music usher away her band, Marshall holds court with a clutch of cigarette-wielding fans long after most leave, tickled by her parting words, “Fucking Brisbane… I love you motherfuckers.”

“I think there is a kind of country base which we didn’t realise was there; I was writing country songs and I didn’t even know it!”

It’s difficult to pick a highlight of the even-keeled No Fairy Tale, though it’s still a worthy listen.

“We’re a family and we have many fights off stage and rehearsals are definitely tiring and troublesome sometimes, but when we come together and play a gig it all just falls away."

"We haven’t really had the chance to put ourselves out there and get the name goin’ so the EP launch on Valentine’s Day will be really good for us.”

“You just have to be very direct and strong and hold onto what your vision is. It can be hard to do that along the way but I just knew that the arrangements were gonna be a really big part of it and so recording with the band was just about kind of keeping all of that fairly simple."

A cracking day of live music from around the globe, and – with the storm clouds looking ominous in the night sky – stoked that the weather gods did the right thing and kept the ailments away.

"And you know, I wanna be around to help make a change in this fucked up world if I can. I’ve got a lot of life to live…"

"I’ve never done what other people have wanted me to do at the expense of the music."

"I’ve never been really a big fan of the typical French music."

Flyleaf may not be groundbreakers, though they’re one of those outfits with an intrinsic gift for creating intricate melody in the context of heavy rock.