Brendan Telford, Journalist

Brisbane’s Per Purpose still somehow manage to weave a heady melodicism through the fractured Own Accord on Circle The Stains.

Rose still has the melodies, but needs some spark to truly get wild.

These sonic skips and hops can mean jarring continuity issues, but this collection of intricate noise-pop songs shows a lot of promise.

Antiphon proves the ambition that always marked them out as folk-rock outsiders burns fiercely within them still, albeit with a new, crystalline focus.

"I think we do still work on Dollar Bar a lot, it is all just so remote now. I think in many ways that is why it’s working so well."

"Playing music is one of those go-to things for me, where if I’m feeling angry or bored I put my head down and not notice five hours fly by."

"This is Lightning Bolt! We're not Slayer or anything. For the most part people are there to have a good time.”

"The music itself is always somewhat dark, and I’ve always found lightness to melody and harmony, and they work well together."

"I don’t really know if it was personal [when Blumberg left] but he had always wanted to focus on his solo show."

“In the past we’ve written about stupid things, like cockroaches or space. But this time we wrote about living in Newcastle, because you can get really pissed off so why not write about what happens around you every single day?"