Benny Doyle, Journalist

“There’s no way around it; we dominated when we were onstage.”

"I love touring, I love getting out and seeing the country, so having a record out, it’s just something that you can do."

“We, without a doubt, had the best live bands in the world happening at that time.”

Live, the Ballarat five-piece inject these songs with the impassioned lifeblood they need. Left on record, they simply limp along. The guys have talent to burn, they just need to discover and embrace their own identity.

“When you start singing with your best friend it’s not always going to [end] well, so the fact that it didn’t sound awful was a good starting point for us. It’s quite a nice thing that it worked out.”

“I was listening to Jeff Buckley, Last Goodbye, and it’s funny, you can listen to that song and if you’re in a different frame of mind it can change every time.”

“I’m still learning; I still see myself as a student – and I’m ready for things now. Some of these songs I’ve written I wouldn’t have ten years ago."

“I just want to go ahead and make a whole album, I can’t be bothered doing the next EP.”

“A lot of kids were nagging AJ [Maddah] over Twitter to put us on the bill, and hopefully he doesn’t hate us because of it, but luckily he made an exception last minute and he fit us on the [line-up] which I’m very thankful for.”

People have fallen over themselves for Tori Amos, Lykke Li and Bat For Lashes, so there’s no reason they shouldn’t do the same for Emma Louise

Amok still has the power to direct your thoughts, provoke your senses and, most importantly, keep you guessing again and again.