Jessica Dale, Journalist

​Jessica Dale caught up with Gang Of Youths' frontman David Le'aupepe ahead of the release of their second album, 'Go Farther In Lightness'. They discuss the process of repairing, becoming more human and how magnolia flowers follow him wherever he goes.

"With this one, we wanted it to sound like a band. We'd just come off playing for fucking two years and we felt like a tight band and we wanted it to come across."

"Vulnerability and fragility, they're great strengths."

"'Go Farther In Lightness' will prove frontman Dave Le'aupepe as one of Australia's foremost songwriters."

“To be able to sit in a room with that all of sudden, it sparked something inside of me that said ‘this is what I want to do’. It takes it from a hobby to a profession.”

"For us as musicians, we feel comfortable with our instruments and our writing."

"It's giving people a bigger view of who we are as a band..."

"SXSW is about the best way that you can get through to media and the music business in America in one shot."