Natasha Lee, Journalist

“Sometimes we all work together, but a lot of the time it’s us bringing a whole bunch of stuff in and ruining it together.”

"I had an old song that no one has ever heard of that I wrote over ten years ago. I took that and chopped it up and then I started singing over the top of it. That and I was listening to Run The World (Girls) by Beyonce and I started messing with similar rhythms."

"I feel like a lot of artists have a hard time with it [quick fame]. America, you know, is like the new UK. But, we just keep on doing what we do."

Battle Royale delves deeper into the ramifications of the hypothetical, ‘kill or be killed’, and provides a much richer and juicier voyeuristic experience across the human sacrificial battle ground than that other student battle flick.

"I’m personally very mindful of the way everything sounds. It’s the same process for us now as it was when we started."

It’s everything Hannam could’ve hoped for and so much more – a fast, playful, addictive and only marginally introspective trip down memory lane.

A same-sameness permeates much of the album, but the brothers do what they do well, making the repetition just that much more bearable

"I went home, recorded it that day and submitted it to the label saying that I thought it would make a really good album opener – and that’s the version that ended up on the album, the one I wrote in my shed."

"Most of the album is about the age bracket when nothing matters and life revolved around going to school and going to dinner parties and being free. I want people to feel they are invited back."

Fans who contributed to the $60,000 the trio managed to toggle from their Pozible campaign won’t be disappointed, but they wont be blown away either.

"I have a tendency to write down song titles before I actually write down the songs. I’m also a big fan of puns and humorous couplings of words and things like that."