1.Growing Up
Three of us went to school together and have always been into music. Tom played in the jazz band, then we met Jeves through friends. None of us had rock star parents, however our synth player had a comedian dad who has left him mentally scarred.
2.Inspirations
We all like really different types of music. Jack listens to lots of Tool and alternative stuff. Jeves is a big Dinosaur Jr. man. Asher is into his psychedelic bands. Somehow they all kind of fall under a broad rock umbrella, but it’s that moment when you hear something completely new that makes us lean in.
3.Your Band
We originally formed with no real intentions of doing anything, but we always enjoyed playing so we keep chugging along. We’ve changed a lot over the last few years discovering new music and playing together with a lot of great musicians and other bands, and that has kind of shaped what Balko is today. Recently we’ve been working on songs for our first EP, live testing what we think best sums up our sound and working with producer Luke Bertoz (DMA’s, Sticky Fingers, Dappled Cities) at Yap Yap Studios in Coogee.
4.The Music You Make
We want to be original and make music that we enjoy playing. We’ve just released our single ‘Redesign’/‘She Hit Me’ that has two of the very first songs that we wrote. Plenty more stuff coming soon too.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
The scene in Sydney is pretty sick, there’s plenty out there to go see if you want. We’ve been playing fairly constantly with bands who are all mates of ours and they’re all bringing something new to the table. We’ve just done a residency in June and each week the bands have been completely different and awesome to listen to.
Balko, and Cosmic Flanders, play Brighton Up Bar on Thursday July 14.
