1.Growing Up
My dad turns off Christmas carols and puts on The Kink Kontroversy and Died Pretty – Doughboy Hollow every Christmas morning. He did it then, he does it now. I can’t hear Died Pretty without thinking about Christmas anymore.
2. Inspirations
Devo, who taught me that you can turn everything upside down and still dance the Poot. Brian Eno, who taught me to never save anything, just reinvent it. Brett Smiley, who taught me that the most popular person in the genre doesn’t always have the best songs.
3. Your Band
Zak, Paris, Daff and Jake. We all have a similar sense of how music works. If it ain’t broke, break it, then fix it.
4. The Music You Make
Hierophants are not genre-specific. We make music for ourselves, our friends and family.
5. Music, Right Here, Right Now
I thought the music scene in Australia was really poor until I travelled th0e world. Australia has great bands and not too much shit to wade through to find them.
Moving Parts is out now through Anti Fade. Hierophantsappear at Moonshine Bar, Hotel Steyne,Friday April 1; andVic On The Park, Saturday April 2.
