1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Lb awesome summer three special outdoor shows one and talonga 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: one off on the Gold Coast, and this weekend there 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: in Auckland Orlie. I didn't realize this Auckland will be 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: their first time in four years. Joel Shatbolt's back with us. 5 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: Joel morning, Good morning, Mike. 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 2: How's it going? 7 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: Very well? You're feeling good. 8 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 2: I'm feeling good. You know, I haven't had my coffee yet. 9 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 2: I'm really go. 10 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: There you go how many in a day for your coffee? 11 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 2: I'm trying to cut down, you see, so maybe two. 12 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: My reading of coffee is you can probably go four 13 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: to five with not only no harm to you, but 14 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: you will enhance your health in a variety of different ways. 15 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 2: Are we talking double shots or no double shots? 16 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: I reckon you go four or five double shots. 17 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: Totally. 18 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: I was reading an article. Just correct me if I'm wrong, 19 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: because last time I talked to you, you said you'd 20 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: sold your Harley and there'd be some charity work in there. 21 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: But then I read this article that said you've got 22 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: a Harley if you bought another one? Or is this 23 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: just an old article I read? 24 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 2: No, that's an old article, right. I did sell the 25 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: bike and gave some money to Iron Hope. 26 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: You don't in living without a bike, you don't feel 27 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: like you miss it. 28 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 2: I do feel like I'm missing a league, to be honest. 29 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 2: It's I grew up around motorbikes, so it's definitely something 30 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 2: that I'll get back into, I think when I'm older 31 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 2: and mature. Good on you. 32 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: What's happened to the four years in Auckland thing? I 33 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: didn't realize it was that long. How come with's so 34 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: long between drinks? 35 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't realize. To be honest, it's well, we've 36 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: been doing lots of stuff overseas, so we've been over 37 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: to the States a couple of times, and that's in 38 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 2: the last four years. You're playing in Hawaii, which has 39 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 2: been cool. But in regards to New Zealand shows, we're 40 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: just we've have been heading you know, the smaller cities, 41 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 2: I guess, the smaller towns, and this year we thought 42 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: you were going to come back up to the big 43 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: smoke good stuff. 44 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: These three shows you've done. Was the gold Coaster successor hit? 45 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was. It went really well. It's the first 46 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 2: time we've done a like a big show of our own, 47 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 2: like outdoors over there. And we had about seven and 48 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 2: a half thousand and yeah, great great crowd. Stand Walker 49 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: play with us too, So yeah, it was really cool. 50 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: And stands with you in Auckland this weekend. Where did 51 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: the stand thing come about from? How does that sort 52 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: of come together? 53 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, we're both well, the two of us are both 54 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 2: local boys from Totonger, so there's that connection, and then 55 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 2: it's just kind of like a good musical marriage really, 56 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 2: like with both bands really compliment each other on the road, 57 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: and we've got a good crossover with the demographic and 58 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 2: stuff like that. And he's just an incredible singer and 59 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 2: you know, great guy to jam with. He comes up 60 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: on stage with us at the show and stuff like that, 61 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 2: so it's a lot of fun. 62 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: He's always been he's always struck me. You'll know him 63 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: way better than I do, but he's always struck me 64 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: as an awfully, awfully nice person. 65 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's the man always kind of always used at 66 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 2: the time of day. 67 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's good. The Nesian Mystic aspect of the show. 68 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: They haven't performed in Auckland over fifteen years, so how 69 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: did that come about? 70 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was again just just kind of hit the 71 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 2: drawing board, like who can we have on this lineup, 72 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 2: you know, and that can bring some people and with 73 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 2: man what about knees are mystick? And then same things. 74 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 2: They haven't played an Awkland for ages way longer than us, 75 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 2: so that's been a cool little addition to the show 76 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: as well. 77 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: And how much warming up is required? And if you 78 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: do three shows over summer, are you match fit? 79 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 2: Yeah? For sure? I mean me and you have talked 80 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 2: about the sauna thing and all that kind of stuff, 81 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 2: Like all of that stuff comes into it, and especially 82 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 2: this time of year and to be locked in with 83 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:33,799 Speaker 2: training and all that kind of stuff. 84 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, but also the sound on stage and being able 85 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: to just pick up and go what do you need 86 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: to practice on a regular basis? 87 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 2: Ah, you're saying it. Do we rehearse? Yeah, yeah we do, 88 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 2: But to be honest, we've rehearsed the show kind of 89 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 2: early in the summer. We've done a lot of festivals 90 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: this year as well, so alongside our our own shows 91 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 2: that we've put on, we've played down at Rhythm and 92 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 2: Vines and stuff like that too, So we kind of 93 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: rehearsed around that Christmas time for that a week those festivals. 94 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: What are you because in Also, I don't know if 95 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: you follow this, but in Australia festivals seem in real 96 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: trouble the festival season here. Is there a future for 97 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: festivals in general or is this just a phase that 98 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: we're moving through. 99 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just a phase. And also the 100 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 2: festival circuit's definitely healthier than it's been in the last 101 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 2: couple of years. It's I think post COVID there was 102 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 2: a lot of stuff that went down with trying to 103 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: get you know, festivals back up and going, and you know, 104 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 2: just to ensure an outside gig was stupid amounts of money. 105 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 2: So there's it's definitely been hard for the festival circuit, 106 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 2: but there's there's a lot of great things going on 107 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 2: now and I think it's it's looking good for the future. 108 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: Am I correct Joel in saying brad Ring, you've was 109 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: it teen years ago? 110 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: Yes, that's right. 111 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: Does it seem like a decade. 112 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 2: Yep. Yeah. Look I was thinking out the other day 113 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 2: it's going to be ten years of our first album 114 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 2: release and next year. So we started writing and recording 115 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 2: in twenty fifteen and released the first album twenty seventeen. 116 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: It's gone quite well then, isn't it. 117 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 2: It has? Yeah, I think so did you? 118 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: What did you think then versus what you think now 119 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: about what would happen? 120 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 2: I think back then, I you know, I had a 121 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 2: dream of wanting to do this, and now that's I'm 122 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 2: here doing it. It's how can I keep doing it 123 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 2: for the next twenty years? And how I feel about it? 124 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 2: I think it's amazing and special. I didn't think I 125 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 2: expected it to go like this. I don't think any 126 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 2: of us kind of expected it to be honest, to 127 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 2: go to the heights that it's gone to. It's been 128 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 2: a ride, it's been beautiful. 129 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: Can you explain it? I mean, if you put it 130 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: down as a business case, what's been the magic. 131 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 2: I guess the magic word would be chemistry between you know, 132 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 2: between the musicians. It's that kind of what it boils 133 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 2: down to, you know, the songwriting in this in the 134 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: stage kind of connection that we have is what resonates 135 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 2: with the people, and that's what fires us up and 136 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 2: we can feel it and then obviously, yeah, it resonates. 137 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 2: It's it's hard to put your finger on like what 138 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 2: exactly it is, but just it's a massive shift of 139 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 2: energy and if you're in the right Yeah, with the 140 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 2: right people, it's amazing. What can happen. 141 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: Anything is possible. Do you reckon you're getting better. 142 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 2: In different ways? Yeah, I think so as definitely crafting, 143 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 2: you know, songwriting and all that kind of stuff personally, 144 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 2: but as a band with you know, it's when you've 145 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 2: been playing the amount of shows and gigs we've played 146 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 2: as a band, it's it's kind of walking a walk 147 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 2: in the park in that sense, and we know what 148 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: works and what doesn't now and stuff like that. 149 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's that nice line though, and it's a 150 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: nice line, but it's good to be able to be 151 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: comfortable enough to enjoy it. But you also don't want 152 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: to get into that rest on your laurels type thing, 153 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: and it's it's all easy because you know, before you know, 154 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: that'll be gone. So so you're kind of at that point, 155 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: aren't you. 156 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 2: I guess we are, Yeah, for sure. Where were we we? Yeah, 157 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 2: there's a there's a lot and ahead of us that 158 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 2: were I feel like it's uncharted and excited to see 159 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 2: what you know, when the band does and where it goes. 160 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: Because the Music Awards last year, you got the I 161 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: can't remember what the official title is but you've got 162 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: the You've done a whole lot of cool stuff for 163 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: the Music Industry Award, didn't you. Yeah, yeah, so that 164 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: that says something about I mean, it's it's a it's 165 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: a work off substance, isn't it, and officially recognized as such. 166 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 2: Yeah for sure. Yeah, that was a really social moment 167 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 2: and kind of surreal when you when the kind of 168 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 2: presented what we've done in the in the in the 169 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: past and the albums and the success of in the 170 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 2: Air and you know, all that stuff. It's it's quite 171 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 2: mind boggling. 172 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: Can you wander down the street these days broadly unrecognized 173 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: or not? 174 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, and no, I think it depends where I 175 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 2: hang out. But yeah, it's people do recognize and that 176 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 2: they come up so high and go a photo that 177 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 2: they're pretty respectful in general. 178 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: That's good. What have you got planned for the year 179 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: apart from this weekend? What have you got planned for 180 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: the year? What's on the agenda? 181 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 2: We've got some recording. We're working on our seventh album, 182 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 2: so we're going to be back in the studio down 183 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 2: to Wilmington doing a lot of recording down there. And 184 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 2: we've got a couple of trips overseas and the pipeline's 185 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: nothing locked in yet but hoping to get back over 186 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 2: to the States, Europe, back to Hawaii, stuff like that. 187 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: Fantastic, We'll go well, lovely to catch up and good 188 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: luck this weekend. Appreciate it and good to talk to 189 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 1: you as always. 190 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks Mike keV A good one. 191 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: Good on any man, Joel shed Bolt, who is with lab. 192 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 193 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: news talks. It'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 194 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: the podcast on radio