“A LOT of the songs we’re playing on the weekend are just acoustic guitar and harmonies,” said band co-founder, Tim Orchard.
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Tim will be joined by his best friend and brother, Jon.
Their bass player, Ed Walker is taking a hiatus from the band to pursue his studies, so it will be down to the two boys who realised their first taste of stardom in 2012 when they won The Byron Bay Blues Fest Busking Competition.
Tim said their start was a vertical launch that funnelled them into a range of festivals and it suited their sound that kicks of reggae and roots, inspiring crowd interaction.
Tim said in the last year, the band has regrouped and chose studio over stage.
They want to focus on song writing and publishing, and hope to attach their music to a very public platform in film or media to create an indelible sound.
“We’re trying to work out ways to get our music to a bigger audience,” Tim explained.
“So at the moment, we want to stay independent, but it’s particularly hard to get in front of the masses.”
This weekend the crowd will be more intimate, with an afternoon of storytelling and autobiography in song, with a simplicity in instrumentals.
“So at the moment, we want to stay independent, but it’s particularly hard to get in front of the masses.”
- Tim Orchard
“So it’s going to be a great opportunity for the audience to hear the lyric and just hear the melody,” Tim said.
“Mine and Jon’s voices together, kind of singing as one about things that have happened together, along the journey, family, the issues, all that type of thing.”
Their success seemed early instant, and Tim said perhaps they were pigeonholed into a festival style which eclipsed the core of poignancy in their lyrics.
Tim said the weekend’s concert will be a chance to uncover those roots.
“It’s nice to actually sit back and explain to people, this is what the song was about, and here it is,” he said.
“No extra instruments, just the voice and guitar.
“How we originally write the songs.”