Tyler McLoughlan, Journalist

“…I did feel a lot of pressure from the EP and I think that really affected me for the first few months of deciding on where I was gonna record the album, and writing and stuff."

In the quiet moment of Liquid Paper, Wills’ ode to crap relationships that has an instant classic vibe, even the drunk amongst us can’t help but stand still and illicit just a quiet expletive for the strength of tonight’s performance.

“We’ve been songwriting since about 2009 but we’ve known each other a lot longer, and I think that there’s an immense amount of trust between us to be able to write songs the way that we have."

“It was offered to me and I was just like, ‘Fuck yeah, I’d love to do that!’ The acoustics in the space of a church are like a gift from God."

“I actually feel often quite unconfident to speak about any issue that I might have a personal view on."

It’s familiar Bob Evans, yet it’s all the better for being stranger.

"The familiar stranger I guess is myself, but I also liked it because on another level it kind of relates to the music."

"I guess as a vocal group we travel around with each other and inevitably we end up spontaneously busting out Destiny’s Child songs in various locations when no one else is around."

You can bet Ben Howard’s next visit to Australia will be in much bigger venues.

“It’s a slow thing, being independent, and you know, it’s hard work and it’s been a long time coming but it’s never stopped growing from the first time I went to Canberra to when I can go down there now and pack out a room, so it’s always been on the grow and hopefully it just continues to go down that path…"

“I’m really proud of the album. Whenever I write stuff I’m super critical of myself and it’s just the way that I am; I end up hating everything a few weeks later."

“I try to educate the players quickly so that we can do whatever I – we – feel on any given night. [It] depends on what I feel that night; I feel the crowd, sometimes I feel them before they arrive…"