'I was starting to feel really ashamed of my big personality': Why one of our most Australian-sounding bands moved to Los Angeles.
From Melbourne pubs to the biggest stages on the planet, Amyl & The Sniffers are one of Australia's latest rock'n'roll good-news stories.The scrappy garage rock band who cut their teeth in Melbourne's pubs and practice rooms are now global darlings. They live in Los Angeles, they're
"I was in London being the queen / And you were in my head saying, 'You should not be doing that'," she later adds. "I just wanted to do some cleaner stuff and experiment with some softer sounds and maybe try and showcase a bit more of what we can do as a band." There's still a hesitance to embrace that softer side though. When aggression has been the standard for so long, there's an uncomfortable vulnerability to toning things down.
"Having worked with so many Australian artists, he kind of understands our context," Mehrtens says. "Which is important to us. Now that we're a band that can play pretty much every market in the world, it's really important that that Australian aspect of us is still there."Moving to Los Angeles might seem an odd move for such a quintessentially Aussie band, but there are plenty of compelling reasons, both logistical and personal, to do so.
"I'm 28 but I felt really old ," she says. "Like, I would just f***ing put on comfy clothes and watch TV at night, and I just wasn't living. I'd already turned over every stone. "I'm a pretty loud person," she says. "I love dressing up and I love doing my hair and doing makeup. That's a big part of how I want to express myself.
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