A QUICK CHAT WITH SoSo

1.     Thank you for taking the time to sit down with us to chat. ‘The Henry Lawson Jive’ is such an exciting and impressive debut! What is the motivation behind the track?

The track is a big throw back to your teenage years, when we’d create generalised mischief, probably because we were bored. It’s kind of nostalgic in a sense because we’re all getting a bit older and starting to look at those times through rose tinted glasses. Being a teenager was shit, but it had its moments, right?

2.     Will you be playing any live shows in support of the release? If so, what do you think punters could expect from a SoSo show?

Look, we want to get out there and play as many shows as possible so for anyone reading this – if you’ve got a warm 6 pack of beer, a shitty backyard veranda and a couple of packets Arnott’s Milk Arrowroot’s, you’ve probably oversold the offer already – we’re in. In all seriousness, we’re looking to pick up more shows, but have focused our collective energies into this Sydney single release like some kind of hyped up, 4 episodes to powerup, spirit bomb of chaotic mischief. Expect some silly stuff, and a bang on sonic performance.

3.     If you could collaborate with any artist, dead or alive, who would it be and why?

Doy would Judo Chop us all straight in the throat if we didn’t say Blink 182 – and it kinda goes without saying why, right? Have another listen back to ‘Enema of the State’, that is A grade, prime, uncut, pure as the driven snow popular punk. The opening of ‘Dumpweed’ has the same pay off as a thousand John Cena’s simultaneously breaking a thousand tables from a height of approx. a thousand metres. That’s a lot of thousands. Do you get the point?

4.     What do members of the band get up to outside of music? A little bird tells us you’re quite the cricket fans?

Crickets, beetles, ants – we’re a fan of all of Mother Nature’s glorious bug creations. Except cockroaches and especially when they fly, bin that. We’re also big fans of the sport, cricket, which is clearly the superior Australian pastime. We’ve spent far too long coming up with nicknames for our inanimate backyard cricketers (hello Brett Tree, Bricky Pointing & Jason Gillesky) and we’re about to put down some Astro turf for the pitch itself. So much to look forward to.

5.     I’ve asked this question to an artist many moons ago, but I really like it, so I’m going to ask it again. So, you’re having a very special someone over for dinner and they’ve got expectations that you’re going to cook a pretty fancy meal. We’re talking like your future spouse or a very important business meeting—this moment matters.

Do you: 

a)    Cook for them, and if so, what is your specialty? Can you walk us through the recipe?

b)    Order some take out and pass it as your own cooking? If so, what would you order?

I’d definitely cook for them and I’d bring out the big guns – fettucine boscaiola. The key here is, to cook with a lot of garlic and also, to add diced chicken into the mix. Aim to get a really creamy sauce going, lovely diced bacon – presto, sure to be a big winner….you see, Doy’s mother is a very special lady, so it’s important to really sweep her off her feet.

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