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With their melodic bass and synth-tastic sound, Musicadium artists Polaroid Fame rocked out at Splendour this year and are coming to a stage near you on their tri-state tour in October and November. Musicadium intern Ashley Roulston caught up with the band so keen to share and get people involved in their music that, until November 8, they’re offering it for only a dollar – yes ONE dollar!

In July you took the stage at Splendour in The Grass - that must have been an amazing experience! Tell us a bit more about it.

It was truly amazing. I can still remember walking on stage & feeling that electricity running through my body when the crowd went nuts as we started. It was so awesome to play on a stage that big, considering all the hype & press leading up to the festival & the fact it was our biggest gig to date, we all rose to the occasion & had such a memorable gig. We also enjoyed being able to mingle with some of our favorite bands in the artist area. You see some crazy stuff going on back there. It definitely took all of us a few days to float back down to earth after Splendour.

This month will see the release of your debut album ‘We Live Your Life’, can you tell us about the writing process behind the album and what it was like working with ARIA nominated Anthony Lycenko?

We had so much fun making this record. Too much at times. The songs really compliment each other and it definitely has this overall theme. When I wrote these songs, I was listening to a lot of my mums old vinyl- eighties/pop kind of stuff with big reverbs & chorus on everything. So there was this heavy heart nostalgic feeling flowing, that definitely came through on the record. The real magic happens when we all get together & give the songs a second life. Mitch has a great knack of coming up with epic bass-lines & I still remember the first bend Damo played on We Live Your Life it was so cool & hasn’t changed. Zoe seems to put these huge beds of Synth around us all kind of coating us in sugar, and Guy played some huge drum fills and counter groove type stuff that sounds so good. Working with Anthony or “The Chief” as we call him is easy & fun. We’ve worked with him before on our EP Another Place To Live. Most of the time we are all thinking the same thing, so there’s lots of laughing and giving shit to each other. Anthony has such a good ear for things, it’s quiet amazing actually. Just when you think you’ve hit a wall he comes up with the coolest idea & we’re all like “Yeah! That’s it!” To be honest, I think he’s probably the most underrated producer/engineer around.

Last week you started shooting a new video for your 2nd single ‘Face Off’. When can we expect it and what is the concept behind the video?

“Face Off” is a bit of a favorite amongst the band. It’s got this really bangin groove that just makes you want to move. Its dark message is that argument you have between what your heart feels/wants & what your misleading mind is whispering to you. We had some students that are studying film at SAE in Byron Bay get in contact with us after they’d checked out our music on MySpace. We sent them the song & asked them to paint a picture of what they saw. What they come up with was spot on. It pictures us all shot in front of a green screen. One take we shoot us all dressed in white being “Good” then again in black “Evil” & they have this “Face Off” It’s like a bent take on Dueling Banjos? We should have it done in the next couple of months I’d say. We have also just shot the clip for the 1st single “We Live Your Life” so I guess that needs to drop first. We are good at doing things back to front.

You’re also touring the album nationally over the next two months, what can we expect from you live?

Yeah we have some kick ass shows lined up for this tour & we cant wait to hit the stage & get into peoples heads. I’d say you could expect a modern Australian pop rock, 80’s-esque synth with warm melodic vocals, catchy bass-lines & danceable grooves textured by spacious twin intergalactic guitar riffs.

Finally, what does the future hold for Polaroid Fame?

Who knows really? We hope the tour is a success. We’d like to keep this momentum rolling at a steady pace. In celebration, an interesting thing we are doing, is letting people for a limited time download our entire album for $1 from our website polaroidfame.com As great as this album is & its worth we didn’t want to be too precious with it & thought we’d much rather get it out there & have more people enjoying it. So it will be interesting to see how that does? Ultimately I think we would all love to leave our day jobs & spend more time touring & playing music.

Check out Polaroid Fame through their MySpace

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