We wanted to incorporate all of our musical ideas, every song is written by all of us us a whole.

When we started putting together different song combinations for the album, we felt a narrative emerge. The patterns we saw determined which songs belonged on the record and which didn't.

l don't want to repeat myself, I want to try new methods, and I react to my environment changing.

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It's smart to own as many facets of your business as possible, and harness the talents of each member fully.

Music delivers tension in its own particular way, and that's always been an element of music that we've tried to exploit as much as possible.

Our music to us is quite domestic in a few ways. We all live in Brisbane and went to the same uni and grew up in similar areas, and in a way writing music together feels like an extension of our regular lives so it feels natural to have domestic and I guess typically Australian things around us.

Coming from all different parts of Australia and different musical backgrounds really lends to a diverse blend of ideas.

Being on a collision course with chaos, the calm before the storm and the moment you realise there's no easy way out.

Indiana outfit The Avenue drop their new EP, and discuss their creative processes.