Tell us about your music. How did you develop your sound?

Our music is lo-fi pop music. It's loud and scuzzy and sometimes pretty brutal, but can also be super sweet and friendly, just like us! We listen to loads of different types of music, from super lo-fi minimal garage like The Gories to top 40 pop like Beyonce and everything in-between. It all sinks in and contributes to our sound. We have a distinct style due to the minimal instrument usage. Just two drums and a guitar, so that defines our sound a lot and influences the style of songs we create.

What can the crowd expect from a Gooch Palms live show?

We LOVE playing live more than anything and aim to give our audiences a show they will never forget. Warning, if you're allergic to nuts or easily offended, best stay at home!

What’s the best advice you’ve been given and who was it from?

At one of our shows, a guy told us to never get any better, because we were really good at being bad. That has always stuck with us.

Tell us about the bands or people in the Australian music community that inspire you?

There are really a lot of individuals and bands that are so important to our particular realm of music. Our mate Billy who is in the band The Living Eyes and runs the label that released our album and 7", Anti Fade Records is a real inspiration! He's so young and has already done so much for Australian music. Straight Arrows are a band we have always looked up to and are good friends of ours, they are a big inspiration and seeing their success is always motivating! And also playing bass in Palms for a while taught me about touring and working hard as a band and I've definitely taken a lot of inspiration from those guys. There are a million others, but we'd be here all day!!!

What else is coming up for you in 2013?

Well now that the album is out, we will be finishing up the album tour and then playing more gigs over the summer. We have a bunch of new songs in the works too that I guess we'll demo when we get back home. We like to stay busy.

Australian music is…?

The best music in the world.