The Good China are eight friends who make music together. Of course, there's more to it than that. They've played some of Melbourne's finest and filthiest venues, overheard themselves on a national TV ad campaign for a German car giant, plus Triple J, Triple R and SYN FM's airwaves, and spent one memorable Valentine's Day serenading strangers from atop the Main Stage at St Kilda Festival. They've shivered together in a Northcote recording studio and emerged with a debut EP - 'Old Maps/New Roads' - born from a mutual admiration of Architecture in Helsinki, Los Campesinos! and Broken Social Scene, the guidance of producer Steven Schram, and an unhealthy obsession with mid-90s video gaming. They've gone back for a second helping of studio with their self-produced EP "We Knew That We Had To Leave", dropped late 2012. They've embraced Sydney's monorail, swam in Canberra mall's public fountains, frightened international students in youth hostels in Adelaide, tumbled off stages with red wines in hand in Geelong and found out exactly where Numurkah is. (It's near Shepparton.) And their charming indie pop has made some people clap their hands, and some people sing along, and some people dance and jump and scream at the top of their lungs. But when it really comes down to it - they're eight friends who make music together.