Five minutes with Grafton Primary

Vocalist Joshua Garden from indie dance trio Grafton Primary takes five minutes out of his pre-tour schedule to talk to Corker about his band’s debut album Eon, raising children and why his brother Ben is the sexiest of them all.

Interview by Michael Huynh

Corker: How did you guys get together and has it been a long and arduous road to the top for Grafton Primary?

Joshua: We got together about the time I was born. Ben (Garden – synths/keytar) was already two-and-a-half years old at this point. As a band we’ve been together about four years, so I wouldn’t say it’s been an arduous road, but there have been a few curves along the way.

Corker: Can you tell us a little bit about your latest single, “She Knows It”? (Listen to the track below.)

Joshua: The song is about a strong, sexy woman of the roads, following her destiny in the last days of the world as we know it. She looks back at the two stories of the age – the desire to burn and consume, and the desire to reunite with nature. The choice she makes is up to you.

Corker: How do the songs on your new album Eon compare to the sound of your last EP Relativity?

Joshua: They are from the same vein, but much deeper in the ground. Eon has more space, more weight, and yet more lightness. We have pushed ourselves as producers and songwriters, and we believe we’ve hit a new high.

Corker: What’s one piece of advice that you have for Aussie bands who want to succeed in the industry?

Joshua: Find yourselves as people or the machine will destroy you.

Corker: Complete the following sentences
If you guys weren’t playing in a band, you’d be…

Joshua: Ben would be an organist in a gothic cathedral in Germany. I would be growing vegetables, raising children and healing the planet. Robbie (Mudrazija – drums) would be an internet terrorist.

Corker: According to your fans, the most lusted after member in the band is…

Joshua: Ben. He thinks it’s his good looks, but it’s really his instrument.

Corker: The coolest thing a female fan has offered you is…

Joshua: Her white high heel, to sign with a permanent marker.

Corker: As a kid in primary school, I use to…

Joshua: Be more interested in ants than people.

Catch Grafton Primary on tour over the next few months:

5 September 2008 - East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
6 September 2008 - Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
12 September 2008 - Jive, Adelaide
13 September 2008 - In The Mix Top 50 Party at ANU Bar, Canberra
19 September 2008 The Zoo, Brisbane
20 September 2008 - Street Kid, Gold Coast
25 September 2008 - Wollongong Uni, Wollongong
27 September 2008 - Parklife, Adelaide
28 September 2008 - Parklife, Melbourne
29 September 2008 - Parklife, Perth
4 October 2008 - Parklife, Brisbane
5 October 2008 - Parklife, Sydney
22 November 2008 - Trackside Festival, Canberra with Cut Copy, Sparkadia, Living End, The Panics + more