The Getaway Plan

During their tumultuous lifespan the guys from The Getaway Plan have tried to execute their own ‘getaway plan’ a couple of times, but have yet to be successful. With their most recent reunion bringing with it a new passion, two new band members and an independent philosophy driving their music, the boys are more invigorated than ever, shown by the extensive tour schedule which features over 50 shows just this year.

The excitement and drive was evident in frontman Matthew Wright’s voice as he described the feeling within the band now: “We’ve got an amazing lineup, we’re doing everything ourselves independently,” he said. “[Being back together] is incredible, there’s no better feeling in the world, it’s amazing, we’re all stoked.”

With the new members in the band the dynamic has changed throughout the writing and recording process, with this being the first album that the band has written together fully as a collaborative project, which Matthew says brought with it some challenges but ultimately a better end product. “It certainly makes things take longer and more difficult but the result is always better absolutely… having more opinions has been awesome,” he said.

For the new album Dark Horses the guys decided to go down the entirely independent route, discarding major record label backing and instead using crowd funding to produce the record. “It was really scary at first, it’s a lot to ask of people for money for nothing. We gave incentives and stuff, but to ask someone for money for a record that doesn’t exist yet, that’s a pretty big thing to do but our fans pulled through and it was amazing,” said Matthew. “It was definitely more difficult [without label support], we’ve been stressed out of our brains trying to orchestrate this whole thing, but holding the physical CD in my hands was so f**king gratifying knowing we built this project from the ground up.”

With the album now out and receiving fantastic reviews, the guys are now focused entirely on their live performances and getting everything down as tightly as possible before hopefully embarking on a debut United States tour next year. With over 50 shows booked for 2015, Matthew said: “that should be pretty intense, but at the same time I’d rather be doing that than f**king sitting at home on my arse doing nothing right.”

September 11. Oxford Art Factory, 38-46 Oxford St, Darlinghurst. $20+b.f. Tickets & info: oxfordartfactory.com