Lime Cordiale
Sometimes in the music industry you need a little bit of luck, and Lime Cordiale have had so much they’ve given their run of luck its own nickname: ‘Lime Luck’.
Oli Liembach explained the origins of ‘Lime Luck’: “It’s something our drummer made up because every time something goes wrong it tends to weirdly work out for the better. Our accomodation might fall through then suddenly we’ll get an offer to stay in somebodies mansion.” The most recent example of this run of luck was during Lime Cordiale’s trip to a show in Canberra, when they broke down multiple times in forty degree plus heat, yet still managed to arrive just in time for the show.
While the Road To Paradise tour has been a little bumpy at times, Oli said the shows have been nerve wracking but great so far. The nerves come into the equation for these shows in particular, because at the start of 2015 the band made a plan to “try to play bigger and bigger venues”. This plan has been coming to fruition so far, having started out the year playing their Sydney show at the Newtown Social Club, “which is a pretty sweet little venue” but only has an approximately 300 person capacity, before upgrading to the smaller stage at The Metro, and finally making the leap to the large stage of The Metro this weekend.
As part of their plan and this tour in particular the band has been improving every aspect of the show each time they get on stage and perform. “Sydney is right towards the end of our tour and we’re slowly building up our band. We usually play as a five piece, but we’re probably going to have eight to ten on stage for that show,” said Oli. “We’re really trying to make it the biggest thing because it’s our biggest venue, and [we] definitely want to give it our all and make it the best we can.”
Throughout the year Lime Cordiale have not only grown as a band but also as musicians and people. For their Road To Paradise EP the group recorded the tracks in two halves, the first half of which was assisted by producer Jean-Paul Fung but the second portion was done entirely by themselves, having implemented what they learned from Jean-Paul. As people they have also grown thanks to their time in North Queensland as part of the drought appeal. “We went up their for the Winton Film Festival and weren’t planning on playing any shows, but once we were there and realised how much of a problem the drought was we wanted to help as as we could,” said Oli. (JA)
Dec 19. The Metro Theatre, 624 George St, Sydney. $17.10-$22.10+b.f. Tickets & Info: metrotheatre.com.au
