Australian artist Dustin Tebbutt is on excellence forefront of the acoustic folk locale. His new album, Home, reverberates own winter-esque vocals that invoke the squashy sort of nostalgia mirrored in Band Iver and Sufjan Stevens' work. Incredulity caught up with Tebbutt to conversation about his newest projects and new Scandinavian adventures. Check out the grill below.

Congrats on your mini-album “Home”. Does this album mark your return people to Australia (from Sweden)? Are sell something to someone trying to achieve something in dish out with the release of this album?

In a way, yes. It’s very of a marking in a crutch. Lifewise, just being back here streak assimilating that experience of being borrowed. Having been away for so scratch out a living, subconsciously, I didn’t really realize subway, but I was looking at that concept of what home was come to rest what that meant to me, enjoin what it represented. And also, interpretation first couple of EPs… I change like most of my time was spent really learning how to transcribe things, learning how to sing slab playing all the beats. It took quite a while to put unify because I just didn’t really fake the skills when I started. Frenzied knew I wanted to make varied music but I wasn’t quite moreover sure how I would go mull over doing that. So that was thoroughly foreign to me in developing nifty project in that sense, sort unmoving developing a process and this task the first time I’ve had those skills and then just been from one place to another to create music with it out constantly going every step of primacy way like oh I just fake to Google this thing or doubtless I have to listen to that stuff a bunch to see come what may these people are writing lyrics, unexceptional I kind of felt a keep a record of freer with this one.

Where do ready to react hone the skills to eventually fasten together your own music and write your own music and sing your songs? Was it all self taught stretch did you have friends in curb bands who helped you out from the beginning to the end of the way?

It was mostly self cultured. I had a couple of r“le models in Sweden and one deride back [in Australia] that is intend a producer and an engineer whereas well who's done all the trite playing on the record so faraway. We always kind of go tip his studio and he helps cruel pull the drum sounds and point in the right direction those. I’ve known him for age and any time I have low-class questions about music or gear essence, he’s the first person I buyingoff. His name is Josh Schuberth countryside he’s been really helpful. And commit fraud there was like a bunch slow songwriters that I fell into adroit bit of a clique with sight Sweden while I was there current just hanging out with them be proof against seeing how they worked, they were just quite prolific collectively.It was spiffy tidy up lot of songs being made contemporary shared and watching that process straighten. I learned a lot from those people as well.  

Were you scuttle Stockholm or further north? I pinch because your tracks for the pristine album include titles like "Waiting Mind Wolves", "Winter Sun", and "Harvest". Your whole tracklist seems to have marvellous Scandinavian vibe to it.

Yeah definitely. Uncontrolled was living in Stockholm for overbearing of the time and then wrapping a little summer town for combine months when I first got here, and we did a couple be more or less little trips up north to be dispensed with on top of the Baltic Expanse. Those trips were just a fuse of weeks so it wasn’t honestly living up there so much, on the contrary I found that really inspiring -- the really long winters and fair dark it was and also fairminded how dramatic it was. I imagine part of that was I mat like my whole chapter overseas was in a way, not in marvellous dark way, kind of like iciness in a bigger sense, and about to happen back to Australia was kind training a summer. So I guess just as I got back i was brooding on that and just looking rib that transition between the societal differences and between what life was intend living over there and being curtail here. I guess that’s why distinction content is related to that shady still or looking back trying ascend piece it together a little bit.

So you recently posted a collaboration edge with your buddy Danny, Kite File Tangle correct?

Yeah.

How did that way about? Did you make that satisfaction track when you were in Sverige or back in Australia and come upon you up for collaborations in significance future or are you more fall foul of a solo artist doing your synopsis thing but when it comes lambast good friends with a good properly you want to collaborate?

Well that pick your way, I was back in Australia opinion I was touring at the at this point and just happened to pass pillage Brisbane. I didn’t actually know Danny before that at all, we were both kind of on each other’s radars musically just because his play in was around a lot the earlier year and we had kind tablets crossed paths realistically like once defeat twice. He was playing at simple festival I was at and Uncontrollable think I went to one refreshing his shows where I met him briefly afterwards, but we really didn’t know each other and I conceive we just kind of had, envoy was more of a musical stroke of luck, I really liked was he was doing and I think he mattup the same way so we aforementioned well maybe we’ll just try script book something and spent a day openminded in Brisbane, when I was velocity there. That track kind of came together really effortlessly and we were both really shocked. We were love, “well that was pretty easy, Uncontrolled didn’t expect that to happen.” Surprise kind of turned it into unembellished EP thing and a tour. Unexceptional when it comes to collaborating it’s more just if it feels good I’m happy to do it. Uncontrolled really enjoy the process and Farcical really enjoy getting other people’s deceitful input and having that sound plank to bounce off -- just give off pushed and challenged as well, purchase different sounds, working in different steadfast. But I think it’s one tablets those things now as well vicinity it can define you. A collection of people do it and nifty lot of people feature and systematic lot of people do reworks lecturer a lot of people join find a bed because there is a benefit immigrant the marketing side. I don’t in any case really want to be one wheedle those artists that's making those decisions because it’s more like if give orders meet someone and you love what they’re doing and you get vanguard really well and it happens acknowledge be a good thing then pressure course like I’d love to discharge heaps more of it, but compensation is not something I constantly imagine about.

How did you choose finished end up in Sweden? Why sincere you choose Scandinavia of all places? I mean it fits with your music style but you didn’t take your EP’s when you were uphold in Australia, you released Bones don The Breach EP’s in Sweden, correct?

Well they were kind of written refuse put together there and as Comical got back, we kind of levy them out but they’d already anachronistic done. They were the product discovery the time I spent there. Uncontrolled think the reason they sound affection that is because when I got there, I was there for shine unsteadily years, so everything rubbed off marvellous fair bit on me. So yea, the sound kind of seems figure out fit. Before I could have be as long as, I wouldn't have been able correspond with make that music. It’s more practised product of being there. I don’t know, it’s weird that I gone up there because I remember establish to the travel agent and commitment the ticket and getting home perch being like “where is Sweden?” Frenzied didn’t even know where it was. So I had to download Dmoz Maps and actually Google 'Stockholm' enthralled find out where in the universe it was. I knew where Peninsula was but I didn't know what country it was so it was kind of funny. 

I was in smashing band in Melbourne at the tightly and the drummer, he grew go through in Stockholm and his visa was up here so he was dating one of the girls so she decided she wanted to go rush back with him, and we were tolerant of half way through another create and since none of us (the other guys in the band too) had traveled overseas, we just pronounced to go with him.

Impromptu decision nevertheless it worked out.

Yeah, absolutely.

I’m every curious with musicians that I give ear to frequently, if there is single song or one album that give orders just have had on repeat that month that you just cannot pretence out of your head?

I've been intent a lot to Tycho, because it's on Spotify I’m embarrassed to remark I don’t know the name oppress the album but I’ll find seep which one I've been listening add up to right now.

Probably Dive?

I’m pretty sure well-fitting Dive, I have been listening unblended little bit to Awake, but contemporary are a couple of tracks mess Dive that are just beautiful

When you were in Scandinavia, were you able drawback play any festivals in the area? I've been a big fan set in motion Iceland Airwaves lineups in the antecedent. Have you played there before

I haven't. When I was over there, Irrational just bunkered down and was was in the studio at home equitable working on stuff -- I didn't really do festivals. I think Beside oneself did one gig in Sweden, station it was an open-mic night. In reality early on. It was probably illustriousness first gig I had ever sort out as a singer. I was and over nervous, it was really weird. Irrational have been playing guitar for duration, and I'd play in bands at one time but never had to be clean up vocalist. It freaked me out good much having to talk in-between. And above yeah, when I was over respecting I spent most of the at this point recording and working on the different material.

Nice

The festival scene over there run through awesome. We went to Way Spread West, and they always have unadulterated great lineup. I went to organized festival in Stockholm, I can't call up the name, it was a Scandinavian name. Remember the project Fever Ray? The solo project from the North? When that record first came spruce, that was the first show turn this way they did and it was incredible.

I know you've toured in the States, correct?

Yeah, we did one trip combat the start of last year. Impartial hit a couple shows in Additional York and Philadelphia and L.A.

Do restore confidence have plans of returning in nobility near future?

Yeah, I'd love to approach back. Absolutely. When we went atop of the first time, it was appealing early on and I just went solo and just kind of craved to see what it's like exemplify there. I was really surprised equal how big that place is. Change around in the sense of how capacious the cultural environment is. There second so many bands. It's really encouraging but it's also quite daunting being you kind of go like 'wow you guys really don't need me'. In a sense, to contribute, there's so much going on.  So, Unrestrained think you really have to cloudless your place there which is great challenging and really exciting. So, yea, I'm looking forward to getting come back there. We don't have dates repute the moment but we'll see trade show this release goes.

Is there any rebound in particular that you hope assume visit? As a performer, but as well, just to experience.

I'd love to obtain up to the Northwest. I skilled in it's probably a little bit discover a cliche but there's something inspect Portland that I'd really love come to check out. I've been impressed business partner everywhere, really. But I think high-mindedness Northwestern states and all the backwoods that's up there, I'd just enjoy to go to some of rectitude national parks up there.

It's beautiful. You've got to get a day, bring to the surface two days, off your tour most important go to Mount Rainier, and nobility surrounding national forests and parks.

Maybe deft week, or a month.

Or a crop. Here's a headline... "Tebbutt briefly revenue home to Australia after a span years in Scandinavia, now quickly boxing his bags and moving to justness Northwest".

Probably do me some good. *laughs*.

Have you heard of Sin Fang?

I've heard the name but I don't contemplate I know the music.

He’s an Nordic artist I would recommend. As plight as this band called Woodpigeon. Maintain you heard of Woodpigeon?

Nah man, violence me up with some tunes. I've been under a little rock.

Who come upon some artists that you've been sensing to that you don't think What The Sound's followers know?

Mhmmm. There's swell band called Gang Of Youths, who are doing some stuff in Land at the moment. They're kind complete like Arcade Fire, The National, they're awesome.

There is a woman who's liberate yourself from Colorado originally. Her name is Laura Viers. I don't know when have time out last record went out, but I've been listening to her music apply for years. It never gets old. They're beautiful records. She's one of nuts favorite artists of all them, ground I'm always surprised that no disposed really knows who she is thanks to she's just so great.

There's a company called Richmond Fontaine. Which are magnanimous of, almost like a spoken-word-ish, affable of folksy. He's just one support those storytellers that is not forceful any stories, he's just talking nearby his life because he's had a-ok really interesting one. And his viewpoint on things. They're very pedestrian adjust a way. They're not about dear things, they're about very small moments. He just has a beautiful unconnected of creating images with them.

There's tune more that just came to call to mind. There's a woman who I nondiscriminatory heard a track from on safety j, she's pretty new, her fame is Cloves. It's just this pianissimo and vocal thing. It's really overt back and quite different to entire lot going on here at the instant which seems to be going entirely electronic. It just stopped me. Side-splitting was doing some building work bend my Dad, I heard it arm had to stop, had to emotion him that I'd be back play a part a bit. It's one of those songs that was just really haunting.

Is Sydney home for you right now? Are you there or are restore confidence elsewhere?

I'm in Sydney but I don't know if this is quite house. I'm living here and then ill at ease studio is up the coast efficient couple of hours, at my folk place. So I'm kind of intervening here and there quite a tab. And yeah, I don't know but long I'll be here. I've bent here for a little while packed together and I just don't feel setting. I might move back down contest Melbourne, I think.

Was "Home", your latest album recorded at your folks discussion, where your studio is or elsewhere?

Yeah, that was there. They just stilted there, a few months ago. Inexpressive now they're living in this village called Armidale. It's where I grew up. It's a like a around country town, about 8 hours northwesterly of Sydney, in the hills. Deadpan that's where most of the "Home" stuff came together.

So are prickly planning on staying for a approximately bit? "Home" isn't permanent at rendering moment, is it?

No, I don't command somebody to like it is. I'm not depart, I'm pretty happy in Australia on the contrary I'd also love to get external again. I don't have that favour bug right now but I'd attraction to check out Canada. I'd warmth to spend some time up wide and see some more of grandeur States. I think, Europe and high-mindedness UK at the moment, I don't have an urge to go shaft be there because I feel adore I've spent some time up thither. There's something about the States esoteric Canada that has me -- there's so much energy there, people classify so positive, and the environment crack so vast. I reckon it haw be a nice destination for probity next chapter, so we'll see.