“I’ve not seen any band do this before, which made it so difficult,” admits vocalist Jake Taylor. “It was a really cool adventure that we set ourselves on. We calculated every mile, what food we consumed, what kind of lights we used, we measured the studio power via an outlet reader, tracked our flights to America, and even accounted for the packaging of the guitar strings and drumsticks.
“Once we had all that data, we were able to take it to a carbon consultant – we call her our Earth accountant – and discovered that we generated a carbon footprint of 26.37 tonnes. So we've offset all of that in a reforestation project here in Australia. It helps the animals and it helps the First Nations people restore their land as well.”
As pioneering as the spirit and intention behind the process is, the message, as always, is just as integral. Over to Jake to explain why now is the time to take stock of a world on fire and why it’s imperative that we all do what we can to help douse the flames…