And if it doesn’t go like shit, if it goes well, then we might stick it out for another one,” he reasons. The plan was to see how it goes, and if it goes shit, then it would be like, ‘Well, we did our best and have given you one last thing thanks for caring’. “By the time we came home, we were all like, ‘Yeah, that’s what we wanted’. Instead, they’re taking each day as it comes. Now, having recorded the album and toured again, the band are less resounding in their conviction that Trophy Eyes will soon be no more. We were all worn out, old, all 30 now, we are tired. “We fought for it, tooth and nail, for 10 years, and at the end of it, we were like, ‘Okay, that’s enough’. It was like, ‘What are we asking for from the universe right now? Another ten years of this?’ No, that’s it it’s done. What we achieved and what I saw off the back of a couple of crappily written songs, I’m so so fortunate. “We would have been greedy if we asked for any more than we received. Everyone else has so much more life outside of Trophy Eyes. “I could write for National Geographic or go back to school for IT. The rest of us were like, ‘Man, I’m tired’.” Our drummer Blake Caruso was like, ‘No, no I don’t want to do that’. So we were all much older than we were and a lot more tired than we should have been when it came time for that decision. Imagine spending ten years of your life constantly hoping and staying positive, being like, ‘It’s okay, that went bad, but fingers crossed, envision where you want to be and keep trying and keep trying’. “It was just bad for everyone’s mental health. “We were dying,” singer John Floreani admits. It took its toll to the point that the band were resolute that Trophy Eyes were finished. The decision came after spending two years locked down in Melbourne under some of the most stringent COVID measures in the world. An album made on their own terms culminating in a final thank you to their fans. ‘Suicide and Sunshine’ was to be their final album. Australian punk rockers TROPHY EYES are entering a brand new era – and it’s not all sunshine.
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