“Trying to do a rock’n’roll band in Perth in the 21st century is not exactly the coolest thing in the world. Some people have told us you should change this or do that, but we’re just going to keep doing our own thing.”

It’s an attitude that’s been winning the Southern River Band fans across the globe, from those who flocked to the group’s recent run of UK and European dates to The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins, who proclaimed the four-piece “a proper fucking rock band” after hearing their 2023 single,…