From Little Things Big Things Grow With BABYSHAKES DILLON From FULL FLOWER MOON BAND

Interview by Kris Peters
One look at any press release from Brisbane rock outfit Full Flower
Moon Band and you know everything you need to know about their
music in two words.
Babyshakes Dillon.
Just try and tell me that a band whose frontperson proudly wears
that monicker is anything but the real deal. In all honesty when I
first came across Full Flower Moon Band and was asked to speak with
the band about their new release Megaflower I almost skipped on by,
thinking the band name indicated strongly that Megaflower would
comprise washed-up, whimsical love songs borne out of the hippy era
designed to make me feel even less in touch with reality than I
already am.
Which provides another lesson here. Don't judge a book by its cover
- or a band by its name in this case.
Thankfully, I hit play on the link and instantly made a mental note
to be less judgemental in the future when the sweet, blues-drenched
sounds of Devil filled my ears as I rushed to press confirm on the
interview request.
Since releasing their 2021 EP Death Or Hell, the public has fallen
in love more readily with Full Flower Moon Band, earning them the
sought-after national support for The Black Crowes, allowing the
band to spread their rock goodness over more of this country.
2023 release Diesel Forever solidified Full Flower Moon Band's
rapidly growing stature, with all indications pointing towards
Megaflower - out July 19 - magnifying that acceleration even more.
HEAVY sat down with Babyshakes herself to talk about the album and
upcoming tour.
"I just came home from listening to the test pressings, and I'm
feeling really good," she enthused. "I finished the record a few
months ago but haven't had that break to listen to it with fresh
ears until now. I had a full listen through and (laughs) for the
first time can say I'm pretty proud of it."
We ask Babyshakes to tell us more about the musical side of
Megaflower.
"Our last album Diesel Forever was an album that gained us a larger
audience," she offered, "and it was a heavy rock album. With this
album, I really wanted to be as expansive and generous as I could
in terms of it being a studio album and being genre-bending. I felt
like I had two choices. I could double down on hard rock riffs and
continue to… I guess play into the last record. Or I could be a
little bit more adventurous and take a bigger risk. And I chose to
do the latter."
In the full interview, Babyshakes talks more about Megaflower and
what to expect, the temptation to rehash the winning formula on
Diesel Forever and how she pushed herself away from doing that, how
Full Flower Moon Bands music has changed over their journey, the
metamorphosis of the songs during the writing and recording
process, experimenting more and trusting her instincts, the band's
upcoming tour which will be their biggest yet and more.


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