Say hello to lucy wilson from the sugarcanes

How would you describe your music to your nanna? We’re the ‘love band’. We write songs about love – the good, the bad and the ugly. Best and worst parts of making music with your brother? No one knows how to push my buttons better than Jack. He really has a knack for saying the best things to shit me. But he also understands me and knows what I’m trying to say. I’ve never been able to collaborate musically with anyone else. What’s your go-to recipe to impress someone? If I’m feelin’ really fancy I’ll bust out hand-rolled spinach and ricotta cannelloni. If I want to look fancy without the effort, I’ll buy the tubes. What do you spend your downtime doing? I don’t have much downtime anymore, as a part-time special school teacher with two working bands. But on the rare occasion I have time to myself, I like to visit my dad’s farm in Gippsland and sit in front of the fire, or take the dogs for a bush walk. Where would you love to play a show one day? I’d love to play Fuji Rock in Japan! Every photo of that festival looks amazing, and it’s definitely a country I’d love to tour with The Sugarcanes. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve done to make a buck? Being a musician is pretty weird. I’ve played in shopping malls and had the football turned up over me. I’ve been asked to play songs as people walk down the aisle that are actually about having my heart ripped out. You meet some very strange cats in the music industry.