"Depends On What I Know" is another snapshot of the meditative and considered nature of Good Morning's new album, Barnyard, which arrives next Friday, October 22. Like its predecessors "Burning" and "Country," the song also reconciles with those single instances, memories and experiences that continue to play over in your own life movie - in this case, tales of epochs lifted from the lives of Australian-duo Liam Parsons and Stefan Blair. However “Depends On What I Know” sees the band refrain from spilling their guts across a bedroom floor, leaving interpretation of "what I know, depends on what I know" open to all. 

Stefan reveals "Like most of my songs on this record, it’s about a very specific moment in my life that I’d rather not dive into publicly. I usually try to bury the words in some level of abstraction so that they can be interpreted in different ways, but I suppose the overarching idea is that you can only do what you do, and make the decisions you make, based on the information you have at your disposal."

Visually, the band continue to reference the sass-infused humour they have inbred on records past, a gentle cheekiness whose endearing quality has become synonymous with Good Morning as a band. Stefan continues, "We’ve really outdone ourselves with the video for this one, pure finesse and class I’d say. I dunno that much needs to be said about it, just watch it for yourself if you feel like it, if not, huge loss for you I guess."

Barnyard is a world-weary record, concerned with the state of things in a loose, unfocused sort of way. In other words, like we all are — frustrated both with the way things are and with everyone’s general inability to fix any of the many issues endemic to our society. Although those seeking grand reinvention or earth-shaking hubris in Barnyard will come up short. This is an album of good, well-made, finely-written songs, notable for its purity and coherence of vision, but not by any means a concept album; it is a record significant in Good Morning’s history, but not one with such self-importance that it would consider itself historically significant for all. That is likely what those drawn to it will love about it. Not too little and not too much, it’s just right – just Good Morning. Pre-order your Early Bird copy on Blue-In-Clear vinyl (limited to 1000) from the Polyvinyl Store.