Recording happened in close quarters, in converted hotel room accommodation upstairs at the pub, and sound bleed was a glorious constraint: foot traffic to the hairdresser and the tattoo parlour next door, loud music from the bands and the kitchen crew downstairs. Because it’s a working pub in a residential suburb, they couldn’t record late into the night for fear of bothering the neighbours. But all this came with unexpected delights. Jacklin and the band played two unannounced shows downstairs to try out the songs before recording them. “And if I needed a break from the sessions I would just go downstairs and watch the band playing,” says Jacklin. “There was something so beautifully cyclical about it.”