{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68c2278605de5daa22c77302/6a0d4bd2760dd44444990b5c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Cornucopia of Inspiration — with Large Mirage","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68c2278605de5daa22c77302/1779337998832-3b86901f-8060-43db-8981-c0c6ffc8fe35.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>\"It's a concentrated fantasy, this whole place.\"</em> — Large Mirage</p><p><br></p><p>They'd never been to Woodford Folk Festival before. You wouldn't have known it.</p><p><br></p><p>AJ, Bailey and Blake of Large Mirage arrived at their first Woodford — first time as a band, first time as human beings — and immediately looked like they belonged. Within five minutes of their first set, the Pineapple Lounge was heaving. The second night was better still. And somehow, between all of it, they still had time to pull up chairs at a campsite bluegrass session and call it a private gig.</p><p><br></p><p>Harley Breen sits down with three quarters of Large Mirage for a conversation that moves at the pace of one of their extended instrumental jams — warm, a little unpredictable, and genuinely fun. They talk about what psych rock actually means when you're the one playing it, why the genre label is both accurate and completely insufficient, and how AJ ended up in the band after being spotted at a lawn bowls club gig by a man in double denim. They talk about the band name — born from two bandmates both seeing the same thing on an airport tarmac, and a rhyme that only works in an Australian accent. And they talk about what it means to fly to New South Wales on New Year's Eve afternoon to play a show, then fly back to Woodford to play Bluestown stage at 1am.</p><p><br></p><p>Stretching. Eating well. Drinking water before the set. Rock and roll has changed.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>This episode is for:</strong></p><ul><li>Anyone who has walked into a tent at Woodford not knowing what was playing and ended up having the best time</li><li>People who believe the best bands are the ones that can't quite be contained by their own genre label</li><li>Anyone who has ever dramatically underestimated how heavy a Hammond organ is</li><li><br></li></ul><p><strong>Dive in to hear about:</strong></p><ul><li>What psych rock actually sounds like from the inside — extended jams, organ solos, Texas shuffles, and a sound that wears many hats</li><li>The lawn bowls club gig, the double denim, and the very random encounter that brought AJ into the band</li><li>Why \"Large Mirage\" only rhymes if you're Australian — and the airport tarmac moment that started it all</li><li>The New Year's Eve schedule that has them flying to a Central Coast show and back to a 1am Bluestown set at Woodford</li><li><br></li></ul><p><strong>Key topics:</strong> Large Mirage, psychedelic rock, Woodford Folk Festival, live music, Australian independent music, Hammond organ, festival culture</p><p><br></p><p>To come to the Woodford Folk Festival this year visit:<a href=\"https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>FOR MORE:</strong> Harley Breen:<a href=\"https://www.harleybreen.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://www.harleybreen.com.au</a></p><p>Large Mirage: <a href=\"https://largemirage.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://largemirage.com/</a> <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/largemirage/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/largemirage/</a> <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@largemirage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.tiktok.com/@largemirage</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>CREDITS:</strong> Host: Harley Breen | Guests: AJ Stanton, Blake Rochester and Bailey Brown of Large Mirage | Executive Producer: Benny Wallington | Producers: Georgia Shaw, Amelie Barham, Benjamin ‘Tofty’ Toft, Bree Hickson-Jamieson | Video Editing: Nick Haddow | Music by: The East Pointers | Recorded on Jinibara Country&nbsp;</p><p>Recorded December 2025</p><p><br></p><p>#RadioWoodfordia #LargeMirage #HarleyBreen #WoodfordFolkFestival #Woodfordia #PsychRock #AustralianMusic #IndieMusic #LiveMusic #FolkFestival #Podcast #RockAndRoll</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Woodfordia INC"}