This little self-filmed piece, At Home with OLDER, goes right back to 2017 before our debut SILENCE album officially landed in 2019.
Because this is us. Jel and Julie. Married, otherwise not related. Still very happily married (just for the records) nine years later as this video resurfaces. We’re really glad we captured this time, particularly looking back now with four albums under our belt in 2026 and another brewing. We enjoyed the format – conversations drifting between songs, observations about the world, the odd rant, the humour that tends to sneak in whether we plan it or not. There’s a thread running through it all though, and it hasn’t changed much over the years.
We’ve never been particularly interested in perfection. In fact, a lot of what we write pushes directly against it. The idea that life should look a certain way even if behind the scenes it is less than pristine, as the track Perfect captures. That people think, or present themselves within neat little boundaries. It’s never sat right with us. Imperfect people are far more interesting. Real stories usually are.
You’ll hear that come through in the songs we chat about in this video. Tracks like Your Bubble (which never made it to the SILENCE album), which pokes at the comfortable little worlds we build for ourselves, and Takapuna Wives Club, a slightly cheeky swipe at status and snobbery. There’s 1984, our take on social media and the strange way we’re all connected but not always actually connecting, and Cote D’Azur, which leans into the illusion of wealth and the pressure to keep up appearances. Even Got the Girl comes from a very real, very human observation, how quickly we can build a whole future in our heads after a single moment.
Then there’s Moment in the Sun (which waited patiently for our 4th album SELFIE to make an appearance). That one runs a bit deeper. It started life years earlier as something completely different, but the message that landed is simple. This is it. This is the time. Not later, not when everything lines up perfectly. Right now, in the middle of whatever life looks like.
You’ll also hear us touch on Banshee, which reflects on the shifting New Zealand landscape and that slow disappearance of the quarter acre dream, and 16 (another is still on the cutting room floor), which leans into that sense of independence and possibility we all felt at that age. Different songs, different angles, but all circling the same instinct to observe, question, and say it out loud.
Some of it’s tongue-in-cheek. Some of it’s a bit sharper. All of it comes from observation.
And then there’s the attitude piece. We’ve always circled back to this. Being OLDER isn’t about age. It’s about perspective. It’s about getting to a point where you care a little less about what’s expected and a bit more about what feels true. Saying what you think. Creating what you want. Not waiting for permission.
Looking back at this footage now, sure, the haircuts have changed. There might be a few more lines on the face. The scenery’s shifted a bit. But the core of it hasn’t moved.
Once a musician, always a musician.
