Cosmo’s Midnight on new album Stop Thinking Start Feeling and thoughts on WA ahead of Astor Theatre gig
![Sydney-based Cosmo's Midnight are touring Australia next month.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-15048880/92e3a5d9f31e7db6c2defdd714c65b47f83ff171-16x9-x0y73w1400h788.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
One-half of brother duo Cosmo’s Midnight says during his university days he struggled with public speaking, but now he spends his life playing in front of thousands of fans around the globe.
The electronic duo from Sydney released their latest album Stop Thinking Start Feeling on May 24 and are currently touring North America with new tunes that have been three years in the making.
Cosmo and Patrick Liney will head back to Australia next month for shows in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart and will play in Perth at Astor Theatre on July 13—which also happens to be their birthday.
For Patrick, standing in front of crowds didn’t always come easier.
Fans wouldn’t know from live performances, but he used to hate getting up in front of crowds to speak—let alone play music—but look where he is now.
“Even in university I couldn’t do public speaking, I’d be up there shaking,” Patrick said.
“Going from that to having to sing in front of thousands of people is a big step up but something you eventually settle into.”
Even now, the duo’s pre-show ritual consists of “curating a good time” before a show to “deal with anxiety”.
“I love the anxiety and then the payoff of it going well. There’s nothing more rewarding than going out with your stomach churning and you see everyone happy and excited and you play the first song and just seeing everyone singing along and you pick up on that energy,” Patrick said.
It’s been a long five years since the pair’s last headline tour so to say they are ready is an understatement.
“We’ve been working on putting together our best show yet,” Patrick said.
“(With) three albums out, it’s a lot of music to figure out how to condense into one show one hour.”
In particular, the brothers are looking forward to being back in WA.
“We haven’t experienced too much of what WA has to offer, considering it’s so big but we’ve been as far as Busselton and we’d love to go to Broome, see up north,” Patrick said.
“We always end up hanging out in Freo, it has a nice feeling to it, it’s beautiful there.
Cosmo added: “We love the sunsets over the ocean too, we don’t get that on the east coast.”
![Cosmo and Patrick Liney form electronic duo Cosmo's Midnight.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-15048880/91b34378e764b51820a404f42e5efa79c2a7de2d.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
The new album was written in London, Los Angeles and New South Wales and is all about creating an escapism-type feeling when fans are listening to it.
“We collected ideas to write music about feelings and caught up in the moment, the music has an effortless, excited, innocent feel to it,” Cosmo said.
“It’s the first time writing from experiences and injecting that into the lyrics.”
With an optimistic feel to the record’s 10 tracks post Covid-19, the pair hope it transports fans into a space where they can lose themselves and all thoughts to the music.
The Liney siblings formed their two-piece in 2012 and haven’t gotten sick of each other...yet.
“It’s comfortable honesty,” Cosmo said.
Pat added: “We feed off each others energy and ideas, I think we take it for granted (compared to solo artist) who’s run out of juice and got nothing, we bounce off each other creatively.”
Cosmo’s Midnight play at Astor Theatre on July 13.
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