Geoff O’Connor steps aside from Crayon Fields for Sly Hats. “I was always really shy; I could never even join in the ‘Happy Birthday’ singing thing. So I guess [singing, playing in a band] is just that thrill of doing something you’re naturally not comfortable with, and sort of refining it to this point where you can do it in front of people,” Geoff O’Connor , singer/guitarist from Melbourne’s pop heroes the Crayon ...
It was perfect. Sly Hats, the solo project of Geoff O’Connor from Melbourne quartet The Crayon Fields, playing in my friend’s kitchen, a bunch of people huddled and listening in, pouring rain outside; pitter patter went all hearts in attendance. Geoff’s heart is out there on his sleeve and he’s twee...
“I’m somewhat dusty,” declares Geoff O’Connor, calling in from a work break. “I look like I work in a coal mine.” O’Connor, frontman and songwriter for Melbourne pop perfectionists Crayon Fields, is actually cleaning used bricks for a crust, although if you listen to Liquorice Night, the imminent ne...