Learning LamBros
Sydney sibling duo Lambros have unveiled their latest single ‘You Won’t Call’, a relatable soul-blues song that addresses the emotions that come with “being led on and let down”. We caught up with the pair from the Northern Beaches to learn more about track, what their live shows look like and who is Mum’s favourite.
For those that haven’t heard your music before, how do you describe your sound? What genre box is Lambros fitting into?
Our sound is created with a palette of instruments, technologies and techniques that we have molded together over the years as musicians. Elements like a hybrid acoustic-electric guitar, homemade drum kit, big vocals, didgeridoo, stomp box, loop pedal, FX chains, drum pad and more. These elements mixed in with our own hugely varied experiences with our own instruments, and our eclectic taste in music makes for a sound that is almost impossible to define by genres! Honestly we don’t think there is a harder question to answer for us than what genre box are you?! Here’s just a few of the boxes we dip into regularly, and take from to form our own “LamBros.” box! Blues, rock, folk, singer-songwriter, pop, funk, soul, metal, world music, neo-soul, rnb, indie, and more!
You have just released ‘You Won’t Call’, Tell us about your new song. Where did the inspiration for the track come from?
You Won’t Call was written initially as a kind of diary entry, and a bit of a coping mechanism to deal with thoughts and feelings around being let down. It’s a horrible feeling when you give someone or something everything you’ve got, and you don’t receive anything back, but we’ve both experienced it, and I think most people go through something like that in their lives. We knew we wanted to write a classic 6/8 soul style tune, and when Connor started mucking around with this idea and that rhythmic feel, the song just fell in place.
“From beginning to end the process was created independently by us in our own home studio.”
What did the creative process look like? Do you both write the lyrics and create the music or does one of you do the music, the other tackles the wording?
Connor writes lyrics, and with this particular song, he started the process by writing a first draft of lyrics and chords late at night in the studio when there’s time to delve deep into your emotions and experiment with sounds. After writing the first draft, Connor ‘auditioned’ the song to Harry, and we started jamming it out straight away. We always want our songs to sound great stripped back and live before producing, so we fleshed out a few ideas and feels and such, and then got cracking on the recording. With Harry as a perfectionist recording, mixing and mastering engineer, we worked tirelessly on the recording, and producing, and eventually ended up with the song you hear today! From beginning to end the process was created independently by us in our own home studio. It’s a huge process that takes much longer than recording at a pro studio, but at the same time, it allows us the time and space to really work on a song to make it deliver in the way we want it to!
Is there a particular line or part of the song stands out for you?
The very beginning of this song takes no prisoners, and we love how it explodes into that timeless 6/8 feel with a huge guitar/drum lead-in riff. From there, Connor’s vocals take over and never look back. For lyrics that stand out to us - the line “Pick up the phone, you never let us talk” in the chorus always seems to be the one people sing back to us when they first hear the song, and I think it rings (pun intended) true for so many people because it’s an expression we’ve all used in our lives many times before.
“We had a stack of fun making it”
‘You Won’t Call’ is shared with an accompanying visualizer. Who came up with the concept for the video? Were there any memorable moments during the making of it?
Connor came up with the concept late at night in those moments when you’re meant to be winding down for bed, but your brain is moving a million miles an hour. He wrote down a storyboard in his notes app, and then brought it to Harry the next day for discussion. We agreed on the concept, and then filmed the entire thing in one day with the help of our sister Savanah and Connor’s partner Sasha. We had a stack of fun making it, in particular seeing Connor standing almost waist deep in murky water, fully clothed in denim, while holding a very expensive guitar (don’t slip over), and just generally filming the video at a collection of our favourite places around the Northern Beaches.
Will ‘You Won’t Call’ feature on a future body of work or is it a stand alone single?
You Won’t Call is part of our next collection of tunes, an EP that is currently unnamed, but planned to be released in 2026! We’ve been building towards this release for a while now, with connected album artworks and visuals for the last few singles!
“We absolutely LOVE playing live, and every single LamBros show is different in its own way.”
You are heading out on a ‘You Won’t Call’ tour this month, what can attendees expect from a LamBros show?
A whole lot of explosive, entertaining, and music-loving fun! We absolutely LOVE playing live, and every single LamBros show is different in its own way. We mix things up, we improvise, we vibe with crowds, and we journey through our discography and some of our favourite covers. A LamBros show is a seriously unique experience, and we have made some really special memories over the years while playing live. So if you’re thinking about it, grab your mates, and we’ll see you at a show soon!
What are your plans after the tour? Will you be heading back to the studio or is there a bigger tour in the works?
Back to the studio, with some gigging in between, but mainly back to the studio to finish off the EP, and start planning the next tour! We have some big plans and ideas that we can’t wait to put together and we’ll be keeping everyone involved the whole time through our socials. Can’t wait!
“Because we’re brothers, we’re brutally honest with each other, and I think that’s kind of an advantage.”
Being brothers, does this make it easier or harder to make music together? Do either of you pull rank eg “I’m the oldest” or “I’m Mum’s Favourite”?
Is this a test to see which one of us is Mum’s favourite? Because there are no favourites (It’s Harry). Nah, but in all seriousness, we have played music together since we were literally 5 and 7 years old. We have shared some pivotal moments in our lives together through our music, and have learnt as grown so much as artists and musicians.
Because we’re brothers, we’re brutally honest with each other, and I think that’s kind of an advantage. No matter what happens we’ve always got each other, and we never take offence to what would probably seem like brutal feedback from the outside. When the creative juices are flowing in the studio, we argue, and we disagree, and we get excited, and we get emotional, but we can do all that with our hearts on our sleeves because we are so comfortable being ourselves. We think and hope what that all amounts to is honest, and truthful music that come’s from the heart.
How long have you been making music together?
We both started playing our main instruments in the same year, when Connor was 5, and Harry was 7. We have not stopped jamming and playing music together since then. We’ve played with countless other musicians separate from each other in orchestras, drumlines, jazz bands, punk bands, musicals, ensembles and so much more, but we’ve always played music together, which gives us a mind-reading like superpower when on stage. We just know what each other are thinking and where we are going musically.
Where was your first LamBros gig? Was it a success or flop?
The performance that kind of started LamBros was when we decided to go busking in Manly corso. We played a whole bunch of covers and some originals we were mucking around with at the time. The response was insane to say the least, and we were no sooner thrust into the local Northern Beaches pub and live music scene at the ages of 15 and 17.
We had been performing for many years prior to that on stages big and small, but our first official gig as LamBros was at the Old Manly Boatshed in Manly (which has now sadly closed its doors). That venue is an institution for music on the beaches, and we will never forget that first gig.
Who in your crew or team deserves a shout out but never gets one? And what is it they do that keeps your world turning?
Our sister Savanah, and Connor’s partner Sasha. Sasha is a brilliant artist, and created the artwork for multiple of our releases, including the one for You Won’t Call. Our sister is often the one behind the camera filming us in the studio or when we need to post on the socials. They are both absolute legends that keep us going without ever wanting any credit. We can’t thank them enough for what they do for us.
Where would you like to see LamBros in a year's time and five years down the road? What do you hope the band has achieved?
A years time, we would love to have released our latest EP and toured (or started touring) nationally around Australia. We would love to tick a couple more festivals off our bucket list, and also start thinking about maybe ducking out of Aus for an international show or two.
In 5 years time, we would love to have played shows in the USA, UK and Europe, and we would love to have released our debut album. We’ve been waiting for the right moment to release a fully fledged album, and we would love to dive into such a large project like that if we can continue to build the momentum from now!
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Interview by Michelle Symes
March 2026
