It had been eight months since the Sydney band, The Paper Scissors were in Melbourne. In October 2010 they held a single launch for “Lung Sum”, which Jai said was probably too premature in retrospect.

In an AU interview Jai explained that the Melbourne weather owed it to them at the album launch at The East Brunswick Club. Although the weather held out for them, I felt anxious in the lead up to their set time about the tiny crowd.

I don't think Melbourne gave them the amount of love that they were looking for. The hail and rain may not have been a problem, instead they were weathered with loud and obnoxious front row crowd goers. The guy holding the Carlton Draft can, doubled with a Jim Beam can on top, may or may not have been a Paperscissors fan, or merely a occupant from the pub next door.

The crowd was introduced to the new tracks from the June release In Loving Memory. A favourite track of mine is titled “Taller Than You”. Ivan was in control of the new electronic beats, as he built up the song with a thudding synth. The drums, and quitars slowly added more depth to the song.

In “Turn It To Gold” Jai really tried to show rock n roll energy by kicking a bottle of water into the crowd. These random outbursts performed by Jai felt like a way of taking control of the situation.

Ivan also focused on his cymbols in “Soft Pig”. Although the Paperscissors don't usually tell stories with their songs, Jai explained that “Soft Pig” is a song inspired by his grandpa who was a policeman. It begun without drums but then gradually pumped more and more into the song.

The most popular crowd response was to “We Don't Walk” which was a feature in the 2008 Underbelly soundtrack. People were dancing the chicken dance and screaming the 'uh aah aha'.

The end to the gig was awkward. The East Brunswick crowd was very small and the band went off stage as a cue to the encore. There wasn't much plead from the crowd to come back, and Jai came back on to pretty much say wtf was with that? He requested some more loving, but the crowd wasn't there to give it to them. A little sad to see all of the hard work put into In Loving Memory being reciprocated with a loud drunk guy holding two tinnies.