‘It's not a love song’: Lindy Morrison on songwriting, old friendships, and reclaiming her agency

“When I look back at my time in The Go-Betweens, I feel like I was in a kind of naive fog a lot of the time,” Lindy Morrison tells InReview . “And I believe that’s because you get really institutionalised when you’re in a band.”

Morrison was The Go-Betweens’ drummer from 1980 until their split in 1989, a decade that saw her tour the world and cut six records, from the seminal Before Hollywood in 1983 to the original lineup’s 1988 swan song, 16 Lovers Lane.

“I’ve been musing on it, because the reason for that is your agency’s taken away from you altogether. You’re never making decisions, everybody else around you is making those decisions, and you’re just in a van travelling around the world, dropping off in back rooms, stages, studios, rehearsal rooms.”

It’s an ominous observation