"I guess music was inevitable for me. My grandmothers both played the piano, my dad plays the drums, and mum was always encouraging the creative urges in her children. One of us were destined to have the musical impulse....or inherit the musical gene, however you look at it."

At 14, whilst musical friends were perfecting the lines of well known melodies, Isaboe was busy composing her own songs.  After school she took saxophone lessons from a professional jazz saxophonist, and at home she taught herself the guitar and drums, and tinkered on the family piano.

"On the weekend I used to sit in my room for hours, strumming away on the guitar. I would be mesmerised by these chord structures or little riffs that I'd play over and over. So much so that it would be almost pitch black outside before I'd think to turn the light on.

When I wasn't playing the guitar, I was bashing away on the drums in the garage downstairs. I was pretty fortunate that my family didn't complain. The neighbours were totally cool too. On one side was a really laid back family with "hippie ethics", and on the other side was a family whose teenage kids both played in bands. And across the road was a park. It was perfect. I used to come out of a session on the drums feeling really gung ho."

This need to express through many elements also manifested lyrically. "I'm a writer for the most part. I loved creative writing in school. In fact, I always thought I would be an author until the music bug hit me. I still write the occasional short story, and I've got a few unfinished books sitting around on my hard drive."

This love of story telling is partly what inspired the video for Golden Year. "I know a lot of artists don't want the video to take over the music, but by the same token, why bother making a video if you're not going to fully exploit the medium?  And of course, it's a great way to make a statement, or put an idea out to the world. But it's got to be visually appealing."

The song itself is about an entirely different scenario to the video. In 2002 she had moved from her home town of Sydney to Brisbane. "I was very isolated during that year, and I spent a lot of time writing, both short stories and music, and especially listening to a lot of new music, and reading a lot. The first 12 months was like this, and during that time I had some very emotional experiences which the music just enhanced even more. It took me away in a way that was so beautiful, even in the melancholy moments." 

Golden Year was to be the defining sound for the album, Love Sun. "I had reached a point where I had a large collection of songs under my belt, and although I knew it was time to record an album, I didn't want to rehash songs I'd been living with for years. I wrote and recorded Golden Year in early 2006 and really loved its ambience and 'sound'. I also wanted a genre that would work with the qualities of my voice. So Golden Year was the inception of the album."

The bulk of the recording was crammed into a two month stint tucked away in her home studio. "Future World and Golden Year were, for the most part, done. At that stage I just wanted to add live drums and bass to them, although I did re-do the vocals for Golden Year later on as well.

I thought I'd be able to average a song a week, which included writing one or two new ones from scratch. By the fifth week in I had writers block. I then worked solidly on a couple of songs that I then decided to ditch because they weren't in keeping with the overall sound of the album. One of them was a completely different version of For All Our Days. It was very electro-pop and I didn't even like it that much. I think it's at that point I decided to pull out some old songs."

These two songs were Home and Stellar Child. "I think I may have already contemplated putting Home on the album. I didn't have a chorus for years, so I wrote it in early 2008 just before I started recording. So it was in my mind, the fact that it would work on the album. It's turned out to be a good choice as it's a favourite for a lot of people."

After a break from the studio for a few months, which included a trip to the States, Isaboe completed recording. Whilst she was away, the songs were being mixed by Millhouse Productions, run by the versatile and creative Jason Millhouse. "After mixing a couple of songs and running through them with me for fine-tuning, Jason knew exactly what sounds I was going for. In the last songs he mixed, there was virtually nothing for me to change."

Millhouse Productions also make videos. With an established trust in Jason's creative instincts, Isaboe approached him about a video for Golden Year. "I had this story in my head, with all the scenes specifically laid out. I had very particular ideas. But they were based around a daytime shoot, and Jason didn't think the song had a 'daytime' feel. He didn't want to do it after he read my storyboard, but I knew he was the right person to do it. So I re-wrote it to fit a night time scenario, and it all worked out perfectly. He has a great sense for what works, so the whole style of the video is thanks to him."

Although another video is on the horizon, a second album is also brewing. "I want my inner groover to come out more. Love Sun has been described as progressive pop... I might just hone in on that a little more."