If life had gone the way it was meant to, the McClymonts would be touring their record right now.
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The super-star country pop trio, who released their sixth studio album yesterday, still aren't 100 per cent sure they will be able to tour it.
With the threat of a second COVID-19 lockdown still hanging over the live music industry, plans to tour the album have already been put on hold for months, according to lead singer Brooke McClymont.
They're "hoping" life will be back to normal by September. The plan is to tour the album Mayhem to Madness then.
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"I'm hoping, there's no answers," she said.
"Usually when you bring out an album you tour with it.
"We had gigs booked from May through to November this year, clearly COVID went and completely stomped on that, but we're hoping. We're just going to wait and see."
It's not the first gig the mega-band has missed this year.
Even pre-coronavirus, the McClymonts didn't sing a note at Tamworth Country Music Festival 2020, on doctor's orders.
So they're more keen that ever to see TCMF in 2021, she said.
"You can only think positively," she said.
"At this stage we're going to be definitely there, and hopefully it'll be bigger than ever."
Mayhem is the band's first studio album in three years, and though Brooke said it's getting harder and harder as they get older, she said the album is classic McClymont.
Recording in isolation created its own problems, she said.
"The only thing we found different was we all couldn't be together this time because we've all moved.
"We usually are all in the room together we usually take the week off, two weeks off, get in the studio, nut out all the songs.
"But this time it was a bit different. We've all had kids now.
"Sam lives in Brisbane, Mollie's in Wollongong and I moved up to the Mid North Coast.
"It's a bit more complicated and a bit more complex. We actually recorded all separately for this album.
"It was still a great experience because the girls and I trust each other so much now with knowing what we want, having each other's back, knowing that we all got the job done, I think we all did a really fabulous job on it."
But don't expect anything otherwise too new in the new record.
For their sixth album the trio decided their formula wasn't broken and they shouldn't wreck it trying to fix it, Brooke said.
"We just love really good catchy songs and you know, we're not changing the world with any of what we're writing," she said.
"We know what our fans love and we know what we love to sing about."