Spit Syndicate just dropped their sixth album Orbit, which saw the Inner-West rap duo return to the roots that earned them widespread acclaim a decade ago.

This time around, they kept it all in-house: The record was crafted and released independently, on their own terms, with a tight-knit crew of collaborators and friends adding their flavours into the thrilling project. Soon, Spit Syndicate will be taking Orbit on the road for a massive national tour that spans over 20 dates, with Turquoise Prince and imbi the girl also along for the ride.

Their hometown show in Sydney will also hark back to the One Day Sundays era, the legendary party captained by Spit Syndicate and their One Day colleagues. Each ticket to their live Sydney date will also grant entry to an afternoon warm-up party at The Factory Theatre, which will surely get those One Day Sundays memories flowing.

Ahead of the tour, we chatted to Nick Lupi and Jimmy Nice about the new full length, their incoming tour, and which local artists we should be keeping our ears open for. Read below, and grab your tickets right here:

You released Orbit pretty quickly after your last record. What’s with the fast turnaround time?

I mean, why not turn it around quicker? In the past, we’ve always felt like we’d often taken too long between releases. That’s how artists lose momentum, it’s how fans lose interest. We wanted to bring immediacy back to how we make and release music, we wanted to remove some of the traps that you can fall into when sitting too long with songs you’re making, where you overthink shit, and the over-analysis can lead to loss of perspective and self doubt, etc.

Fuck, that sounds so academic and stale now I’ve written it out. Short answer: We were in a zone, we were having the most fun we’d ever had making music, we wanted to move decisively and move quick.

You’ve described it as your best record yet. What was different this time around, and how did that affect the final product?

I think you naturally progress and get sharper at the entire process with each album you create and release; that’s the idea, anyway. When we’re making an album, we’re often quite hard on ourselves in terms of holding ourselves to a particular standard. I guess what was most different about this process is that we’ve created and released the album entirely independently, just us and our team at One Day Entertainment.

We’ve always been very hands on, to the point it likely gave our previous labels the shits, but they’ve always been involved in the process, even if we eventually told them: ‘Nah, your idea is shit, we’re doing it our way’. This time we handled the entire thing ourselves, which is sick. And fucking exhausting, to keep it one hunnid with you.

You have some One Dayers on the record… but also multiple appearances from Turquoise Prince and imbi the girl. How was it working with these emerging talents?

Over the past year or two, Turquoise has become a close friend, a frequent collaborator, an important part of our crew. Working with him is a lot like hanging around him: funny, and fun AF. He’s a gun, simple and plain. imbi is super dope, we loved working together and stoked to now call imbi a true friend of ours. Big things to come from both of those artists.

Does Turquoise Prince have the strongest tattoo game in Australian hip-hop?

Without a doubt. Although, there’s a dude called G-Fresh from Central Coast area who has some pretty strong tattoos of Weezy, Birdman, Rick Ross, Plies all over his body.

Your biggest hometown show yet is coming to The Factory Theatre. What can we expect with the live show?

Expect a Spit Syndicate experience bigger, bolder, more brash, sharper than you’ve ever seen before. We’ve been grinding fkn hard for the past 12 months and are genuinely excited to be performing these songs live for the first time. For us, it’s a big vibe because it’s the biggest headline show we’ve ever played. Plus, we’ve got the aforementioned rising stars Turquoise Prince and imbi the girl rocking the stage with us. Plus a couple of other guests, no doubt…!

You’ll also be throwing a warm-up party at The Factory, which is sure to get those old One Day Sundays memories flowing. What’s the vibe you guys are trying to capture, and what’s the future of ODS in Sydney?

Simply put, we miss monthly One Day Sundays parties in our hood! We know a lot of people do. It was a real special time in our lives and for Sydney generally, we feel. For a variety of reasons, One Day Sundays effectively outgrew the venues we were holding it in, which meant we couldn’t do it on a regular basis in Sydney.

To be able to go back to The Factory and hold a de facto One Day Sundays party before we play the biggest show of our careers is a huge vibe.

Five up-and-coming local hip-hop artists we should be paying attention to?

Kobie D, Triple One, imbi the girl, Tone Youth, Jesswar.

What’s on the cards for Spit Syndicate for the rest of 2018?

Right now we’re keen to get stuck into this 22-date tour, it’s our biggest ever and we’re pumped. More shows, more music, maybe a fkn holiday at some point.