And he believes the second outfit will never repeat the achievements of their House Of Gold And Bones twin releases, which he helped create before being dismissed.

The lineup change came about last year although it was only made public months later. Root tells Triple J: "I've never had a problem with Corey. Corey and I understand each other a lot better than anybody else from the bands could, because we've been pulling double duty for all these years. Other people who don't share that common thing could never really understand."

Reflecting that his departure has a positive side, the guitarist continues: "After a while you become so spread thin that it becomes really hard to give a hundred percent to both things. There comes a time where you have to say, 'Enough is enough - I need to put my focus into what it is that made this possible for all of us,'