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Influenced by the likes of the Afghan Whigs and Nick Cave, The Paradise Riflebirds are set to release their first body of work since The Riflebird's EP in 2009. Following up from previous singles "This One Goes To Those Who Never Had A Chance To Leave" and "Concrete Bones", "deHavilland Dreamstate" is the third single taken from the band's forthcoming album Victorian Evening. Main songwriter for the band, Simon John, explains the inspiration behind the new track, "The deHavilland Dreamstate is that half-asleep relief that FIFO workers have going home in the plane after 2-3 weeks of work in the bush. The name refers to the deHavilland Dash 8's that carry people between Cairns and various outback towns. The lyrics of the track are concerned with poverty, nostalgia, violence, corruption, isolation, and informed by Simon's experiences of living and working in remote areas of Australia. Protagonists toil in factories, daydream on planes, exhort distant lovers, leave families suddenly,