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Emily Barker and Lukas Drinkwater present a quarantine collection of covers on Room 822. "Fourteen days in one room with no fresh air is not ideal by any stretch of the imagination, but in order to visit my family back here in Australia after almost two years away, my husband Lukas and I decided it was worth the time in quarantine. We thought a good way to kill the hours would be to set ourselves a goal. Lukas suggested recording an album. We crammed our suitcases with all the gear we would need and travelled with guitar and folding double bass. Just after we arrived, a friend dropped off mic stands and a keyboard at the hotel; we were set. We hit the jackpot in the hotel lottery, finding ourselves in a large room at The Westin on Victoria Square in Perth city. Big windows (that don’t open) allowed the morning sun to fill the room and afforded us a view over St. Mary’s Cathedral where we watched people gather for weddings, funerals, christenings and Sunday service; there was a verdant park – a corner of which proved a popular meeting place with Indigenous families; a hospital equipped with helicopter landing pad; and a car park. It's a view now etched in our minds that we'll likely never forget ... Lukas, with bags of studio engineering experience and immense patience, overcame the setbacks and the days ticked by as he captured our performances. By day twelve, we had recorded ten songs by some of Australia’s finest songwriters and Lukas mixed the album over the final two days of a somewhat surreal, but productive stay." - Emily Barker