The duo, featuring Port Macquarie’s Mick Hambly and his fiancée, Lauren Valatiadis, decided to take the leap after a whirlwind three years of performing on land and sea.

They spent a year playing on a cruise ship out of Los Angeles and Miami where the mostly American crowd lapped up their unique sound.

“We had a good year in 2017, but this is the first time we’ve thought about the future rather than living in the moment,” Mick said.

“The cruise ship was a totally new experience for us, and it gave us the motivation to move to the states and try to make something happen over there.

“Americans have this great appreciation for live music. We’re keen to go over, base ourselves in Nashville and see how it all goes.”

The stigma surrounding their new home is that country music reigns supreme, but they say that isn’t the case.

“It might have been in the past, but now the music scene is everything,” Mick said.

“We’re coming up to three years together as Lennox Lust, so we’ve gone so far and our goal is to go further.”

“Nashville is the hub for music in general. We’ve heard it so many times. It’s like the Hollywood of music,” Lauren added.

“To be successful we will just continue to work really hard. There are a lot of people in our position, but we are just being as ‘us’ as we could, and that has worked for us.”

What has worked for the pair is their connection as an act, which resinates with their audiences.

“As long as you’re different you’ll do well. When we get there we have to find a sound that’s different to everyone,” Lauren said.

“Music is such a passion and something we always have to have. We’ve worked really hard, playing for four hours a night six nights a week, so we have improved so much and worked on ourselves.”

It is a far cry from Mick’s humble beginnings as a teenager when his mum organised a gig at a local restaurant.

Each have a bachelor of music from university, but it was there where they met, and that means the most.

“My roots are in Port Macquarie for sure. I owe so much of it to Port Macquarie,” Mick said.

“Although nothing will ever come close to how much I’ve learnt off Lauren musicality wise, and everything I’ve learnt about my voice has been from Lauren.”

It seems they are destined to be together, guitars in hand, which is why Mick popped the question to Lauren during one of their final gigs on the cruise ship last year.

They have an album out, which was recorded in Sydney, and are hopeful of recording another when they find their feet in the United States.