Back in January, Mitchell wrote an open letter�which has since been taken down, but is still very much available through Google �addressed to "all beach bands," that in no uncertain terms lets them know he isn't a fan. This sentiment is probably most clear in the line, "F*** you and all your mums and dad that pay for you to 'do the band full time.'"

While many revel in calling out those assumed to be privileged bands who are partial to afro beats, many on the Internet had a bone to pick with one of Mitchell's comments, which seemed to imply that female musicians have it easier than male ones. The line in question being, "You become known to the music industry heads due to the fact that you are girls or have girls in your band. If you can't have a girl in your band (your golden ticket/head start) then you will just dress one of your members up as one."
Goldsworthy, who founded the band with drummer Henry Ruddel in 2009, says he was there when Mitchell wrote it. "It wasn't a contrived thing," he explained to Radio.com. "We were just at work and really bored, and he just started saying 'I'm going to write this manifesto.' I was like, 'Oh whatever.' He's a bit weird and always doing stuff like that."

After Mitchell was done writing, Goldsworthy, who goes by the nickname "Goldy," read it over and says he agreed with some of the sentiments, but not enough to put his name on it. In fact, his name appears on the handwritten note with a very large X drawn through it. "I don't think he explained himself very well so I can understand why people would misinterpret it," Goldsworthy said. "He left it too open to judgment."

Goldsworthy wasn't surprised by the attention it got, but wishes people would have just come right out and asked Mitchell to explain himself instead of blogging about it. "People just made the assumptions that he's a chauvinist or a classist because it's easier to just have an opinion then get the truth," he said.