Swimwear – ‘Knocks’
Swimwear is the side project of Tim Derricourt, better known as one animated vocal half of local legends Dappled Cities.
He’s just put out an four track EP that he describes as ‘WILD, CAMP DANCE MUSIC TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD’.
Get The Kissing Machine EP for free at Swimwear’s bandcamp.
Rodeoclash is (one dude? band? soloproject?) out of Melbourne. Not sure. Obscurity seems to be the thing these days, and no search engine is helping my plight. In this case, it’s gonna be the ghost of David McComb dragging ET’s corpse across the Nullabor. Highly unlikely what the track is about, but you get the picture.
Cat Cat – ‘Keys And Locks Don’t Work’
Like the regional NSW town it’s named after, this release isn’t overambitious. However, it does manage to capture a nice expanse of sound without trying to sound like a Steve Kilby tribute. All this shoegazey/pop stuff can wind up like a stale story, but luckily Cat Cat have thrown in enough tweaks and variations here to keep your interest. Those variations are probably sandwiching more sluggish tracks (‘Hate Me, ‘Romance’) between the goods, but there are enough great tracks to make this memorable anyway. ‘Keys and Locks Won’t Work’ is one of the few songs to get away with using the word ‘phantasmagoric’ in it’s opening line without sounding like a soggy Art Vs Science lyric. ‘Ourselves’ surely nods in the way of Panel of Judges’ back catalogue, while those bright, climbing treble guitars which wind their way around tracks like ‘Water Goes’ and ‘Pavement’ are perfect examples of what these guys do best. Mechanical drum lines and droney chord lines become predictable sedatives for closing songs, but closing track Uralba takes me to a good place. That place is somewhere between putting on a late night driving record and being hypnotised asleep at the wheel, but definitely in best interests of course.
Cat Cat play Grumpy’s Green in Fitzroy on Feb 19th.
Uralba is out through Dream Damage.
The Ruminaters – ‘Deadstuff’
Since everyone overseas is frothing at the mouth over every slacker jam that comes out of this country right now, this should be a welcome addition. ‘Deadstuff’ doesn’t stray too far from the formula. Braindead poetry, general precociousness and a few recycled Babyshambles riffs probably won’t change your life, but those lead vocals are surely a good thing. Also note, awesome outro. The guys even have their old folks running around in their vid below. What a loveable bunch.
Brisbane’s Last Dinosaurs have asked us to reveal the tracklisting+ album artwork for their debut In Million Years. The album was recorded at BJB before being sent to the UK to be mixed by Eliot James (Two Door Cinema Club, Kaiser Chiefs). Being continuously flanked on JJJ has obviously helped along the way, but I’ve been a fan of these guys since their first EP, so looking forward to hearing this.
In A Million Years is out on March 2nd through Dew Process.
Tracklisting:
Woollen Kits battle the breeze in a housing estate in the outer-western suburbs. Make a video. Drop their debut LP on Monday 16th of Jan via RIP Society. Launch said LP on Fri 20th at the John Curtain (Carlton) + on Sat 21st at The Roxbury (Glebe) to many happy patrons and thunderous applause. Tour the USA throughout Jan/Feb. The release winds up on a few ‘best of’ prediction polls, gets championed by a certain chicago based music mincer and then flogged by a handful of international blogs or something. WK collectively conclude that forgetting to include ‘Maths’ on the LP was a shit idea. They continue to fight over who’s scribbles get to grace the next cover and go on to make catchy garage pop for eternity. The end.
Sures – ‘The Sun’
SWEET BRIAN WILSON, IS THAT YOU?
This tune has just sent me to a very happy place.
The Sydney duo are playing with The Rubens on Dec 22nd at OAF + supporting Best Coast’s Sydney sideshow at Manning Bar on the 25th of Jan.
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Still trying to purchase!!!ANTHONY J LANGFORD
Cool track. Congrats Joshua. Hope the release is a success.Tristan
Man I love these guys. I can't believe they are not releasing any new music. I've been to so many…sophie
^^ I love Grimes! Banoffee is one of my new favorite music artists! :) I love With Her, Reign Down,…Ace
Read your review then listened to the EP. Fantastic ! Different to most hardcore punk I listen to. Somewhat more…